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• The Wine Runner by Colin Renton

  A year of hard yards and vineyards – what to do when you turn 60? Become a wine runner! Wine Runner – the blurb With his sixtieth birthday looming, Colin... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2023

• Kalmann, An Icelandic Mystery by Joachim B Schmidt

  Blood, sharks and polar bears! Don’t worry, Kalmann is on the case Kalmann – the blurb Kalmann is the self-appointed Sheriff of Raufarhöfn. Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2023

• The White Ship by Charles Spencer

  The Book of the month for May and June was The White Ship by Charles Spencer. The Big Review is below. ***Big Reviews are written from the point of view that yo... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2023

• Get Involved with…..The White Ship

  Book Of The Month for May (and June) was The White Ship by Charles Spencer For online Book Clubbers there are some questions below for you to get involved with. Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2023

• Rooftoppers by Katherine Rundell

  Join in with book of the month Rooftoppers, by Katherine Rundell. The Sky’s the limit! Rooftoppers – the blurb Everyone tells Sophie that she was orphaned in a... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2023

• Thrown by Sara Cox

  Potters assemble! I review Thrown by Sara Cox Thrown – the blurb The inhabitants of the Inventor’s Housing Estate keep themselves to themselves. Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2023

• Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak

  Doctor Zhivago or Doctor Zhiva no? Zhivago the blurb Banned in the Soviet Union until 1988, Doctor Zhivago is the epic story of the life and loves of a... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2023

• Calypso by David Sedaris

  ‘Call him something stupid like Calypso’ – my first venture into a David Sedaris book and it’s a good one Calypso – the blurb When he buys a beach house on the... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2023

• Wrong Place, Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister

  Read it in three days as I just had to know what happened next – Wrong Place, Wrong Time. Wrong Place – the blurb It’s late. You’re waiting up for your... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2023

• Spies in St Petersburg by Katherine Woodfine

  Join in with book of the month Spies in St Petersburg, book number two in the Taylor and Rose series Spies in St Petersburg – the blurb With Sophie still missin... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2023

• The Satsuma Complex by Bob Mortimer

  The Book of the month for April was The Satsuma Complex by Bob Mortimer. The Big Review is below. ***Big Reviews are written from the point of view that you hav... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2023

• Get Involved with…The Satsuma Complex

  Book Of The Month for April was The Satsuma Complex by Bob Mortimer. For online Book Clubbers there are some questions below for you to get involved with. Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2023

• The Lowdown… The White Ship

  Book of the Month for May is The White Ship by Charles Spencer. If a bit of historical, non fiction by the brother of Diana Priness of Wales is your bag then... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2023

• Women Talking by Mirian Toews

  A fictional response to a real life event – Women Talking Women Talking – the blurb In a remote Mennonite colony, over a hundred girls and women were knocked... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2023

• Big Sky by Kate Atkinson

  Not only my first ever Jackson Brodie but my first ever Kate Atkinson – Big Sky. Big Sky – the blurb Jackson Brodie has relocated to a quiet seaside village in... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2023

• Once Upon A River by Diane Setterfield

  A dead girl who isn’t dead, three families who claim her and the Thames in all it’s magical mystical glory – Once Upon A River Once Upon A River – the blurb It... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2023

• Tender is the Night by F Scott Fitzgerald

  Another one from my too large TBR pile – Tender is the night Tender is the night – the blurb Set in the south of France in the late 1920s, Tender Is the Night i... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2023

• The Lowdown… The Satsuma Complex

  Book of the Month for April is The Satsuma Complex by Bob Mortimer. Previously read by my husband who described it as ‘very Bob’, it’s actually a fiction debut... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2023

• My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh

  The Book of the month for March was My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Otessa Moshfegh. The Big Review is below. ***Big Reviews are written from the point of vie... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2023

• Get Involved With… My Year of Rest and Relaxation

  Book Of The Month for March was Lessons in Chemistry by Ottessa Moshfegh. For online Book Clubbers there are some questions below for you to get involved with. Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2023