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Quirky Reads: Billy and Me by Giovanna Fletcher

Rachie's Musings on: Billy and Me by Giovanna Fletcher Billy and Me very quickly became one of my favourite books that I’ve read.  It is, as you would expect from the title, a love story about how girl meets boy but to me it’s a lot more special than just that. When I read Billy and Me, I felt as though Sophie, the ‘Me’ in Billy and Me, was speaking directly to me, I felt as though I wasn’t reading this story, I was sitting in a coffee shop somewhere, listening to my friend tell me all about this great guy she has met and all the adventures they have been on so far. Sophie appealed to me because I could relate to her. She’s roughly my age or thereabouts, her mum works in a library (so does mine!) she’s unassuming, she dislikes rudeness and gossip, she was unsure of what she wanted to do with her life and found something she was good at by accident and most importantly, she works in a teashop and bakes cake every day – cake is my happy place! I won’t delve too much into Bi...

Things That Make Rachie Smile.

Happy is pretty much my favourite mood to be in. I can at times be a bit of a Pollyanna (if you aren't familiar with Pollyanna, it's a novel by Eleanor H. Porter about an eternally optimistic young girl who moves in with her grumpy aunt when her parents die and spends her days looking for reasons to find the 'happy' in every situation. Oh and Hayley Mills plays her in the 1960 movie and is awesome!). I like being a bit of a Pollyanna, but sometimes even I can be a bit of a Grumpasaurus. Since the latter half of last year I've been filling the pages of my London Underground notebook (from Paperchase ) with Happy Lists or as I call them - ' Things that Make Rachie Smile' . I noticed Carrie Hope Fletcher (You can read my musings on her recently published book here  - you can also find her blog here ) put some on her blog and I thought it was a good idea and might be therapeutic on days when I feel a little less than happy to think abou...

choosing the right words :-)

Choosing the Right Words :-)  I haven't blogged in a while, mostly because I've had fairly little to talk about and I don't want to ramble on for the sake of rambling!   Choosing words carefully is pretty important. Choosing the right words can make all the difference between getting your thoughts out correctly and causing offence.  Choosing the right words can make the difference between delivering a joke properly and hurting someone's feeling. Choosing words carefully can also make all the difference in starting a conversation with someone - word it wrong and you may find the conversation goes awry pretty quickly.  Conversation starters can be tricky things, they often require consideration, but I find us humans have a tendency to speak too quickly in order to fill up dreaded awkward silences. I've noticed lately that there are occasions when people try to start conversations with me they immediately base their topic on some element of my appearance.  I comple...