If you’re looking for a light, funny read for your summer holidays then look no further than the debut novel by Melanie Jones. If the name rings a bell then maybe her blog, The...
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You may remember I was a little dissatisfied with an erotica novel I had been sent for review (read my grumbles here). Granted I am not a fan of the genre in any case,...
Book review: Road to Rouen by Ben Hatch
Those of you who follow me on Twitter will know that my bio says “Modelling myself on Bill Bryson…minus the beard”. Having just read Road to Rouen, I’m tempted to change this to “Modelling...
Review: Dancing to the Flute by Manisha Jolie Amin
I have been immersed in all things Indian this week. I finally got round to watching the highly acclaimed film The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and I read the debut novel from Manisha Jolie Amin, Dancing...
Review: The Knackered Mother’s Wine Club by Helen McGinn
I first came across the author Helen McGinn in April 2010 after her blog, The Knackered Mother’s Wine Club, was chosen as the British Mummy Bloggers’ (now BritMums) ‘Blog of the Week’. I popped...
Book Review: Valentina by Evie Blake
Hearing the story of a friend whose husband always slept naked, my grandmother once said, in her inimitable northern style, “It’d be like having strawberries for your tea every night.” By that she meant,...
Book review: Goodbye for Now by Laurie Frankel
Very occasionally you pick up a book, start to read it and instantly know you’re discovering something very special, something you have a feeling will be big…huge even. You know people will start to talk...
Book review: Held Up by Christopher Radmann
As Paul van Niekirk drives his new car away from the BMW dealership in Johannesburg, he has no idea his successful, pretty much perfect world is about to be shattered. Held up at gunpoint...