Book Review – July 2018 – Sallie Eden
The Last Hedgehog by Pam Ayres – Published by Picador 2018 Published to celebrate National Hedgehog week, this little book was a birthday gift from a friend; its messages of the need to...
Category: Book Reviews 2018
Book Review – July 2018 – Sallie Eden
Little me (my life from A to Z) by Matt Lucas – Published by Canongate books, 2017 Many of us have read autobiographies, the sort that comprise an excess of famous names, along...
Book Review – June 2018 – Sallie Eden
The Secret Life of Cows by Rosamund Young – Published in hardback by Faber & Faber, October 2017 This book was recommended to me by a friend* who thought I’d enjoy its quirkiness....
Book Review – June 2018 – Sallie Eden
The Crocodile Under the Bed by Judith Kerr – Published by Harper Collins 2015 Apparently aimed at 2-4 year olds, I’m quite a few years older and I enjoyed this book every bit...
Book Review – May 2018 – Sallie Eden
The Legacy by Yrsa Sigurdardottir – English language paperback published by Hodder & Stoughton, 2018 If you like Scandinoir* you’ll love this book by renowned Icelandic writer Yrsa Sigurdardottir and brilliantly translated by Victoria Cribb. Reviews...
Book Review – May 2018 – Sallie Eden
A Yellow Submarine in Roseland, Cornwall: 52 Story Walks from Mevagissey to St Mawes by Valerie Belsey – Published by ELSP, 2017# A short story for every week of the year. But not just...
Book Review – April 2018 – Sallie Eden
What The Suffragists Did Next by Mavis Curtis – Published by Amberley Books 2017 Exploring the lives and work of eight of the women who helped promote the cause of women’s equality and...
Book Reviews – April 2018 – Sallie Eden
Until We Win by Linda Newbery – Published by Barrington Stoke Teen, 2017 A book aimed at teenagers, described as “an inspiring novel of one young woman’s fight for equality”, this is the story...
Book Review – March 2018 – Sallie Eden
The Birth of the RAF 1918 by Richard Overy – Published by Allen Lane, 1 March 2018 Published to mark the centenary of the founding of the RAF, the publisher describes this book...
Book Review – March 2018 – Sallie Eden
The Maths Behind by Colin Beveridge (Discover the mathematics of everyday events) – Published by Octopusbooks 2017 I admit I was excited to receive this book from the publisher. But even if you aren’t,...