Advantages: interesting story Disadvantages: hard to get in to
Amanda Brookfield is one of my favourite authors and I tend to anticipate her new books with relish. She tends to write about normal everyday people who seem to have more than their fair share of ups and downs in life. This is exactly the case with her la ...
Advantages: Good characters. Disadvantages: Not uplifting to start off with.
I have never read any of Amanda Brookfield's work before, but spotted this one while in my local libray so thought I would try it.
This book centres around a main character called Charlotte who is approaching her 40th birthday - which is why I think th ...
Advantages: Gripping, exciting, well written Disadvantages: none
I like the classics. I don't claim to have read a big proportion, there's so many, and some are so heavy, but I like to think I've read a good range. Recently I found a beautiful set of 10 Classic Crime novels from Atlantic Books on thebookpeople.com for ...
Advantages: A gripping family saga set in Glasgow Disadvantages: The book ended!
Review of Little White Lies, a novel by Emma Blair I am reviewing the paperback version of this novel, published by Sphere Books, 480 pages, ISBN 978-0751547528, cover price £7.99. Genre: - Modern fiction/Family Saga My copy was obtained from the local ...
Advantages: Nice easy read for my holiday Disadvantages: Writing style took a while to get used to.
I picked up Love Etc (Julian Barnes) at a local library as they were having a book sale of withdrawn books. I have to admit to liking the cover and choosing this book purely on that basis. Love Etc is the sequel to an earlier novel ‘Talking It Over’, wh ...
