Two adults and one child - a difficult childhood and three broken people
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“To the Is-Land” by Janet Frame is an autobiography showing us the author’s childhood in New Zealand
The autobiography of the award winning author
The Cornwall crime novels by Janie Bolitho and how the location becomes part of the plot
A series of cosy crime novels featuring an artist amateur sleuth
“The Coroner’s Lunch” by Colin Cotterill is set in Laos in the 1970s and is a crime novel
A crime novel set in Laos.
“Island Summers” by Tilly Culme-Seymour- a memoir about holidays on the family’s own Norwegian island
Island Summers by Tilly Culme-Seymour is a memoir of her family childhood told around the landscape and events which happen on their family’s island summer home in Norway. The house is not well enough insulated to be lived in during the harsh winters but it makes an ideal vacation spot for the extended family over … Continue reading “Island Summers” by Tilly Culme-Seymour- a memoir about holidays on the family’s own Norwegian island
February wrap up – where are you getting your books during lockdown ?
I summarise February and talk about where to get books when shops are shut
“Red Bones” by Ann Cleeves is one of a series of crime novels set on the Shetlands – highly recommended
An excellent crime novel set on the Shetlands
“Rubbernecker” by Belinda Bauer – a crime novel with a very unusual main character
Rubbernecker by Belinda Bauer is a crime novel where you are not sure for most of the book that there is a crime. The main character, Patrick, has Asperger’s Syndrome and a lot of the book is told from his point of view. The author has, I assume, done her research and what happens is … Continue reading “Rubbernecker” by Belinda Bauer – a crime novel with a very unusual main character
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K Le Guin – a science fiction classic and deservedly so
A tender and beautify book about many things including love
The Urban Fantasy Novels of Tanya Huff – “Blood Price” and its sequels. Some of the best in the genre
Five excellent urban fantasy novels set in Toronto




