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• The Lowdown… The Girl With The Louding Voice

  A coming of age novel set in Nigeria is our book of the month for November. The Girl With The Louding Voice is adult fiction despite it having a teenage... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2021

• If Nobody Speaks Of Remarkable Things by Jon McGregor

  Can If Nobody Speaks Of Remarkable Things by as good as Reservoir 13? I find out Remarkable Things – the blurb On a street in a town in the North of England,... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2021

• October ’21 Round Up

  

  First up was the fantastic Swan Song by Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott. They told him everything.He told everyone else. Over countless martini-soaked Manhattan... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2021

• Mrs England by Stacey Halls

  Our book of the month for October was Mrs England by Stacey Halls. We give you our Big Review below. ***Our Big Reviews are written from the point of view that... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2021

• Get Involved with Mrs England by Stacey Halls

  Our Book Of The Month for October was Mrs England by Stacey Halls. For our online Book Clubbers we have some questions below for you to get involved with. Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2021

• Mr Mercedes by Stephen King

  Forget horror is crime fiction all the way – Mr Mercedes by Stephen King. Mr Mercedes – the blurb The stolen Mercedes emerges from the pre-dawn fog and plows... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2021

• Everyone Dies Famous In A Small Town

  What connects a bear in the woods with poisonous shellfish? Everyone Dies Famous In A Small Town by Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock! Everyone Dies Famous – the blurb Come... Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2021

• Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke

  I read letters from one poet to another – Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke. Letters to a Young Poet – the blurb Born in 1875, the great German lyri... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2021

• Swan Song by Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott

  Because sometimes truth is stranger than fiction – I review Swan Song a reimagining of Truman Capote’s life and downfall. Swan Song – the blurb They told him... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2021

• The Lowdown…. Mrs England by Stacey Halls

  Not content with being a previous Book of the Month author, Stacey Halls has done it again with Mrs England a study of an Edwardian marriage in the North of... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2021

• September ’21 Round Up

  

  First read of the month was The Volunteer by Jack Fairweather all about a man who well volunteered to go in to Auschwitz In the Summer of 1940, after the Nazi... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2021

• We Were Wolves by Jason Cockcroft

  Lets go in to the woods where wolves, stags and demons lurk. We Were Wolves by Jason Cockcroft. We Were Wolves – the blurb Boy lives in a caravan on his own in... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2021

• The Northumbrians by Dan Jackson

  A comprehensive book about the North East and its people – I read The Northumbrians by Dan Jackson Northumbrians – the blurb The Northumbrians have been... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2021

• Such A Fun Age by Kiley Reid

  Our book of the month for September is Such A Fun Age by Kiley Reid. We give you our Big Review below. ***Our Big Reviews are written from the point of view tha... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2021

• Get Involved with Such A Fun Age by Kiley Reid

  Our Book Of The Month for September is Such A Fun Age by Kiley Reid. For our online Book Clubbers we have some questions below for you to get involved with. Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2021

• Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve

  A whole new meaning to meals on wheels – I review teen classic Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve Mortal Engines – the blurb In a dangerous future, huge motorized... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2021

• Kings of a Dead World by Jamie Mollart

  A radical solution to climate change – I review Kings of a Dead World by Jamie Mollart Kings of a Dead World – the blurb The Earth’s resources are dwindling. Th... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2021

• The War of the Worlds by H.G Wells

  An 1897 attack from Mars. I review War of the Worlds War of the Worlds – the blurb When an alien capsule lands on Horsell Common, Woking, crowds of astonished... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2021

• The Seven Sisters by Lucinda Riley

  A 600 pager, one of seven in the series. Am I mad? I review The Seven Sisters by Lucinda Riley The Seven Sisters – the blurb Maia D’Aplièse and her five... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2021

• The Lowdown….. Such A Fun Age by Kiley Reid

  Kiley Reid is an American novelist and her debut, Such A Fun Age, was longlisted for the Booker Prize in 2020. Inspired by her own experiences as a nanny, it... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2021