I Capture The Castle – Dodie Smith
"When I read a book, I put in all the imagination I can, so that it is almost like writing the book as well...
Crash – JG Ballard
"Perhaps the most distubing book you will ever read"
Well, there is another rather sick piece of fiction that I have read previously (The Fermata) but...
Laying Out The Bones by Kate Webb
Meet Detective Inspector Matt Lockyer. Lucky to still have a job at all, he’s heading up the cold cases team for the Wiltshire Constabulary....
My Reading Life – March 2024
Where has April gone? I only just finished March and April is more than halfway gone. I have been much busier with work and,...
Shotgun Lovesongs – Nickolas Butler
"Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are books that other folks have lent...
Human Traces – Sebastian Faulks
"Every day, my daddy told me the same thing. 'Once a task is just begun, never leave it till it's done. Be the labour...
The Lollipop Shoes – Joanne Harris
“When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes.” Desiderius Erasmus
I can identify...
Orphan Monster Spy – Matt Killeen
“A woman is like a tea bag. It's only when she's in hot water that you realize how strong she is.”
Eleanor Roosevelt
Opening with a...
Tully – Paullinna Simons
“Life is so constructed, that the event does not, cannot, will not, match the expectation.” Charlotte Bronte
Book recommendations are perhaps the epitome of subjectivity. ...
Things Fall Apart – Chinua Achebe
“The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.” Ernest Hemingway
Widely read in schools in Africa and beyond, over twenty...
