Lotte's Shelves

 THE UNLIKELY PILGRIMAGE OF HAROLD FRY- RACHEL JOYCE 21/03/20 The first thing I want to say about this book, before you even start reading, just look at the font. It's a very satisfying don't to look at. I don't know if anyone finds that interesting but I love it. One of the best things about this story is that it gets started straight away and then you slowly learn more about each character as the story goes on. I think it's a really interesting approach to storytelling. It's the kind of story that makes you feel very sentimental and like you need to go and tell all your loved ones how much you love them. It's a mixed blessing learning things about Harold's past, some are happy but some are really sad. It's confusing because you don't know whether to sympathise with him or not. Something that makes me really sad is about halfway through when he starts getting a lot of publicity for his walk. It takes away the original message if his walk, he's n...

 2020- THE YEAR OF BOOKS 12/01/20 Dear reader, Welcome to my blog! I should probably introduce myself, let's do a quickfire of random information shall we? Name: Lotte Bowbrick Age 19 Job: Front of House at the Sondheim Theatre, London Biggest loves: Musical theatre, Books, Crafts, Writing, Films, Green Tea I feel like that's enough of an introduction for now. So 2020, new year, new decade, new books to read. Last year I only read 5 books which, for me, is not very many compared to previous years. (Although, one of those books was It by Stephen King and at 1116 pages, took me 3 months to read). My "to read" pile in my room is now actually a whole bookshelf and several piles on the floor. Exhibit A: I know, it's embarrassing. Now I work in London, I have a 90 minute commute every day which means more time to read so my aim for 2020 is to get through a chunk of these books. There are some here that I've had for years and there are probably a lot here that I won...