Sounds great! I have really enjoying learning how to weave - my problem now is that most people only need one bookmark, so now I need to be creative and work out what else can be woven on a bookmark shaped loom!

Yes, definitely harrowing. I remember being struck by her almost calm determination in it all, not sure if that's quite the right way to describe it. And I think I remember a really interesting conclusion about memory? Which I find interesting in any piece of writing.

I actually read, and loved, Educated a few years ago, so maybe I'm a memoir reader after all! Thanks for the recommendations!

This looks great - thank you!

This, together Seamus Heaney's Beowulf being my favourite of the books I studied at uni, has lead me to decide I want to read more verse fiction. Deep Wheel Orcadia has been sat in my TBR pile since last Christmas, so I'll probably start there!

When I'm reading books to my children, I love how many of them are written in verse. I know that it helps them to learn language and reading, but it also just adds an extra layer to the story.

I'm not much of a memoir reader and I feel I may have ruined myself for others by starting with such a good one! What are some of your favourites?

Dandelions by Thea Lenarduzzi - best book I've read this year, and probably in my top 10 of all time!

...before it gets knocked on the floor.