Author Archives: LucciaGray

#TuesdayBookBlog ‘The Dutch House’ by Ann Patchett @ParnassusBooks1 #BookReview #Audiobook by @TomHanks

I am ashamed to say that this is the first novel I’ve read by Anne Patchett, and I’m so glad I read it. I was so impressed that I read her most famous novel Commonwealth, straight after, and I enjoyed it even more, but more about that another week. The Dutch House (from the blurb).Continue reading “#TuesdayBookBlog ‘The Dutch House’ by Ann Patchett @ParnassusBooks1 #BookReview #Audiobook by @TomHanks”

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#WorldMentalHeathDay Prevention and Support #Joker

World Mental Health Day is observed on 10th October every year, with the overall objective of raising awareness of mental health issues around the world and mobilizing efforts in support of mental health. This year the focus is on suicide prevention, there’s more information and videos for classroom use on the topic here Firstly, I’dContinue reading “#WorldMentalHeathDay Prevention and Support #Joker”

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#TuesdayBookBlog ‘Half a World Away’ by @MikeGayle #BookReview

Today an uplifting and complex novel about disfunctional families, birth and adopted parents, and the emotional ties that bind siblings. Blurb Strangers living worlds apart.Strangers with nothing in common. But it wasn’t always that way… Kerry Hayes is a single mum, living on a tough south London estate. She provides for her son by cleaningContinue reading “#TuesdayBookBlog ‘Half a World Away’ by @MikeGayle #BookReview”

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#TuesdayBookBlog ‘My Life as a Rat’ by @JoyceCarolOates #BookReview

I’m a bit behind with my reviews. I’ll be catching up gradually. Today, I’m starting with the last book I’ve read, which is My Life as a Rat by Joyce Carol Oates. I am ashamed to admit that although I have read some of her poems and posted about one of them here, I hadContinue reading “#TuesdayBookBlog ‘My Life as a Rat’ by @JoyceCarolOates #BookReview”

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Carrot Ranch #FlashFiction Challenge #99Words #SixSentenceStory ‘Sorrowful Interlude’

***************** Sorrowful Interlude Ruby welcomed her unfailing, weekly customer, handing him his usual two dozen daisies. Ralf nodded, smiled and limped towards the cemetery, carrying a cane and their favourite flowers. He shook his head, reading the familiar inscriptions; Jane, beloved daughter of Ralf and Ada Grimmer, 10th August 1980 – 23rd September, 1999, andContinue reading “Carrot Ranch #FlashFiction Challenge #99Words #SixSentenceStory ‘Sorrowful Interlude’”

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Morning has broken #Poem #ThursdayThoughts

Morning has broken, Flooding moonless sky With light that’s too bright To write, or even speak. Thoughts fly into dawn Like a bird in the sky. **** Sometimes, as Dylan Thomas told us, the sky’s too bright, life’s too overbearing to see clearly, and our minds too slow to capture the creative moment, but that’sContinue reading “Morning has broken #Poem #ThursdayThoughts”

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