What To Think About When Planning A Month Long Trip Around The Greek Islands
Travel planning is like decorating, it looks easy but it’s always so much easier for the professionals.
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Who is Christie Adams?
A Yorkshire woman with 40 years of experience as a negotiator, manager, educator, analyst, researcher and mentor.
Always moving forward, a single parent who studied for and gained a BA (Hons) in Literature whilst working full time.
Now a married grandmother, author, independence thinker, rebel, determined to be a positive forward facing role model.
An over 50 woman, keen to fight all forms of age discrimination and stereotyping.
Overcoming redundancies, career changes, bullying, bereavement and pivots to realise that it’s possible not just to survive but to thrive.
Bred to tell it how it is, to encourage, support and challenge you, always with kindness and straight talking.
To hold you accountable and ensure you keep on track.
Enabling you to live your best life.
Who are you, and who will you become?
Book Review – The Girl In The Spider’s Web, David Lagercrantz
Lisbeth has quite a few really good reasons to hate men and I believe Mr Larsson’s writing shows he was a true feminist
Book Review – The Hunger Games – Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins
If you wish to analyse it further rather than just see it as a piece of fiction you can see a political tone to the novel.
Book Review – The Hunger Games – Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins
The relationship between Peeta, Katniss and Gale is developed further, loyalties and romantic feelings between them being delved into throughout.
Book Review – The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins
By the way there is a new genre creeping onto the bookshelves ‘New Adult’ which is YA with sex, odd really surely a new adult is just an adult.
Book Review – The Narrows, Michael Connelly
The stereotypical FBI agent was ineffective and egotistical which is disappointing but I guess usual for this type of novel.
5 Reasons You Should Visit Christchurch, New Zealand, Aotearoa
People who had been said there wasn’t much to see. I think they went to the wrong place, because I found it inspirational.
5 Reasons to Travel on the Tranzalpine Railroad, Aotearoa, New Zealand – Christchurch to Greymouth
If you live at the top of a mountain, where it rains, a lot, I guess you need a sense of humour.
Kaikoura, Aotearoa, New Zealand – Where I Saw My Very Own Blue Whale!
Kaikoura isn’t just about whales though, the land dwelling locals have a fun sense of humour with street artwork…
5 Reasons to Visit Wellington in Aotearoa, New Zealand
If you have any recommendations for people who wish to stay longer please let me know, I can only comment on the things I saw in my very few hours in this harbour of culture which sits at the feet of a tall and thriving metropolis.
Book Review – Guilty Wives, James Patterson & David Ellis
I wasn’t going to pick up this book, despite recommendations, as it looked a bit tacky and predictable with a beautiful woman in evening dress and handcuffs on the cover. However it was brilliant!
Book Review – Wikileaks – Inside Julian Assange’s War On Secrecy, David Leigh and Luke Harding
The authors were ‘at the centre of a unique publishing drama that involved the release of some 250 000 secret diplomatic cables and classified files from the Afghan and Iraq wars’
Book Review – Lasting Damage, Sophie Hannah
A classic storyline and mystery of a woman, is she going mad, is she already insane or, is it a set up.
Book Review: No Time For Goodbye, Linwood Barclay
Very cleverly written, is she going mad or is someone trying to make it seem she is losing her grip? If so, who?
Book Review – The Son, Jo Nesbo
I read this in just over a day, it really grabs you and over you through the plot. I guess I’d describe it as ‘Gritty Scandinavian’.
Book review – A Boy of Good Breeding – Miriam Toews
Well, the blurb just about covers it, it’s a quirky tale of small town life with all its glorious triviality and complication.
Book Review – Robert Graves – Goodbye to All that
This definitely appears high up in my long list of book recommendations. War is sadly a necessity and I do think this book is worth a read to know how brutal it can be on the individual.
Book Review – Midnight Sun, Jo Nesbo / Translation, Neil Smith
This is a fairly routine tale of ‘small’ bad guy robs ‘big’ bad guy, goes on the run and repents. Well sort of with an odd twist or two.
5 Reasons I Became A Backpacker, Yes Me, A 50 Year Old Woman!
I get asked this so often, so I thought I’d explain the 5 main reasons I became a backpacker as a 50 year old woman
Top 5 reasons to attend a Maori Hangi
haka and women doing the poi, if you think it looks easy have a go. I have my own poi and can even whack myself on the back of my head if I lose concentration!