They were meant to be,he the river, she the sea,yet fate can be cruel,far crueller than men, and notall promises can be kept. Set in feudal Japan… Read more “#review The Promise, A narrative poem by Jan Miklaszewicz”
Month: April 2022
#bookreview Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano published by Viking
Amazon: One summer morning, a flight takes off from New York to Los Angeles: there are 192 people aboard. When the plane suddenly crashes, twelve-year-old Edward Adler… Read more “#bookreview Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano published by Viking”
#bookreview Lark Rise by Flora Thompson published by Slightly Foxed
Slightly Foxed edition published 2022 Bookseller synopsis: Lark Rise is Flora Thompson’s childhood memories of a north Oxfordshire village, the people who lived and worked in it,… Read more “#bookreview Lark Rise by Flora Thompson published by Slightly Foxed”
#bookreview Postscript by Cecelia Ahearn published by HarperCollinsUK
Amazon: It’s been seven years since Holly Kennedy’s husband died six since she read his final letter, urging Holly to find the courage to forge a new… Read more “#bookreview Postscript by Cecelia Ahearn published by HarperCollinsUK”
#bookreview A Taste of a Greek Summer by Mandy Baggot
Bookseller synopsis: Lydia Broom is living her second-best life. With her dreams of being a chef left in the dust she instead finds solace writing about the… Read more “#bookreview A Taste of a Greek Summer by Mandy Baggot”
#bookreview Violetta by Isabel Allende
Bookseller synopsis: One extraordinary woman.One hundred years of history.One unforgettable story. Violeta comes into the world on a stormy day in 1920, the first daughter in a… Read more “#bookreview Violetta by Isabel Allende”
#bookreview The Little Wartime Library by Kate Thompson published by Hodder&Stoughton
Bookseller synopsis: London, 1944. Clara Button is no ordinary librarian. While the world remains at war, in East London Clara has created the country’s only underground library,… Read more “#bookreview The Little Wartime Library by Kate Thompson published by Hodder&Stoughton”
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