‘Oranges are not the only fruit’ by Jeanette Winterson

A recommended book. I didn’t like it.

I knew what to expect in that it was a coming-of-age novel about a lesbian growing up in a deeply religious family.

I was expecting it to be more lesbian that religious, but it wasn’t, it was very religious. It also had far too many seemingly unrelated stories that had some sort of metaphorical message – well I assume they did – I didn’t really get most of them.

Overall, not particularly impressed.

‘Suicide Thursday’ by Will Carver

I think Will Carver is a great writer – read a couple of brilliant thrillers in the past – this is another dark thriller that is well worth a read.

It follows a fella called Eli Hagen who struggles to finish anything – his friend’s suicide changes everything. Eli struggles with everything, even knowing what is fact and what is fiction. His relationship with his girlfriend Jackie is desperate, tragic and hilarious. In fact, that describes the book perfectly: desperate, tragic and hilarious.

Will Carver has once again managed to put the crazy into reality. You can use that on the poster!!

If you remember, March’s challenge was a daily plank.

As you can see it didn’t go particularly well…

Started off absolutely fine, made great progress. Then things started to get in the way: Ofsted, weekend away, nights out and tiredness.

Also, breaking the 5 min barrier gave me a sort of ‘done it’ mindset.

All I can say is we move on and go again.

April’s challenge: Tarot Card Reading