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”
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#bookreview the Finnish Way by Katja Pantzar published by Tarcher Perigee
Amazon: An engaging and practical guided tour of the simple and nature-inspired ways that Finns stay happy and healthy–including the powerful concept of sisu, or everyday courageForget… Read more “#bookreview the Finnish Way by Katja Pantzar published by Tarcher Perigee”
#bookreview Slightly Foxed, Summer issue 2020, no.66 @FoxedQuarterly
I’ve decided to write my review for the Summer issue on a dark rainy day in July 2020. As always I have a pot of tea and… Read more “#bookreview Slightly Foxed, Summer issue 2020, no.66 @FoxedQuarterly”
#bookreview This Is Going To Hurt by Adam Kay published by Picador
Synopsis via Amazon: Welcome to the life of a junior doctor: 97-hour weeks, life and death decisions, a constant tsunami of bodily fluids, and the hospital parking… Read more “#bookreview This Is Going To Hurt by Adam Kay published by Picador”
#bookreview Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield published by Doubleday
Amazon: A dark midwinter’s night in an ancient inn on the Thames. The regulars are entertaining themselves by telling stories when the door bursts open on an… Read more “#bookreview Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield published by Doubleday”
#bookreview The Truths and Triumphs of Grace Atherton by Anstey Harris published by Simon and Schuster
Amazon: Between the simple melody of running her violin shop and the full-blown orchestra of her romantic interludes in Paris with David, her devoted partner of eight years, Grace… Read more “#bookreview The Truths and Triumphs of Grace Atherton by Anstey Harris published by Simon and Schuster”
#bookreview Legendary by Stephanie Garber published by Hodder & Stoughton
Amazon: The stunning, internationally bestselling sequel to Caraval ‘Extravagantly imaginative and enchanting . . . Pure magic and escapism’ Cecelia Ahern After being swept up in the… Read more “#bookreview Legendary by Stephanie Garber published by Hodder & Stoughton”
#bookreview The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje – edition published by Picador 1993
Winner of the Man Booker prize 1992 and the Golden Man Booker prize 2018. Amazon: WINNER OF THE GOLDEN MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2018 ‘Magnificent’ Sunday Times ‘The… Read more “#bookreview The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje – edition published by Picador 1993”
#bookreview Notes on a nervous planet by Matt Haig published by Canongate
Amazon blurb: The world is messing with our minds. Rates of stress and anxiety are rising. A fast, nervous planet is creating fast and nervous lives. We… Read more “#bookreview Notes on a nervous planet by Matt Haig published by Canongate”
Interesting books sales of 2016
My picks of interesting sales in the book world from 2016. This information is via Abe Books and Fine Books Magazine and are credited as such: Alice’s Adventures in… Read more “Interesting books sales of 2016”
Appletree Books 