Cartes Postales from Greece is the second novel I’ve read by Victoria Hislop. But then, I’m not entirely sure you can call my most recent escape a novel. It’s more of a collection of stories tied together by a lovesick author and a young woman stuck in a rut. What is Cartes Postales from Greece […]
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Black Rock by Amanda Smyth was her debut novel and it is set on Trinidad and Tobago during the 1950s. It follows sixteen-year-old Cecilia who arrived into the world as her mother departed it. Her English father doesn’t know of her existence so she is raised by her Aunt Tassi and lives with her and
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Sunrise on the Reaping is Suzanne Collins’ long-anticipated return to Panem, serving as the fifth instalment in The Hunger Games series. It’s a prequel and set twenty four years before the original dystopian trilogy. The prequel is concerned with the fiftieth Hunger Games. The Quarter Quell and a particularly brutal one, where twice the number
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Ted A Pawtobiography by Ted the Dog is a light-hearted ‘sniff and tell’ from the characterful canine in the hit BBC show Gone Fishing. If you’ve watched Gone Fishing with Paul Whitehouse and Bob Mortimer, you’ll be aware of a rascally four-legged hound that often makes an appearance. He’s a gruff, bark-it-how-it-is type who’s also
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None of This is True by Lisa Jewell is a psychological thriller charting the relationship between two very different women. Alix Summer, a successful podcaster and Josie Fair, a disillusioned seamstress who’s lived the same life for thirty years. “‘Hi!’ says Josie, her voice coming out higher than she’d imagined. ‘I’m your birthday twin!’” It’s
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Three Fevers by Leo Walmsley follows the trials and tribulations of the Yorkshire Lunn fishing family as they face the eternal struggle with the sea and the Fosdycks. Although this is very much a novel, the 1920s story is based on true events. Written in the 1930s, it’s set in the fictitious storm-ravaged Bramblewick. However,
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One Moonlit Night by Rachel Hore follows the plight of the Anderson family during World War II, the secrets we keep and what happens when we discover the truth. I’ll get right to the point. I’m a massive Rachel Hore fan. I consumed A Week in Paris and The Memory Garden and I absolutely adore
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Goosebumps Like Kopjes by Stamford Spencer is a non-fiction account of a time now lost. The intrepid Spencer family start again in Zimbabwe after bidding farewell to North East England in the 1950s. Stamford Spencer is the eldest son and most of the story is told through his eyes. A foreword from Stamford’s widow The
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In the Dark by Claire Allan focuses on Nora Logue. Seven years ago, she went into the woods with her four-year-old daughter, Daisy. But only Nora came out. And with no memory of what happened. The story starts with Nora in a hotel lobby and she’s meeting Izzy, a producer who wants to make a
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Fertile Ground by Sally Grey sees Clementine Finch return to her childhood home shortly before Christmas. But this isn’t a chocolate box, family singing carols around a roast turkey with all the trimmings. This is a frighteningly believable dystopian future. In fact, it’s so believable that you could easily get a fair way through Fertile
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