Book review: Sparkle’s Song and The Fearsome Beastie
Reviews of two lovely picture books from Maverick Books – Sparkle’s Song and The Fearsome Beastie.
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Summer Cooking
This is a Book Week guest post from Joanna, aka Mrs M, aka Madamding. It’s no real secret that I love a cookbook. At the last count my kitchen shelves were groaning under the weight of approximately 250 books. Whilst I may have hundreds of books, I still tend to …
Holiday Reading round-up
I hope you’ve enjoyed Wednesday’s book reviews and have found some new books to take on holiday with you, or just to add to your to-be-read pile. The day started with some holiday reading recommendations from Elizabeth Buchan and then continued with reviews of the books I’ve read recently, Sister …
Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman by Elizabeth Buchan
This is a Book Week book review for Wednesday’s Holiday Reading theme. Rose is a successful books editor. She is married to Nathan, also a newspaper editor and they have two grown-up children, Poppy and Sam. The book is an exploration of Rose’s turning her life round after and through …
Blindman’s Bluff by Faye Kellerman
This is a Book Week book review for Wednesday’s Holiday Reading theme. I love Faye Kellerman’s books. They’re classic police procedurals, but with some added depth. One element of the added depth is that the main characters are traditional Jews and I love getting a glimpse into the rituals and …
Trick of the Dark by Val McDermid
This is a Book Week book review for Wednesday’s Holiday Reading theme. This is a standalone thriller and mystery by Val McDermid, who created Tony Hill, depicted by Robson Green in Wire in the Blood (brilliant books and a brilliant TV adaptation, in my opinion). Charlie Flint is a psychiatrist …
Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
This is a Book Week book review for Wednesday’s Holiday Reading theme. Chris read this to Rosemary recently and they both insisted I should read it myself. And I’m very glad I did. Sophie Hatter lives in the land of Ingary, where fairy tale rules abound. She is the oldest …
Room by Emma Donoghue
This is a Book Week book review for Wednesday’s Holiday Reading theme. This book has the shortest blurb I think I’ve ever seen: Jack is five. He lives in a single locked room with his Ma. That is the book and those two sentences are enough to get you thinking …
One Day by David Nicholls
This is a Book Week book review for Wednesday’s Holiday Reading theme. I didn’t like Starter for Ten, in fact, I never got through the first few chapters (though I know plenty of people who loved it), so I was a bit wary of trying One Day, but so many …
Sister by Rosamund Lupton
This is a Book Week review for Wednesday’s Holiday Reading theme. This is a stunning book. It is written as one sister’s letters to another. Beatrice is writing to Tess, who is missing. Beatrice is trying to find out what happened to her sister, dealing with everyone’s (including her fiancé’s …
