poetry – Echoes In An Empty Room

It’s 1994. The music industry is mourning Kurt Cobain, Right Said Fred have re-emerged as an ‘ironic’ pop act and John Major is the country’s prime minister. Nothing is as it should be.

Emma is hurtling towards her 27th birthday, riddled with anxiety that her idols Joplin, Hendrix and Morrison all died aged 27, and now Kurt Cobain has gone too. Will Emma be next to join The Twenty Seven Club?

Emma, a rock music fan from Hull, with a penchant for a flaming Drambuie and a line of coke with her best mate Dave down The Angel, is troubled. Trev, her whippet, has IBS, and her job ordering bathroom supplies at the local caravan company is far from challenging. So when her dad, Tel, informs her that her music idol, Kurt Cobain has killed himself aged 27, Emma is consumed with anxiety.

Why have so many legendary musicians gone aged 27? Is there a link between the members of the so-called Twenty Seven Club? Is this why her mum had an affair and left them? And could Emma be about to join The Twenty Seven Club too?

My Thoughts:

Set in the 90’s, where the music scene is pumping, the main character is Emma and she is worried that with her upcoming twenty seven birthday will she end up like all the great musicians that did not live past that age? Emma has a lot going on in her life right now and has terrible anxiety about things to come but will her life change for the better once her birthday is over. I have not read any of Lucy’s books before but I really liked the sound of this one. The story brought back a lot of memories about that era with the music side of things. You almost feel as though you want to read the book whilst listening to some of the music mentioned. There is a dark side to this story concerning Emma and some of her thought processes, I loved all the characters and I thought the story line was great.

I received an ARC copy of this book for an honest review.

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A Collection of Deep and Nuanced Musings on the Divine

Falling into All details the essence of knowing, and the seeking out of truth, inspired by the author’s study of spiritual teachings across cultures and the ages.

Falling into All was written in the morning quiet, meditated on, and is sprung from words always stirring within the heart of the poet, and now ready for the world. The words within are meant to be shared, to encourage others to look inside themselves, and to open a way to understanding beauty and truth, so it may spread to all who seek it.

Do you have a spiritual artist in your heart?

Are you seeking to be closer to a higher sense of Self?

Open the pages, awaken your mind, and fall into the waiting divine.

My Thoughts:

At times like this, I feel as though we need to regroup and assess our lives, I find reading poetry not only calms me but also refocuses my mind into more positivity.

The poetry that is written has a feeling of calm and understanding of oneself. One may want to read these poems to oneself but also to help others I would read them to another. A book that I will certainly be going back to time and time again. There is not one poem I do not like. They all affect me in different ways. I also enjoyed reading about the author Ben at the back of this book, his life is very interesting.

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