The Queen of Bloody Everything | 
pickThis has been on my kindle for forever and I feel foolish about that. A funny yet darkly sad story about mothers and daughters. Dido narrates her life as a bookish child looking for what she needed from life in the pages of her books and her deeply unusual upbringing with her mum. I loved this although found time picking up at the end a bit challenging to follow #pantone2023 claiming for iced mango but does have some blueing in there too!
I am posting one book per day from my extensive to-be-read collection. No description and providing no reason for wanting to read it, I just do. Some will be old, some will be new. Don‘t judge me - I have a lot of books. Join in if you want!
#ABookADay2023
pickColourful characters, a great neighbourhood setting with lots of detail about 1970s thru 2000s London and delves into some interesting emotional turmoil between mothers and daughters.
A Bohemian solo mum and young daughter (Dido) move in beside a “perfect” conventional family. Dido wishes she lived next door - and we follow her through her coming of age as she struggles between those two worlds. ⬇️
#alphastack #letterQ
Only one on my shelf, but had to include the tagged book too, as I loved it so much, but loaned it out, and can‘t remember to who? 🤷♀️💕📚
pickWell this was fun and so British! Dido has a wild irresponsible mother and prefers spending time at the neighbors, an - on the surface - normal family. She grows up in the 80s with the neighbor‘s kids and it‘s so nostalgic: the music, the atmosphere. A delightful read and a great storyline.
Such a perfect gift, @squirrelbrain 💕 thanks again!
#ATY2020
This book is immensely funny and so 80s! Loving it so far! 😂
This is a #BlameitonLitsy purchase. It was not easy to track down but everyone spoke so highly of it I gave pursuit! Victory by way of Royal Mail! 🇬🇧
pickLiked this for the title alone. But wasn‘t prepared to adore it so much! It‘s nostalgic, funny, heartbreaking, sweary and just so British! Set in suburban Essex in the 70s &80s, its the story of bohemian Edie, her daughter Dido and their troubled relationship. Dido falls in love with the ‘normal‘ family next door and becomes part of their lives yet is somehow always an outsider. We follow her grow up, feel every heartache and every humiliation.💔
#bookreport @Cinfhen
Quality over quantity again this week! 😊
- Finished my re-read of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone, and had a Zoom bookclub to discuss it on Wednesday
- 2 fantastic novels featuring mother/daughter relationships.... Loved them both. 💕
Loving this so far.... 💕
Giving me When God was a Rabbit vibes, which is a really good thing! Quirky, nostalgic with a touch of melancholy....
@Cinfhen #bookreport / #weeklyforecast combined!
- Loved The Line of Beauty! I adore Alan Hollinghurst‘s writing....💕
- The Southern Bookclub‘s guide to slaying Vampires was a super fun audio distraction...
- Halfway through a re-listen of Maybe you should talk to someone, for a Zoom bookclub I‘m hosting this week.
- Just started the tagged book, and enjoying the writing a lot so far....
- A couple of recent releases on the horizon....
😊💕📚🎧
pickVery glad I agree with the 100% of readers who also loved this book. So much of it reminded me of my own childhood growing up in the Essex suburbs. It really is a book for anyone with unconventional or complicated family dynamics. Enjoy!
pickFantastic read. Absolutely devoured this one. Loved Edie and Dido. Beautiful story about family and growing up.
And look at the chapter titles ♥️
Starting my long weekend right! I know it's early in the year for a long weekend already, but flying off to visit my mum, as we couldn't see each other at Christmas. Really looking forward to seeing her and hanging out. ♥️
#NoFemmeber
Dido‘s Mum, Edie, doesn‘t do normal and leads a bit of a #heretic lifestyle. And all Dido wants is normal, just plain old boring normal.
After a few heavy reads of late, this is a good palate cleanser so far, and an interesting look into Mum-daughter relationships. And I think this was one I stacked from you @Cinfhen
pickI‘ve had a lovely, lazy Sunday morning (so far!) finishing this audiobook. It‘s right out of my childhood - so many details of growing up in the 70s, 80s and 90s. The dynamics between the main protagonist, Dido and her mother, Edie, is touching and raw. Edie is a woman who you wouldn‘t immediately imagine as being anyone‘s mother - being a mother ISN‘T always quite what you‘d expect it to be. Such a lovely book, and the narrator was excellent.
#dancingqueen #abbainaugust
Loved this book - made me very nostalgic and had a good reflection on mother/daughter relationships.
#4newfavsin4days
Read this recently and loved it. There‘s something to be said about reading a book that you haven‘t heard of and just picked up because you liked the title- the book then doesn‘t suffer from unrealistic expectations!! This was funny, sad and very nostalgic.
#bankholidaygiveaway
Congrats @Amy-Laura thank you for the give away!
The tagged book has been one of my favs so far this year!
I am really looking forward to the new Stephen King out this month!
pickIt has taken me ages and ages and ages to finish this, not because it‘s not a great read but because life kept making me go to work and do chores 😔 But this was such a great book - characters you love, get cross with and root for, relatable relationships and funny moments too. The title and gorgeous cover had me hooked from the moment I saw it and now I‘m finished, I don‘t really know what to do!!
An early night after no lie ins this weekend thanks to my three year old!! Starting on this beauty. I LOVE the cover and quite fancy being the queen of bloody everything!! 👑
pickI think this is the first book to make me cry this year. It‘s brilliant, funny, real and sad. Flawed characters and imperfect families. Made my heart ache with nostalgia too.
pickThis was a fantastic read from NetGalley and Mantle books. I loved every minute of it and felt like I was watching from the wings as the story took me from the 1970s up to the 00s in Saffron Walden, Essex. Just wonderful. 😍
