Watch us Dance by Leila Slimani
This is the first of Slimani’s books that I have managed to finish. I have tried most of them but … More Watch us Dance by Leila Slimani
This is the first of Slimani’s books that I have managed to finish. I have tried most of them but … More Watch us Dance by Leila Slimani
It is no longer an unusual structure in historical fiction to tell the stories of people linked across time but … More Weyward by Emilia Hart
This is the second book in the Burning Chambers trilogy. Minou Joubert and Piet Reydon are living in a Chateau … More The City of Tears by Kate Mosse
This is a beautiful book, a coming-of-age story set shortly after the WW2. A boy sets off on foot from … More The Offing by Benjamin Myers
Well, if your name is Philby what better to write about than Kim Philby and Edith Tudor-Hart, although really this … More Edith and Kim by Charlotte Philby
The darkest sin is to murder on sacred ground and that is what happens in this book. Set in Renaissance … More The Darkest Sin by D. V. Bishop
Having originally thought this might be quite a dense book, I really enjoyed it. Don’t be fooled by the first … More Joan by Katherine J. Chen
I am constantly amazed at the quality of people’s first novels. I know it isn’t the first thing they have … More Four Treasures of the Sky by Jenny Tinghui Zhang
I’ve read quite a few books recently that I haven’t enjoyed – my fault, poor choice – but this was … More The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell
This was our latest book club choice and is the second time I have read it, this time being much … More Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers