Category Archives: The Perfect Gift

September 08

The Children Act by Ian McEwan

I have been in a reading rut. I know how bad that sounds coming from the co-founder of a book blog, but the good news is that thanks to this little winner from well known English novelist Ian McEwan, I think I am out.  Thank you to Ms K for carrying the load for Readhead during this […]

September 01

The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd

Boy,  I’m late to the party with this one. The Invention of Wings is everywhere – it has been instagrammed to an inch of it’s life and folk who don’t even like to read are you-tubing their love for it. It has been patiently waiting by my bed for months but I kept skipping over it and choosing […]

July 10

The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett

I have just put down one of the most delightful and heart-warming reads I can remember and I can’t stop thinking about it. This charming little story is based on Queen Elizabeth II; but not as we know her. For the sake of this book, England’s ever practical and dutiful monarch suddenly becomes an obsessive […]