Haven by Emma Donoghue
I have no idea what I was expecting when I picked this book up in the library but it wasn’t … More Haven by Emma Donoghue
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Dark Earth by Rebecca Stott
I loved this book and read it in 24 hours – it is a reasonably quick but wonderful read. Set … More Dark Earth by Rebecca Stott
The Country Girls by Edna O’Brien
This is our next book club read and when I looked through the list of O’Brien’s titles I realised that … More The Country Girls by Edna O’Brien
A Net for Small Fishes by Lucy Jago
A story of female friendship set in 1609 based on a true murder which turns out not to be a … More A Net for Small Fishes by Lucy Jago
The Abstainer by Iam McGuire
This is one of those books I picked up in the library off the returns shelf – always a few … More The Abstainer by Iam McGuire
The House of Fortune by Jessie Burton
This is the follow-up to The Miniaturist where we find the family still living alongside The Herengracht Canal in Amsterdam … More The House of Fortune by Jessie Burton
The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams
‘Words are like stories, don’t you think Mr Sweatman? They change as they are passed from mouth to mouth; their … More The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams
The Dark Remains by William McIlvanney and Ian Rankin
Two authors because this book was half-written when McIlvanney died in 2015 and Rankin picked up the gauntlet and finished … More The Dark Remains by William McIlvanney and Ian Rankin
The Chronicles of Matthew Bartholomew by Susanna Gregory
Rather than write a longer review of each book in this series, I will write a short one, adding to … More The Chronicles of Matthew Bartholomew by Susanna Gregory
The Wolf Den by Elodie Harper
Wolf Den is the first in a trilogy of books that reimagines the stories of women that time has overlooked. … More The Wolf Den by Elodie Harper