The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards 6.1/10
This perhaps wasn’t my most favourite contemporary novel, but the storyline was gripping enough and after TWO YEARS of not finishing a book, it was good to get back on the saddle!
| 1. |
Read the Big Read's 100 greatest books
68 entries . 14 cheers |
25 people |
| 2. |
Catch a fish and eat it
6 cheers |
19 people |
| 3. |
Go to the top of a lighthouse
4 cheers |
23 people |
| 4. |
Get a byline in The Guardian
2 entries . 4 cheers |
1 person |
| 5. |
Swim the English Channel
7 cheers |
139 people |
| 6. |
write a novel and get it published
1 entry . 11 cheers |
345 people |
| 7. |
Milk a cow
1 entry . 16 cheers |
642 people |
| 8. |
Weigh under ten stone
1 entry . 8 cheers |
3 people |
| 9. |
Get a printing press and print something
2 cheers |
1 person |
| 10. |
Learn to use my sewing machine
1 entry . 11 cheers |
80 people |
| 11. |
Get a travel article published
6 cheers |
3 people |
| 12. |
Learn how to bookbind
13 cheers |
36 people |
| 13. |
paint a picture
3 entries . 14 cheers |
560 people |
| 14. |
Drive around Europe in a VW campervan
2 entries . 20 cheers |
12 people |
| 15. |
Visit every continent
3 entries . 12 cheers |
1,924 people |
| 16. |
bungee jump
1 entry . 3 cheers |
3,942 people |
| 17. |
Cruise the Nile in a felluca
1 entry . 8 cheers |
4 people |
| 18. |
Climb a live volcano
2 entries . 12 cheers |
5 people |
| 19. |
Donate blood
1 entry . 16 cheers |
2,890 people |
| 20. |
make a documentary film
4 entries . 12 cheers |
552 people |
| 21. |
Walk the Santiago pilgrimage trail
1 entry . 7 cheers |
9 people |
| 22. |
Read a newspaper in the Dead Sea
4 cheers |
2 people |
| 23. |
visit the Taj Mahal
1 entry . 10 cheers |
206 people |
| 24. |
see the pyramids in Egypt
1 entry . 12 cheers |
266 people |
| 25. |
Go to Dharamsala and meet the Dalai Lama
3 entries . 8 cheers |
15 people |
| 26. |
go to Carnival in Rio de Janeiro
1 entry . 10 cheers |
63 people |
| 27. |
Sing karaoke and eat sushi in Japan
4 entries . 10 cheers |
3 people |
| 28. |
go to India
1 entry . 4 cheers |
1,285 people |
| 29. |
Have a smallholding, with chickens, pigs and a few sheep
6 cheers |
1 person |
| 30. |
Run the New York Marathon
1 entry . 10 cheers |
111 people |
| 31. |
travel on the Trans-Siberian Railway
3 cheers |
181 people |
| 32. |
visit all 50 states
1 entry . 1 cheer |
8,958 people |
| 33. |
Own a little beach hut
11 cheers |
1 person |
| 34. |
Visit all 50 European countries
2 entries . 3 cheers |
1 person |
| 35. |
Visit 40 countries by the time I am 40
2 entries . 2 cheers |
3 people |
| 36. |
Stick to meat free Mondays for a year
1 cheer |
1 person |
| 37. |
go to an Indian wedding!
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15 people |
How I did it: My parents booked my husband and I a night at the Ice Hotel for our wedding present, which was a bit more memorable than a toaster...We flew to Kittila in Finland, transfered to a town called Karasuendo in northern Sweden, took a bus to Kiruna and a taxi to JukkasjÀrvi; had lunch at the amazing Ice Hotel restaurant, drank vodka in the Ice Bar and looked at the stunning art suites and ice sculptures, before calling it a night. Read how I did it…
How I did it: We're currently on holiday in Karesuando in Sweden, 250km above the Arctic Circle. It is late in the winter season, and been bitterly cold, but definitely a unique destination complete with roaming reindeer and nightly displays of the Northern Lights. Read how I did it…
How I did it: We travelled to Karesuando in northern Sweden, around 200km into the Arctic Circle, and stayed for a week. Almost every night we were treated to a fantastic display of Northern Lights. We've been very lucky. Read how I did it…
The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards 6.1/10
This perhaps wasn’t my most favourite contemporary novel, but the storyline was gripping enough and after TWO YEARS of not finishing a book, it was good to get back on the saddle!
He’s perfected the wide gummy grin, and makes a sort of ‘ha ha’ wheezy noise, so I’m hoping the cheeky chuckles are not far behind!
Forgot how much work moving house is, and while we are still surrounded by packing boxes, it’s definitely been worth it. Being a home owner is amazing! Tick…