A gripping real-life adventure story, The Lost City of Z is about the British explorer Percy Harrison Fawcett, who vanished,…
Northanger Abbey is a fun read, with well-defined characters and a strong sense of place. It’s also a defence of…
This is a good example of a crime thriller which keeps you guessing. Although I wasn’t as gripped by it…
I studied this novella for a ‘Women in American Literature’ course. I ended up focusing exclusively on Edith Wharton! She…
Re-reading this slim YA novel was an uncanny experience, as it seems quite prescient. It was first published in 1989…
27th July 1908. In Chelmsford, Essex, a girl was born to Ettie and John Coombe (a prison warder). Cora’s middle…
Many people will not be having a summer holiday this year. To make you feel better about staying at home,…
The trouble with The Trouble with Henry and Zoe was that I didn’t like the characters of Henry and Zoe…
Some time ago, I explained how I choose which book on my shelf to read next. I was only using…
A warm-hearted and surprising adventure story, Miss Benson’s Beetle has the classic pairing of two contrasting characters who find friendship…