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With her customary & effortless aptitude for storytelling, in The Shakespeare Sisters, once again, Juliet Greenwood immediately engaged me, transporting me this time to Warwickshire & to Arden, the ancestral home of the eponymous sisters. With the th ...more | |
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As I read Sisters, the latest book from the talented pen of Judith Barrow, I made a few notes. One of them reads: ‘Expertly measured & nuanced.’ This, in essence, describes the book perfectly. Judith Barrow is at her best when she is exploring the mi ...more | |
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Writers rarely reinvent themselves; they do sometimes change genre & appear to create another version of themselves. Essentially though, if the voice is recognisable & reliable, it makes no difference if a talented writer decides to take off into une ...more | |
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As I often do with a book that grabs my attention from the start, I began writing my review for End of Story in my head. Soon, scribbled notes were jotted down too, but this only worked up to a point. The parallels and metaphors and mirroring I thoug ...more | |
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‘When a woman loses her rag, there’s always a man to blame.’ The horror genre is rarely on my radar, but to dismiss Johana Gustawsson’s The Bleeding as a simple 'horror story' is to entirely miss the point. It is, at times and without question, horrif ...more |
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Put in simple terms, Tasting Sunlight is a lovely book. An unexpected treat from Ewald Arenz, a male author whose empathic voice is layered with a welcome understanding of women, and their responses to egregious and controlling situations. The book bu ...more |
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How do you translate a feeling into words? I’m a writer; I’m supposed to be able to do this, right? And yet here I am. Two weeks after turning the last page of Nothing Else, the latest book from the immaculate pen of Louise Beech, sitting with a mult ...more | |
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Annie Beynon is another wonderful creation from the pen of Jan Baynham. I liked Annie immediately & rooted for her all the way. I cared about her & that, for me, matters hugely. It's an intriguing story - a bit out of left-field for a war-time romanc ...more | |
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I read ‘Fall’ as a proof paperback, courtesy of Karen Sullivan & Orenda Books. On the face of it, ‘Fall’ is a simple enough tale. Estranged twin brothers, Aaron & Clive, are reluctantly reunited when plans to develop the desolate, crumbling tower bloc ...more |
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