Book Club

80 years of Garcia Marquez

Colombian town of Aracataca woke up last Tuesday to 80 cannon shots. They celebrated the 80th birthday of its most famous citizen, Nobel prizewinner Gabriel Garcia Marquez, author of classics like One Hundred Years of Solitude and Love in the Time of Cholera.

The Marriage Medics

Medics, a guidebook now available to couples with marital issues

Bitch in the House

I read a book review of Bitch in the House last year and thought 'That is spot on'. The review spoke of women with careers, children and partners who were calm and unflappable in work but when they arrived home they turned into raving sergeant majors, roaring at children and partner alike.

The Complete Gardener by Monty Don

This book should have warning signs plastered all over it! It is potentially dangerous to Grannies and SATSFTWPs alike (or Stressed And Time Strapped Full Time Working Parents).

100+ WEDDING GAMES

"100+ WEDDING GAMES: Fun & Laughs for Bachelorette Parties, Showers, & Receptions" is featured on Bowker's Recommended List. 100+ WEDDING GAMES is unique among bridal shower books in its sheer variety and quantity of nothing but fun shower games, bachelorette party games, and wedding reception games

Irish Love Poems

Poetry is a strange companion, dipping in and out of our lives with the wilfulness of confident friend.

Your Life only a Gazillion Times better!

must confess to feeling somewhat Brigit Jonesesque when picking up this book. I imagined that I might need a bottle of Chardonnay to wash it down with. And so prepared, big knickers pulled on, glass in hand, soft music on the CD player, I settled down for a read to see how I could make my life a Gazillion times better or least a little bit.

Matches are made in Heaven but Weddings are made on earth

This month it's all about rings; who's wearing them, who's taking them off, who's biting the finger that wears them, who's denying wearing them and who's flashing their ring like its going out of fashion.

Ireland - the lost Atlantis?

If you thought getting married in Ireland was romantic, it just got better. According to a new book by Ulf Erlingsson Ireland is the lost Atlantis.