Book Review – July 2021 – Sallie Eden
Nomadland by Jessica Bruder Published in the UK by Swift Press, 2021 You’ve seen the film, now read the book (first published in the US in 2017). Based on the author’s 2014...
Category: Book Reviews 2021
Book Review – July 2021 – Sallie Eden
Stumpy Cat: adventures in No-Napsland by Peter Lewis-Dale, illustrated by Harriet Armstrong Published by Stumpy Cat Books, 2020 A sweet little story written in rhyme, beautifully illustrated, and featuring Stumpy Cat and...
Book Review – June 2021 – Sallie Eden
The Shellseekers by Rosamunde Pilcher Originally published in 1987 If there are regular readers of these reviews you’ll know that I’m keen to include a range of books, not just new releases,...
Book Review – June 2021 – Sallie Eden
Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers Published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2020 How best to describe this book? Should I refer to the many household hints, even though they’re not the real...
Book Review – May 2021 – Sallie Eden
Miss Benson’s Beetle by Rachel Joyce Published by Penguin, 2021 The latest novel from the author of the ‘Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry’ opens with the words “When Margery was...
Book Review – May 2021 – Sallie Eden
The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell Published in 2017 by Profile Books Shaun Bythell purchased The Bookshop in Wigtown (known as Scotland’s National Book Town) in 2001 and wrote this book...
Book Reviews – April 2021 – Sallie Eden
Don’t Come Back! by Adam Fletcher Published independently, 2019 Described as “a funny travel adventure of bad-tempered baboons, black magic, and breakups”, this seemed like just the travel related tonic that’s needed...
Book Reviews – April 2021 – Sallie Eden
Hungry by Grace Dent Published by Mudlark, October 2020 Grace Dent is probably best known for her regular appearances on Masterchef, or maybe as the Guardian’s restaurant critic, or for her...
Book Reviews – March 2021 – Sallie Eden
Sunny Side Up by Susan Calman Published by Two Roads, 2018 Watching Susan Calman’s new series ‘Grand Day Out’ on tv, I was prompted to re-read her second book, which is described...
Book Reviews – March 2021 – Sallie Eden
The Austen Girls by Lucy Worsley Published by Bloomsbury, 2020 Written by Lucy Worsley, well known as a TV presenter and for her role as Chief Curator at Historic Royal Palaces, this...