Category: Book review
Historic Scotland
We meet Claire and Frank Randell just after the war when they go on holiday to Scotland. Frank is fascinated by family genealogy, local customs and tales of pagan ritual at a nearby stone circle and t... Read More
Deeply disturbing – Psychophilia
Psychologically disturbing from start to finish. The novel reminds me of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night as it is written in the first person and reflects the inner torments of the protag... Read More
A romance in film
A romance set against the back drop of a film set.... Read More
Darker and more bizarre towards the end
It is easy to think trilogies are a modern phenomenon with books like The Hunger Games, Divergence, Twilight and His Dark Materials, but from the birth of the novel in the 18th Century books were comm... Read More
Best Books of 2018
The Guardian publishes the bestselling books of 2018 and what they regard as the best books of the year. Goodreads have a similar poll with various categories. What they tend to have in common is they... Read More
Not all traditional authors are good and not all indie authors are bad.
Reign of the Marionettes by Sheena Macleod I have waited a long time for an indie author who rivals traditional authors and now I’ve found one. This is a brilliant first historical novel. In com... Read More
Good book, but I don’t want a recipe for the pie.
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society This is about a writer who travels to Guernsey just after the end of the Second World War and falls in love with the place and the courage of its is... Read More
Is money the root of all evil?
Too Jewish by Patti Friedman Bernie is the German Jew who escaped Nazi Germany before the war. He wants to be an observant Jew, but when he meets and marries Letty his Jewish observance is eroded. For... Read More
If you loved Gone Girl, you will love this book.
Final Girls by Riley Sager Anyone who liked Gone Girl will love this book. Three victims all connected by the fact that they survived horrendous massacres. Quincy or Quinn is the protagonist who survi... Read More- 2 of 4
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