Excellent Women was not an excellent read for me. Although I enjoyed some aspects of it, many others were rather…
A brilliant read about a man who had an extremely interesting, colourful and lucky life – Jack Rogers, the author’s…
I really wanted to love this book. It has been on my to-read list for a long time, although I’d…
An inspirational journey of transition, via trapeze, circus camp, software development, dancing, lots of friends, oh and the little black…
A surprising, respectful and literary exploration of graveyards and tombs, covering locations in England, Ireland, Scotland and France. It’s a…
I do enjoy a genre-bending book! I loved how Snakes and Ladders began as a crime thriller, then it morphed…
This 1895 children’s book by the author of The Secret Garden, A Little Princess and Little Lord Fauntleroy is quite…
First published in 1961, Michael Foreman’s first picture book is more relevant than ever. It’s a plea for peace, produced…
With a foreword by Vince Clarke and a focus on source material such as the music press and the charts,…
An intelligent, epic fantasy novel for children but possibly best appreciated by adults. I think much of it is symbolic…