The Book That Changed My Life

This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022.Carol Wyer won The People's Book Prize Award for non-fiction 2015 and writes regularly for the Huffington Post. Her new book, Life Swap, is released on 22nd April. I have always been an avid reader. Evenings you would … [Read more...] about The Book That Changed My Life: Carol Wyer Picks Candide by Voltaire

This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022. The book that changed my life is The House on the Strand by Daphne Du Maurier. My grandmother gave it to me to read when I was about 12 years old. I’d always been fascinated by history right from being a small child, and I can … [Read more...] about The Book That Changed My Life: Nicola Cornick Picks The House on the Strand by Daphne Du Maurier

This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022.  It wasn’t actually a book that changed my life – it was a play. Now, over the years, I have read moment-altering, life-enhancing books: Jojo Moyes' Me Before You and The Girl You Left Behind, Geraldine … [Read more...] about The Book That Changed My Life by Lindsay Jill Roth

This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022. When I was seventeen, I started reading the mysteries of Josephine Tey. I picked up The Daughter of Time, expecting another detective story. When I realised it was about the murder of the Princes in the Tower, I was puzzled. I was … [Read more...] about The Book That Changed My Life: Michelle Birkby picks The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey

This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022. I have two books that changed my life. I’m greedy like that but they both worked together in a strange and unplanned way, as these things often happen, in helping change the course of my life. The first is Khaled Hosseini A … [Read more...] about The Book That Changed My Life: Katy Colins Picks Books by Khaled Hosseini and Lindsey Kelk