Year of wonders by Geraldine Brooks
The year is 1665 and Anna Frith is a widow at only 18 years of age. She has two young sons to support and she works hard. Life in a small...
15 March 2014
Wolves by Simon Ings
I totally agree with that old saying “never judge a book by its cover”, but more often than not it is the cover that piques your interest. If it didn’t all...
22 February 2014
The Ransom of Dond by Siobhan Dowd
Illustrated by Pam Smy Darra lives on the island of Inniscaul is a small island off the coast of Eriu, or Ireland. And it is her fate to be sacrificed to...
10 February 2014
A Pelican at Blandings by P.G. Wodehouse
Blandings Castle #11 Clarance, the ninth Earl of Emsworth is enjoying life. The pride of his life, Empress of Blandings is in good health and life at the castle is peaceful...
2 February 2014
Michael Rosen’s Sad Book by Michael Rosen
illustrated by Quentin Blake This book opens with a picture of the author, smiling. The words tell a different story. They tell us that this is a picture of Michael Rosen...
26 January 2014
Downturn Abbey by Paul Howard
Ross O’Carroll-Kelly started life in The Sunday Times and currently stars in The Irish Times, he is a fictional wealthy southside Dubliner. It is a satire of a certain aspect of...
23 January 2014
The treachery of beautiful things by Ruth Frances Long
Seven years ago Jenny and her brother were walking home one evening when the trees moved, and took her brother. Ever since she has had to deal with that fact, a...
11 January 2014
A Wrinkle in the skin by John Christopher
AKA The Ragged Edge. Read for the 2014 Sci-Fi Experience In the 1960s a wave of earthquakes brings destruction around the globe. Isolated off the British coast Matthew Cotter thinks that...
9 December 2013
More Than This by Patrick Ness
Seth is drowning. He isn’t going to survive, there is no out for him. He drowns. But death is not the end, he wakes up in his childhood home in England....
11 November 2013
The Abominable by Dan Simmons
My final read for this year’s RIP In June of 1924 reports from Everest reveal that George Mallory and Andrew Irvine have vanished, missing, presumed dead in their attempt to reach...
3 November 2013
The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
Before Ernest Hemmingway was the famous author of hie time he was a struggling writer, trying to figure out how to make ends meet, trying to find his voice. In the...
20 October 2013
The man in the picture by Susan Hill
Part of my RIP VIII reading. Oliver is visiting his old Oxford tutor when Theo begins to tell him a story. It is a cold January night, perfect for huddling round...
19 September 2013
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