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John’s 2025 Year in Books
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John Broughton
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| Ms Annamarie Delaney has created a delightful character-driven tapestry of a French rural village and its reaction to being shaken out of its daily equilibrium by a tragedy. The main character, Marie-France, ‘not very feminine but certainly not butch ...more | |
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| I read this book in two days because I was as captivated as the poor fragile souls entrapped in Greyfriars Abbey. The author’s characterisation is so strong that the empathetic reader is swept along on the tide their misadventures, praying for their ...more | |
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Daughter of the Steppes: The Life of Khutulun (Fascinating Lives Series):
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Action packed, wonderful lyrical writing. A fascinating insight into the uncompromising life of Khutulum and her part in the savage power struggle of the Khans in Mongolia the 13th century as they battle for control of the hordes in the u" Read more of this review » |
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Jane Bourgo has penned a clever and compelling novel in Beyond Impact. At its centre is Willow, a newly graduated young orphan whose kidnapping sets off a chain of unexpected events. Her captors, however, have no idea just how resourceful and spirite ...more |
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| My father was a stretcher bearer (RAMC) in World War II in North Africa and Italy, so I chose to read Malcolm Archibald’s The Regiment that Lost its Soul. What a good choice! If ever a novel set in the Libyan and Egyptian deserts could provide an ins ...more | |
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| Author Pete Adams has a unique voice: his comedic brilliance comes from a kind of stream of consciousness, but not from his characters, from the writer himself. In a single sentence, he is capable of challenging the reader to think in several differe ...more | |
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| The Doomsong Sword, by JG Harlond, written in the style of a Nordic saga, is a fine tale of an unlikely dragonslayer. The main character, Davor, is workshy and hardly the stuff of heroes, yet, it is he who slays a three-headed troll and much later a ...more | |
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| Do you like Nordic legends and the Viking period? Well, J.G. Harlond has created a story about a tale-teller who goes on a voyage of discovery and self-discovery. Finn, the main character, finds himself in the midst of a saga. His northern home is me ...more | |
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| Having read several of Angela Petch’s historical novels set in the Italian fascist context, I was looking forward to reading The Lost Garden. As usual, the novel was superbly plotted and the characterisation of the highest standard. The billing as ‘a ...more | |
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