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• Regeneration by Pat Barker

  Fact meets fiction at Craiglockhart during World War 1 – Regeneration by Pat Barker Regeneration – the blurb Craiglockhart War Hospital, Scotland, 1917, and arm... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2022

• We Were Liars by E Lockhart

  And the prize for first book in 2022 to make me cry goes to…. We Were Liars We Were Liars – the blurb A beautiful and distinguished family.A private island.A... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2022

• Grey Bees by Andrev Kurkov

  War torn Ukraine told through the eyes of a mild mannered bee keeper living in a no-man’s land called the Grey Zone. His bees are not yellow and black, they... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2022

• The Lowdown….The Sanatorium

  Are you ready for some winter chills? Book of the Month for February is The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse. The eerie, isolated Swiss mountains are the backdrop... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2022

• Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

  Book of the month for January was Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia. The Big Review is below. ***Big Reviews are written from the point of view that you... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2022

• Get Involved with Mexican Gothic

  Our Book Of The Month for January was Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia. For our online Book Clubbers we have some questions below for you to get involved... Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2022

• Rules of Civility by Amor Towles

  Could Rules of Civility ever match A Gentleman in Moscow? Should it? Rules of Civility – the blurb In a New York City jazz bar on the last night of 1937,... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2022

• Amsterdam by Ian McEwan

  A 178 page romp of revenge, pacts and despicable characters. I review Amsterdam by Ian McEwan Amsterdam – the blurb Two old friends – Cline Linley and Vernon... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2022

• A Family Guide to Keeping Chickens by Anne Perdeaux

  Well I better start swotting up about chickens hadn’t I? Keeping Chickens – the blurb For the family and would-be smallholder, chickens are the obvious first... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2022

• The Plague by Albert Camus

  It’s become a bit of a habit to read a classic in January and what book more apt than The Plague. The Plague – the blurb The townspeople of Oran are in the... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2022

• The Lowdown… Mexican Gothic

  Published in 2020, written by Silvia Moreno-Garcia and commissioned by Hulu for a TV adaptation, Mexican Gothic is our Book of the Month for January. Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2022

• The Castaways by Lucy Clarke

  Because who doesn’t want to be castaway on a beach right now? Castaways – the blurb You wake on a beautiful, remote island. Sparkling blue seas, golden... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2021

• Annual Round Up 2021

  

  When do you know it has been a good year for reading? When you have too many books to fit into your annual review! Favourite Fiction As usual my annual review... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2021

• The Girl With The Louding Voice by Abi Dare

  Our book of the month for November and December (I moved house, give me a break) was The Girl With The Louding Voice by Abi Dare. We give you our Big Review... Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2021

• Get Involved with The Girl With The Louding Voice

  Our Book Of The Month for November (and December) was The Girl With The Louding Voice by Abi Dare. For our online Book Clubbers we have some questions below... Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2021

• Christmas Days by Jeanette Winterson

  A perfect Christmas book for December – Christmas Days by Jeanette Winterson Christmas Days – the blurb Everybody loves a Christmas story. Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2021

• On Wings of Skye by Ian G Macdonald

  When you move to Skye what else can you do but read a book about the very same Isle? On Wings of Skye – the blurb Following the success of ‘Like a Bird on the... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2021

• Nobody Told Me by Hollie McNish

  Is this the last book I ever read whilst living in England? Nobody Told Me by Hollie McNish Nobody Told Me – the blurb There were many things that Hollie... Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2021

• The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman

  A second helping from Osman of the Thursday Murder Club – The Man Who Died Twice. The Man Who Died Twice – the blurb It’s the following Thursday. Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2021

• The Boyband Murder Mystery by Ava Eldred

  I mean how good is that title? Come book club The Boyband Murder Mystery… Boyband Murder – the blurb ‘I have long believed that loving a boyband brings with it ... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2021