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• The Survivors by Jane Harper

  Best news of the year so far – Jane Harper is back! But this time it’s the sea not the outback she tackles in The Survivors. The Survivors – the blurb Kieran... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2021

• Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell

  Our book of the month is Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell. We give you our Big Review below. ***Our Big Reviews are written from the point of view that you have read... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2021

• Space Oddity by Christopher Edge

  A new children’s book that’s out of this world – Space Oddity by Christopher Edge. Space Oddity – the blurb You might think that this story is going to be an... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2021

• Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

  A classic for January – we review Nicholas Nickleby Nickleby – the blurb Following the success of Pickwick Papers and Oliver Twist, Nicholas Nickleby was... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2021

• Winterkill by Ragnar Jonasson

  The conclusion to Ragnar Jonasson’s Dark Iceland series, we review Winterkill. Winterkill – the blurb Easter weekend is approaching, and snow is gently falling... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2021

• My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante

  First book of the year goes to….My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante My Brilliant Friend – the blurb From one of Italy’s most acclaimed authors, comes this... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2021

• The Lowdown – Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell

  Hamnet, published last year and still in hardback, was an instant smash hit when it hit the shelves. It’s premise is a fictional account of Shakespeare’s son wh... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2021

• The Mermaid by Christina Henry

  A mythical creature and the Greatest Showman, we review The Mermaid by Christina Henry. Mermaid – the blurb Once there was a fisherman who lived on a cold and... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2020

• Annual Round Up 2020

  

  A look back over all we have read and loved in 2020. Children’s reads Hitler’s Canary by Sandi Toksvig, based on Toksvig’s family in Denmark during World War... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2020

• 12 Books of Book Club 2020

  

  We look back over 12 months of Book Club January is a classic First book of the month in 2020 was Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier. It was simply FAB U LOUS and... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2020

• Away With The Penguins by Hazel Prior

  

  Our book of the month is Away With The Penguins by Hazel Prior. We give you our Big Review below. ***Our Big Reviews are written from the point of view that... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2020

• Get Involved with…Away With The Peguins by Hazel Prior

  Our Book Of The Month for December is Away With The Penguins by Hazel Prior. For our online Book Clubbers we have some questions below for you to get involved... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2020

• The Cousins by Karen M McManus

  You can choose your friends but you can’t choose your relatives! We review The Cousins by Karen M McManus. The Cousins – the blurb The Storys are the envy of... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2020

• 8 Detectives by Alex Pavesi

  8 nods to the murder mysteries of yesteryear. We review 8 Detectives by Alex Pavesi. 8 Detectives – the blurb All murder mysteries follow a simple set of rules. Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2020

• Around The World in 80 Trains by Monisha Rajesh

  We go around the world, but there isn’t a balloon in sight! Around The World – the blurb From the cloud-skimming heights of Tibet’s Qinghai railway to... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2020

• The Lowdown – Away with the Penguins

  It contains penguins and the cover has snow on it, that means it’s Christmassy right? Right???? Step aside Eleanor Away With The Penguins by Hazel Prior (a... Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2020

• Snow Falling on Cedars by David Gutterson

  I review a book I was convinced I had already read, Snow Falling on Cedars Snow Falling – the blurb In 1954 a fisherman is found dead in the nets of his boat,... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2020

• November Round Up

  

  A round up of all we have read, written and obtained in November. November’s reading list November’s reading began with the Second World War by Antony Beevor.... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2020

• Pine by Francine Toon #BigReview

  Our book of the month is Pine by Francine Toon. We give you our Big Review below. ***Our Big Reviews are written from the point of view that you have read the... Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2020

• Get Involved With… Pine by Francine Toon

  Our Book Of The Month for November is Pine by Francine Toon. For our online Book Clubbers we have some questions below for you to get involved with. Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2020