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Book Review: The Garnett Girls

Forbidden, passionate and all-encompassing, Margo and Richard’s love affair is the stuff of legend. When Richard walks out, Margo locks herself away, leaving her three daughters to run wild… Continue reading Book Review: The Garnett Girls

Mrs PJan 14, 2023Jan 14, 2023Leave a comment
Book, Genres, Historical Fiction, Locations, Reviews

Book Review: Hester

When Isobel Gamble meets a young Nathaniel Hawthorne, the two are instantly drawn to each other: he is a man haunted by his ancestors, who sent innocent women to the gallows – while she is an unusually gifted needleworker, troubled by her own strange talents… Continue reading Book Review: Hester

Mrs PSep 30, 2022Oct 4, 2022Leave a comment
Book, Contemporary Fiction, Genres, Locations, Reviews

Book Review: The Summer Job

Birdy has made a mistake. Everyone imagines running away from their life at some point. But Birdy has actually done it. And the life she’s run into is her best friend Heather’s. The only problem is, she hasn’t told Heather. Continue reading Book Review: The Summer Job

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Book, Contemporary Fiction, Genres, Locations, Reviews

Book Review: After Paris

Three friends take the same Eurostar to Paris, but at the end of the weekend return home separately and don’t speak. What happened? Continue reading Book Review: After Paris

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Book, Genres, History, Locations, non-fiction, Reviews

Book Review: Pirate Queens

Between August and October 1720, two female pirates named Anne Bonny and Mary Read terrorized the Caribbean in and around Jamaica. Despite their short career, they became two of the most notorious pirates during the height of the eighteenth-century Golden Age of Piracy. Continue reading Book Review: Pirate Queens

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Book, Crime, Genres, Locations, Reviews

Book Review: The Dark

When a baby is snatched from its pram and cast into the river Thames, off-duty police officer Lacey Flint is there to prevent disaster. But who would want to hurt a child? Continue reading Book Review: The Dark

Mrs PJul 24, 2022Aug 15, 20222 Comments
Book, Contemporary Fiction, Genres, History, Locations, Mythology, Reviews

Book Review: The Skeleton Key

Fifty years ago, Nell’s father wrote The Golden Bones. Part picture book, part treasure hunt, Sir Frank Churcher created a fairy story about Elinore, a murdered woman whose skeleton was scattered all over England. Continue reading Book Review: The Skeleton Key

Mrs PJul 17, 2022Aug 15, 2022Leave a comment
Book, Genres, Historical Fiction, History, LGBTQ+, Locations, Reviews

Book Review: The House of Fortune

When Nella feels a strange prickling sensation on the back of her neck, she wonders if the miniaturist has returned for her… Continue reading Book Review: The House of Fortune

Mrs PJul 7, 2022Jul 16, 2022Leave a comment
Book, Genres, History, Locations, non-fiction, Reviews

Book Review: Vagabonds

A look beyond the cheerful Cockney stereotypes, shining a light on the lives of those who struggled to survive on the streets of London in the Victorian era. Continue reading Book Review: Vagabonds

Mr PJul 3, 2022Jul 10, 2022Leave a comment
Book, Crime, Genres, Locations, Reviews

Book Review: The It Girl

April Coutts-Cliveden was the first person Hannah Jones met at Oxford. By the end of the second term, April was dead. Continue reading Book Review: The It Girl

Mrs PJul 3, 2022Jul 3, 2022Leave a comment

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