Creator of the social media phenomenon and bestselling book, Tired and Tested, Sophie McCartney’s foray into fiction is explosive. Mother Hens is a chick lit black comedy about recently-divorced Cara Carmichael. She escapes to Ibiza with...
Book Review: Meet Me in Monaco by Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb
An American actress and a European prince. The world’s media going crazy for a fairytale romance featuring Hollywood and royalty. Sound familiar? We’ve just experienced the frenzy around the marriage of Meghan Markle and...
Review of The Excursionist by J.D. Sumner
Newly single Jack Kavanagh….sorry, Kaganagh…..longs to visit one hundred countries and join the esteemed Travelers’ Century Club. To tick off his last three countries he books a trip to the Coronation Islands, despite travel...
36 Hours, 125 weekends in Europe
My two favourite Christmas presents this year came from my son, Rory. One was a bright orange, ceramic garlic grater and the other was a copy of The New York Times 36 Hours –...
Book Review: Love in Small Letters by Francesc Miralles
Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things. Robert Brault Like many readers I think I can gauge whether a book is for me...
Book Reviews: ‘Labor Day’ and ‘The Proposal’
Labor Day is a beautifully written story, narrated by Henry, a 13 year old boy struggling with normal adolescent feelings compounded by the impact of his parents’ divorce. His mother, Adele, rarely leaves their house...
Books We Read This Summer
There’s nothing better than settling down to a good book on holiday, lying on a sun-bed, shaded from the sun and nodding off every so often. Dougie is very good at the nodding off...
What to give a travel blogger for their birthday
It was my birthday last week and, apart from the huge amount of chocolate I received from my son, I think my favourite gift was the book Travel – Where to go when which I...