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Hungry

08/12/2020 – 22:02

Really enjoyed this honest and delightful autobiography!

I knew that Grace Dent was a Carlisle girl and proud of her Northern heritage, but I did not know...

Call The Vet

01/12/2020 – 21:30

Call the Vet and hope your pet can be seen by Bruce Fogle!

I remember Bruce Fogle being a huge influence as a vet in the 1970’s. I bought his dog...

The Country Village Christmas

26/10/2020 – 10:54

A Christmassy feel good read is promised!

This is the sort of book which puts me the Christmas spirit! In these difficult times it is the...

The Foundling

14/02/2020 – 00:35

Even better than Stacey Hall’s First Novel!

I am sitting here in the early hours of the morning writing this review and the reason for this...

The Surplus Girls

29/12/2019 – 15:18

I loved it...please write a sequel, Polly Heron!

I loved this book! I finished it in record time, but now feel rather bereft as I would like an...

Gravity Is The Thing

06/12/2019 – 09:02

Beautifully written and so very different.

Reading the opinions of the book by four novelists whom I admire endeared me to this novel....

Moonlight Over Mayfair

25/10/2019 – 13:58

I should think that Anton’s second book will be in the Sunday Times bestsellers Chart before too long.

Moonlight over Mayfair. Anton Du Beke. I wondered what a novel written by one of Strictly...

Three Little Truths

30/09/2019 – 10:09

A treat from Eithne!

After reading Eithne’s excellent second book ‘Grace after Henry ‘ and really enjoyed it. I...

Christmas at War

12/11/2018 – 10:16

Looks to be a good nostalgic read at a time when War is uppermost in our minds.

This book looks to be an important insight into family Christmases in the Second World War...

Wilde About The Girl

21/10/2018 – 21:56

A cosy feel good read on a cold, rainy Sunday!

I haven’t read any of Louise Pentland’s books before but was attracted by the quotes on the back...

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