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• Any Human Heart by William Boyd

  Our book of the month for April is Any Human Heart by William Boyd. We give you our Big Review below. ***Our Big Reviews are written from the point of view... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2021

• The Lowdown… The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

  Fiction, non-fiction, children’s books, adult books. You name it Matt Haig can write it. This time he is taking on a whole library and we are going to review... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2021

• April ’21 Reading Round up

  

  Repentance by Eloisa Diaz was our first read in April. BUENOS AIRES, 1981.Argentina is in the grip of a brutal military dictatorship. Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2021

• Get Involved With… Any Human Heart by William Boyd

  Our Book Of The Month for April is Any Human Heart by William Boyd. For our online Book Clubbers we have some questions below for you to get involved with. Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2021

• The Polar Bear Explorers Club by Alex Bell

  An expedition to the Icelands featuring carnivorous cabbages, iced gem eating unicorns and penguin plasters. Our children’s book of the month for April is The... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2021

• Red Clocks by Leni Zumas

  What is a woman? A witch? A wife? A mother? That’s the question posed in Red Clocks by Leni Zumas. Red Clocks – the blurb In this ferociously imaginative... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2021

• In the Company of Men by Veronique Tadjo

  An account of Ebola as it ravaged West Africa. We review In the Company of Men. In The Company of Men – the blurb In a series of moving snapshots, Véronique... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2021

• The Lamplighters by Emma Stonex

  A lighthouse emerging from a rock in the sea. A door locked from the inside. And Three men supposedly on duty, missing We review The Lamplighters by Emma Stonex... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2021

• TH1RT3EN by Steve Cavanagh

  We catch up with Eddie Flynn who this time is dealing with a killer jury – Th1RT3EN by Steve Cavanagh TH1RT3EN – the blurb ‘To your knowledge, is there... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2021

• Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman

  Star-crossed lovers in a very different world – we review Noughts and Crosses. Noughts and Crosses – the blurb Sephy is a Cross: she lives a life of privilege... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2021

• The Old Ways by Robert Macfarlane

  Our book of the month is The Old Ways by Robert Macfarlane. We give you our Big Review below. ***Our Big Reviews are written from the point of view that you hav... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2021

• The Lowdown…. Any Human Heart by William Boyd

  Ghana born and Nigerian bred Boyd is the author of 17 novels with his latest, Trio, released in October last year. It is however his 2002’s winner of the Prix... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2021

• Dyslexia Friendly Books for Adults? Now You’re Talking

  

  What do Orlando Bloom and Dragon’s Den star Theo Paphitis have in common? They both have dyslexia. Whilst dyslexia doesn’t stop someone from getting ahead in... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2021

• Repentance by Eloisa Diaz

  Today we join the blog tour for Repentance that delves in to Argentina’s dark past and gives us Inspector Joaquin Alzada. Repentance – the blurb BUENOS AIRES,... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2021

• March ’21 Reading Round up

  

  A Woman in the Polar Night by Christiane Ritter was our first read in March. In 1934, the Austrian painter Christiane Ritter travels to the remote Arctic... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2021

• The Valley of Lost Secrets by Lesley Parr

  Our children’s book of the month for March is The Valley of Lost Secrets by Lesley Parr. Valley of Lost Secrets – the blurb September 1939. Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2021

• Get Involved With…. The Old Ways by Robert Macfarlane

  Our Book Of The Month for March is The Old Ways by Robert Macfarlane. For our online Book Clubbers we have some questions below for you to get involved with. Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2021

• Mr Loverman by Bernardine Evaristo

  

  Ladies and Gentleman let me introduce to Barrington Jedidiah Walker. He ain’t no homosexual, he’s Barrysexual (or Mr Loverman to you and me). Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2021

• 11.22.63 by Stephen King

  What if Kennedy had never been shot? We find out when we read 11.22.63. 11.22.63 – the blurb WHAT IF you could go back in time and change the course of history? Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2021

• A Year at the Chateau by Dick and Angel Strawbridge

  We follow the Strawbridge family as they crash a car, eat calves heads and get married, all during their first year at the Chateau. Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2021