Tag: Book reviews

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 novel

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 an

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 Wicked,

  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 idea

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 Britain

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 of

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 about

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 Hislop’s