Inter Rail is a novel about Francesco, a young, educated Italian who leaves home for the first time to taste freedom across Europe. Inspired by the author’s own experiences as a young traveller, the...
Book Review: The Secret Life of William Shakespeare by Jude Morgan
The Bard is everywhere at the moment thanks to the World Shakespeare Festival which began on the date of his supposed birthday and definite demise, 23 April. Perfect timing for a new book from...
Book Review: Out of Oz by Gregory Maguire
Headline Review sent me this book to read and I accepted, even though it was the fourth book in the series and I hadn’t read the other three. I haven’t even seen the musical...
Book Review: A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
A few weeks ago Harriet at Is There a Plan B? reviewed a book called Making Babies as part of the new Tots 100 Book Club. The book club is in association with Tesco. The...
Book Review: Are We Nearly There Yet? by Ben Hatch
You know when you read a book and think, I wish I’d written that? This is such a book. Damn you, Ben Hatch. Ben and his wife Dinah accept the formidable task of travelling round...
Book Review: The House of the Wind by Titania Hardie
The House of the Wind, by Titania Hardie, tells the story of two women, centuries apart, whose lives are woven together by the myth of the woman who walked away unscathed from the ruins...
The Joy of the Hotel Book Library
Our bookshelves at home! One of the rarely-mentioned joys of visiting hotels is having a good old nosey at their book swap/exchange area and seeing what gems they have. You can tell a lot...
Book Review: The Thread by Victoria Hislop
Katerina Sarafoglou, a young seamstress with exceptional talent, creates beautiful gowns for the rich ladies of Thessaloniki in Greece, the passion for her work shining through as her needle threads its way through the fine silks and wools. Victoria...