Antics and ramblings of a twenty something

Hello! I hope this post finds you really well and happy this Saturday evening :) The interesting thing about this book is I almost brought it a month or so back when I had book vouchers. I really find it so hard choosing books, I find people quite easy to read, books not so much 😂 and so I didn’t end up buying it. With my book voucher I ended up buying “Everything I know about love” by Dolly Elderton which should be a classic similar to Bridget Jones for us gals, and so I have no regrets. I’d seen Heartburn on the shelf, though but decided against it for another book I just couldn’t get into and ended up giving away pretty soon after. I can’t even remember the name of it? However, what I did notice in the reviews at the back of Alderton’s book is that her writing style and humour was likened to Nora Ephron’s. After a quick search I found that this author I was indeed going to buy alongside Dolly’s book weirdly enough?! After checking if I could order it in from my local librar...

Hello~ how’re you doing? Today is a chilled one for me, having showered, read and then gone for coffee in town with my Mum. It’s been nice. Lately, I’ve got back into Roald Dahl’s fiction for adults and this morning’s read was the amazing “Edward the Conqueror” - originally published in ‘The Newyorker’ in 1953. I love the amazing, funny and sinister twists in Dahl’s adult fiction and I’m yet to find an author I find as skilled in terms of description, humour and darkness all balanced. Later we’re seeing a production at The Gatehouse Theatre in Stafford, so looking forward to that too! Last Saturday was a fun one, Mum and I went to a “Fake Festival”. These are festivals that run up and down the country and can run from 1-3 day events, where all the bands performing are cover bands. All the while the atmosphere is one in the style of a festival. Saturday’s Fest was in Hanley park and featured cover bands of Green day, Blondie, David Bowie, The Foo Fighters, The Killers and P!nk...

Today has been such a nice day, despite feeling quite tired most of the day work was good, I’m looking forward to baked salmon for tea and my fluffy dog Evie is currently asleep on my lap. I love that everyday at the moment I seem to be finding new books or music. It’s so cool to be absorbing so much from all different mediums. One of these artists is Sigrid. Despite the Norwegian singer releasing hit singles in the U.K. I can’t say I ever listened to her music until yesterday. I think I just have heard bops like “Don’t feel like crying” and “Suckerpunch” on the background at gym’s/cafe’s as the choruses are too familiar, but I’ve never known of the artist behind them. I love how electro-poppy her music is and how simple and powerful her lyrics are. Another artist I’m just listening to is Maisie Peters, I love how beautifully pure her voice sounds, all the wispy harmonies are so incredible 🌟 I love that music drifts in and out of your favourite memories so often. Last night fo...

Uncharacteristically of me, I’m now writing my third book review in three days. This book however, is my firm favourite of the year. So much so that I’ve stayed in for five hours straight to finish it, that is “Everything I know about love”  by Dolly Alderton. This book is a holy grail for twenty-somethings as Dolly masterfully tells of her loves, losses and friendships that make up her twenties. Her writing style is that of Bridget Jones, with none of the self pity or loathing, only lessons learnt whilst growing and having fun  through life. It’s funny, touching, honest and life affirming. It is a book that will now be a firm favourite on my book shelf, and one that I will be recommending to every girl-friend. Amazing. Love, Molly xx

Hello, As promised- Here is my second book review of the past month. ‘Kitchen’ by Banana Yoshimoto is probably not a book I would have picked up, I’m not sure why, I think both the fact that the simple noun of something so every-day like “Kitchen” lead me to have thought it was boring. Also, as the book is translated into English from Japanese, I guess my first reaction was that it may not have relevance to me in England. Both of these presumptions were wrong I was kindly given this book to borrow by a work colleague who adores Japanese culture. It was after trying the traditional Japanese sweets of “Mochi” that she actually suggested the book.  Previously my friend has lent me a very long, though I’m sure marvellous, book that I couldn’t get through (I struggle to maintain concentration for long complex narratives). It was through the fact that this is a fairly short book of 150 pages and the fact that ‘Kitchen’ is one of her favourite books of all time, that she lent it...

Today, on Friday 26th April, a marvellous thing happened. To join the other four singles previously released, seven others were revealed through the release of Catfish’s third album, ‘The Balance’. This, I have to say, is the only album I have ever preordered. This is also the only band I’m set to see more than once (roll on July). Why? Because they are a work of genius. I remember not really joining the hype when they released their first album ‘The Balcony’, I only really joined at the tail-end of their second album ‘The Ride’. This was through being aged eighteen and wanting to get in on the edgy indie vibes after crushing on a boy with similar music taste... Since then it’s fair to say this band, a mixture of Pop/rock and indie, has been my biggest love ever musically. I never really yearned to one particular band before, I have never wanted or felt the need to see a band more than once but that’s where for some reason Catfish “got me” in that weird deep hippy way music lov...

Book review of Phil Collins’s Autobiography - ‘Not Dead Yet’ Hey, how’re you doing? I feel like writing today and after watching Taylor Swift’s interview with ‘Time’ in which she says “everything is copy”, I thought I’d do a book review 📚. This particular book is over 400 pages and normally I wouldn’t read something that long. Whilst I love stories and characters and arcs and cliffhangers, whilst I love literature in general - I’ve never actually found it easy to read. I was never that child that was a book worm, I would’ve much rather been swimming. As I’ve grown I’ve realised how amazing some stories can be and if I get into one, then it can seem a breeze. This book is one of those. I found it in a really cool Oxfam book shop in my city, whilst waiting for my Mum to do her shopping. I don’t think I would’ve thought about reading Phil Collins’s autobiography, if it wasn’t for the fact about a year and a half previously I’d seen it in a library. On this particular day I’d bee...