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• Slow Horses by Mick Herron

  Books are like buses – you wait for a good one and suddenly three come along at once. The final in my ‘It’s really good read it now trilogy’ is Slow Horses by... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2021

• Three Hours by Rosamund Lupton

  The harrowing theme of a school shooting is the setting for our most recent read, Three Hours. Three Hours – the blurb In rural Somerset in the middle of a... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2021

• We Begin At The End by Chris Whitaker

  Ladies and Gentlemen let me introduce you to Duchess Day Radley. Your life will never be the same again. We Begin – The Blurb Thirty years ago, Vincent King... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2021

• The Lowdown… The Old Ways by Robert Macfarlane

  British author and academic Robert Macfarlane is arguable one of the countries best nature writers. Favourites include The Lost Words, Underland and The Wild... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2021

• A Woman In The Polar Night by Christiane Ritter

  A year in the Arctic wilderness in 1934. We review A Woman In The Polar Night. Polar Night – the blurb In 1934, the Austrian painter Christiane Ritter travels t... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2021

• February ’21 Reading Round Up

  

  Give me a Bothy was the cry when we reviewed Bothy Tales by John D Burns. I can move only with the aid of barrels of anti-inflammatory gel, sticking plasters an... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2021

• The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa

  Our book of the month is The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa. We give you our Big Review below. ***Our Big Reviews are written from the point of view that you have... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2021

• Get Involved With…. The Memory Police

  Our Book Of The Month for February is The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa. For our online Book Clubbers we have some questions below for you to get involved with. Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2021

• Murder Most Unladylike by Robin Stevens

  Our children’s book of the month for February is Murder Most Unladylike by Robin Stevens Unladylike – the blurb When Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong set up their ver... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2021

• Deity by Matt Wesolowski

  Can you believe we are on book number 5 already in the Six Stories series??? Deity is its title and we are on the blog tour for it today. Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2021

• Peter Duck by Arthur Ransome

  A swashbuckling treasure hunting adventure featuring not only a Swallow but a Peter Duck! Peter Duck – the blurb The Swallows and Amazons, as well as Captain... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2021

• Winter in Sokcho by Elisa Shua Dusapin

  We take a trip to South Korea when we review Winter in Sokcho. Winter in Sokcho – the blurb It’s winter in Sokcho, a tourist town on the border between South an... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2021

• The Somnambulist and the Psychic Thief

  Think Sherlock investigating the supernatural and you’ve got The Curious Affair of the Somnambulist and the Psychic Thief. The Somnambulist For several years... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2021

• Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas

  We return to Garden Heights and see where it all began for Starr Carter. We review Concrete Rose. Concrete Rose – the blurb With his King Lord dad in prison... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2021

• The Lowdown…The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa

  The Memory Police, translated by Stephen Snyder, was first published in Japan in 1994 yet only hit our shores last year. It’s a thought provoking dystopia... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2021

• Bothy Tales by John D Burns

  We go walking in the Scottish Highlands when we review Bothy Tales. Bothy Tales – the blurb I can move only with the aid of barrels of anti-inflammatory gel,... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2021

• January 2021 Reading Round Up

  

  The first book I read in January was My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante the first in the Neapolitan series about two young girls growing up in 1950s Naples. Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2021

• Get Involved With… Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell

  Our Book Of The Month for January is Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell. For our online Book Clubbers we have some questions below for you to get involved with. Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2021

• Pinocchio by Michael Morpugo

  Our children’s book of the month for January is Pinocchio by Michael Morpurg0 Pinocchio – the blurb “Now – there’s no point in pretending here – I was, and stil... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2021

• I Read It in a Book….fish Fingers in Curry???

  

  Welcome to our #IReadItInABook feature where we eat cauliflower for breakfast, make food for unicorns and beach comb in November. This time we are putting fish... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2021