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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
This is a Book Week guest post from Elizabeth Buchan, author of Separate Beds and Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman, amongst others. If you are like me kindle-less, holiday reading is a tricky problem. One false choice out of the five books allotted by the baggage allowance and one can …
This is a Book Week review for the Tuesday theme of Summer Holidays. It’s the summer holidays. There are many hours stretching ahead of you. What do you do? Read a whole series of books, of course. Well, that would be my dream and would have been when I was …
This is a Book Week guest post from Zoe Toft of Playing by the Book. With (UK) summer holidays just around the corner I’ve started thinking about how we’re going to make the most my extra time with my two young girls, having lots of fun AND staying sane. One …
Welcome to Day 2 of Book Week: Summer. Today is all about the children and how books can help keep them happy (or quiet, or entertained, or learning…) over those long summer holiday weeks which will be starting in a few weeks (or may have already started). I know I …
Well, the first day of Book Week kicked off with an exploration of American literature with a round-up of my favourite American books as a child and an adult, followed by a review of a couple of lovely looking American children’s books from my cousin, Sunny, and then a post …
This is a Book Week guest post for Monday’s theme Stars and Stripes from Maria Wilson, another expat, who has been devouring American fiction since long before she emigrated. Perhaps I was destined to end up in the USA because I have always loved its fiction. My mum read the …
