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• The Silent Treatment by Abbie Greaves

  How long have you given someone the silent treatment? An hour? A day? In the case of Maggie’s husband it’s been six months and drastic action is about to be... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2024

• The Edgar Allen Poe Collection

  Stories, poems and novels all from Mr Poe himself. Edgar Allen Poe – the blurb Edgar Allan Poe is regarded as one of the foremost American writers. Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2024

• The Cursed Child by JK Rowling

  Join in with book of the month The Cursed Child. It’s actually not a book, it’s a script and also a West End play. It’s also written by Jack Thorne not J K... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2023

• The Lowdown… The Bone People by Keri Hulme

  Book of the Month for December is The Bone People by Keri Hulme. It’s almost as old as me having won the Booker Prize in 1985. Set in New Zealand at 540 pages i... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2023

• Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

  Book of the month was Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. The Big Review is below. ***Big Reviews are written from the point of view that you have read the book. Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2023

• Get Involved….Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

  Book Of The Month for November was Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. For online Book Clubbers there are some questions below for you to get involved with. Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2023

• Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors

  A fairy tale mash up? Gothic horror? A tragic classic? None of them! It’s modern day New York in all its ugly beauty. Cleopatra and Frankenstein: Cleopatra... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2023

• The Man On The Street – Trevor Wood

  No one sees him, but he sees everything – The Man on the Street Man On The Street – the blurb It started with a splash. Jimmy, a homeless veteran grappling... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2023

• Parisians by Graham Robb

  Take a trip around Paris with me by reading Parisians Parisians – the blurb No one knows a city like the people who live there – so who better to relate the... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2023

• The Lowdown…. Project Hail Mary

  Book of the Month for October is Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. I’ll admit I chose it purely because I loved Weir’s first book The Martian so much, however... Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2023

• Strange Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent

  Why Sally is definitely not another Eleanor Oliphant Strange Sally – the blurb Sally Diamond cannot understand why what she did was so strange. Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2023

• Careering by Daisy Buchanan

  Book of the month was Careering by Daisy Buchanan. The Big Review is below. ***Big Reviews are written from the point of view that you have read the book. Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2023

• Get Involved – Careering by Daisy Buchanan

  Book Of The Month for September was Careering by Daisy Buchanan. For online Book Clubbers there are some questions below for you to get involved with. Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2023

• The Maze Runner by James Dashner

  Join in with book of the month The Maze Runner. It’s also a film and a series but you just have to read the first one to answer our book club questions below. Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2023

• Circe by Madeline Miller

  Daughter of a sun god, immortal, witch, Circe. Circe – the blurb In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2023

• Favourite Sherlock Holmes Stories

  Arthur Conan Doyle picks his favourite Sherlock Holmes stories. All 12. Sherlock – the blurb When this competition was first mooted I went into it in a most... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2023

• How High We Go In the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu

  Life post an arctic plague in a future that looks very different – How High We Go In The Dark How High We Go – the blurb Siberia, 2031. Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2023

• The Audacity by Katherine Ryan

  Why being too much is exactly enough – The Audacity by Katherine Ryan. The Audacity – the blurb Hi, I’m TV’s Katherine Ryan. I’m known to live my life... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2023

• The Lowdown…. Careering by Daisy Buchanan

  Book of the Month for August is Careering by Daisy Buchanan. Marian Keyes claimed she ‘loved it, loved it, loved it’ (hey that’s my catchphrase) so it must be... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2023

• Heartstoppers by Alice Oseman

  Graphic novel, Netflick smash – Heartstoppers Heartstoppers – the blurb Charlie and Nick are at the same school, but they’ve never met … until one day when... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2023