Bionic Sarah

We’ve had storm Benjamin now it’s hurricane Melissa .oy weather stop using my names

They listened and changed my designation on their system which will allow me to bring an essential companion which hopefully will make future bookings cheeper for me .She understood the fact that I use different mobility aids on different days not all disability is static .

i explained I was an ambulatory user and can transfer and on Sunday im actually bringing Alice who uses a walker with me .

Well that’s a first just got a phone call from Mk theatre .im taking my gig buddy to see Mary poppins on Sunday and they noticed I had not booked a wheelchair seat despite me being on their system as a wheelchair user .

Did stuff this weekend so of course I’m snuggled up with a book today

It was discovered in the loo of the pub we went to at lunch time which fortunately was the pub Pips gig venue was in .phew

That’s the one we went to all shuttered up ! Thank you sweetie

Urgent visit to the very old woman tomorrow because she’s lost her tv remote control .yesterday she was angry we were not abandoning our first night away since before lockdown to drive over and find it .she refuses daily carer visits but assumes I will drive 11/2 hour to sort her every time

So it turns out the nearest 24 hour pharmacy to central Oxford is in Aylesbury .one lost insulin pen means hubbys weekend away will be crowned by not eating .

I think what I loved most about the first book was exactly that the girls were the same age as I was when the book was set so I could imagine myself there effortlessly.the Yorkshire ripper bit put me off initially but it was so not about that, I loved it

Jennie Godfrey ,if you haven’t read the list of suspicious things I’d strongly recommend

My most eagerly anticipated book of 2026 is now on NetGalley uk I’ve requested and keeping everything crossed I loved this author’s debut novel it was my book of the year last year

I lost a dear friend suddenly and unexpectedly this weekend his death is the first I’ve had to navigate in the social media age .The combined distress of all my friends is so hard .he was so loved .goodnight sweet puck

Wow a woman as Archbishop of Canterbury now that’s really something

It’s such a fab resource isn’t it .i read so fast and so many books I couldn’t afford them all if I had to buy them all .i buy my favourites of the year for my family at Christmas

My most wanted novel is The Barbecue at no 9 by Jennie Godfrey I loved her first novel so much that I’m eagerly waiting for number 2 .its on wish list only on NetGalley currently .please @randomhouseuk @

How many books do you have in your to be read list .mine are almost entirely on NetGalley uk and currently I’ve got 14 waiting with a couple more I’ve requested today

Ahh the relief when my book reviews are all up to date and posted .i got rather immersed in the Booker longlist and forgot to post some of my July reads .All done now though and I’m
patting myself on the back and starting the next one

The actual Booker Shortlist
Flesh
The land in winter
The rest of our lives
Audition
The loneliness of Sonia and sunny
Flashlight
So I agreed with three out of the six some years, my list is completely different to the official one

My Booker at 25 shortlist is in order
Flashlight by Susan Choi
Endling by Maria Reva
Seascraper by Benjamin wood
The Rest of Our Lives by Benjamin Markovits
The Land In Winter by Benjamin Miller
Love Forms by Claire Adam

Fun aren’t they I know I’m in for a good read when the author publishes a new one

The Forty Rules of Love by Elif Shafak 4 star 7/10 Like many others, I have become a big Ellif Shafak fan after her last few novels  particularly There are rivers in the sky which from memory was on the booker list and when this no…

My short review of 40 rules of Love by Elif Shafak I book reviewer reviews a book about a historical whirling Dervish and the Muslim poet Rumi from the 13th century and comes under the influence of its author. Four stars. bionicsarahsbooks.wordpress.com/2025/09/29/t...

The Blitz secret by Stephen Ronson 4 star 7/10 I’d read  the authors previous novels in the series and  really enjoyed them immensely when the new one was available for a pre-review on NetGalley UK. I had a message from th…

My review of the exciting The Blitz Secret by @stephen_ronson published in November @HodderBooks I love this series spy novels set in WW2 this time the blitz a fun enjoyable read 4 stars bionicsarahsbooks.wordpress.com/2025/09/29/t...

The Blitz secret by Stephen Ronson 4 star 7/10 I’d read  the authors previous novels in the series and  really enjoyed them immensely when the new one was available for a pre-review on NetGalley UK. I had a message from th…

My review of the exciting The Blitz Secret by @stephen_ronson published in November @HodderBooks I love this series spy novels set in WW2 this time the blitz a fun enjoyable read 4 stars bionicsarahsbooks.wordpress.com/2025/09/29/t...

Fair play by Louise Hegarty 3 star 5/10 This book was  sitting on my to be read pile  for too long. I’ve read a couple of books that appeared to have nearly  the same premise of this one  a who done set a …

My short review of fair play by Louisa Hegarty hey who done it set it a party where they’re playing who done it. Ultimately, I didn’t really get this novel all three stars. bionicsarahsbooks.wordpress.com/2025/09/29/f...

The Fathers by John Niven 5 stars 8.5/10 This book was rather an unexpected surprise. I really loved it. The story tells us of two fathers and how their lives become unexpectedly intertwined. The two dads are of opposite en…

My review of the fathers by John Niven the Story of two Glasgow fathers at the opposite ends of the Social divide this is heartbreakingly real. I loved it five stars. bionicsarahsbooks.wordpress.com/2025/09/29/t...

The Fathers by John Niven 5 stars 8.5/10 This book was rather an unexpected surprise. I really loved it. The story tells us of two fathers and how their lives become unexpectedly intertwined. The two dads are of opposite en…

My review of the fathers by John Niven the Story of two Glasgow fathers at the opposite ends of the Social divide this is heartbreakingly real. I loved it five stars. bionicsarahsbooks.wordpress.com/2025/09/29/t...

The Satisfaction Café by Kathy Wang 5 star 7.5/10 I very much enjoyed this novel after choosing it on NetGalley UK I couldn’t really remember what it was about the blurb that had drawn me to the book however it was a surprising hit w…

My review of the satisfaction café by Kathy Wang. I love this book the story of a Taiwanese woman who move to America and in her later life starts off a café dedicated to listening to strangers. five stars.

My short review of the naked light by Bridget Collins a real autumn chiller this one . An ancient chalk face scraped into a hill haunts the local cottage for stars bionicsarahsbooks.wordpress.com/2025/09/29/t...

Lowest common denominator by Pirkko Saisio translated by Mia Spangenberg 4 star 7/10 This is a fictionised story of the authors own up growing in 1950s Finland. I’ve not read anything by this author before but I understand that they are well known in Finland and that th…

My review of lowest common denominator by pillow Saisio the engaging story of a 1950s childhood in Finland 4 star bionicsarahsbooks.wordpress.com/2025/09/29/l...