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July reading round up

Hello! You’d think with the chilly wet weather, it would have been a good reading month but I found it hard to get going this month, only really picking up momentum near the end. Passing – Nella Larsen This is a slim book, packed with interesting insight. Larsen wrote only two books in her life… Continue reading July reading round up

June reading round up

Hola! We started the month on a city break in Madrid which was lovely. The food was good, the people are so nice to children (which helped as my daughter is the best Spanish speaker of all of us – I kept lapsing into the 3 Italian words I know) and they put a bit… Continue reading June reading round up

May reading round up

May has been a busy month – SATs, my daughter’s birthday and a holiday to plan for (we are currently away as you read this so I am typing with habitual airport anxiety.) But here’s my reading for the month: Letter From New York – Helene Hanff A long time ago, I was a teenage… Continue reading May reading round up

Review: Mrs Porter Calling – AJ Pearce

Mrs Porter Calling is the third book in AJ Pearce’s glorious series The Emmy Lake Chronicles. Readers of this blog may know of my regard for this series, which is set in the Second World War and features Emmy Lake and her friend Bunty, young girls trying to make their way through the war. Dear… Continue reading Review: Mrs Porter Calling – AJ Pearce

April reading round up

April, month of chocolate and rain and that moment when I realise the tree outside my window has finally sent out its new leaves. The reading has been a mixed bag. The Nail House – Gregory Baines Another of the Fairlight Modern Series, this was a bit of a mixed read for me. The Nail… Continue reading April reading round up

March reading round up

March seems to have shot by, mainly as I have been sooooo busy this month. But on the whole, a month of good reading, so that’s something. Love and Saffron – Kim Fay This is a story written in letters between two American women. Joan, younger and living in California is a fan of Imogen,… Continue reading March reading round up

Review: Rootless by Krystle Zara Appiah

Rootless is Appiah’s debut novel and it’s an accomplished rollercoaster of emotions. I had been in a review rut – nothing I’d chosen on Netgalley had really done it for me recently and I always feel a bit guilty when this happens as I do try to give positive feedback when I can. Thank goodness,… Continue reading Review: Rootless by Krystle Zara Appiah

February reading round up

February. Like January but shorter and with more people trying so very hard to call it spring and blithely ignoring the Arctic windchill factor. Fools. Bring on March. I’ve read a lot this month! Here’s the rundown: Hotel Milano – Tim Parks I always look at Tim Parks books thinking I like them and then… Continue reading February reading round up

January reading round up

Hello and how is 2023 treating you? I must say I found it very easy to transition to writing 2023 which I can only assume meant that I’d had quite enough of last year. It’s not been a bad start to the year’s reading, including three books about books. Let’s start there: An English Library… Continue reading January reading round up

Review: In the Blink of an Eye – Jo Callaghan

“It was great to see a female detective be respected by her peers and superiors, and be allowed to be good at her job.”