Book Reviews – November 2022 – Sallie Eden
The Ice Hotel by Hania Allen Published by Little Brown, 2021 I was attracted to this book because it’s based in and around Kiruna in Sweden and its famous Ice hotel, both...
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Book Reviews – October 2022 – Sallie Eden
Songbirds by Christy Lefteri Published in paperback by Manilla Press Written by the author of The Beekeeper of Aleppo and influenced by the disappearance of five migrant domestic workers and two of their...
Book Reviews – October 2022 – Sallie Eden
While Paris Slept by Ruth Druart Published by Headline Review, 2022 It’s Paris, 1944; Jean-Luc and Charlotte meet and fall in love. Fast forward to 1950s California, they are happily married and raising their son. Then comes a...
Book Reviews – September 2020 – Sallie Eden
This month, something a bit different: three books published in their Quick Read series, by The Reading Agency* between 2017 and 2022 A Fresh Start, ten short stories by various writers...
Book Reviews – August 2022 – Sallie Eden
The Lamplighters by Emma Stonex Published in paperback by Picador, 2022 This was a birthday gift from friends* who obviously know my reading tastes really well! One of the reviews quoted in...
Book Reviews – August 2022 – Sallie Eden
The Dinner Guest by B P Walter Published by Harper Collins 2021 After a run of several dreadful, depressing and/or simply dire books, I wasn’t optimistic about this one, which I...
Book Reviews – July 2022 – Sallie Eden
Things We Never Say by Sheila O’Flanagan Published in paperback by Headline Review, 2021 This is a work of fiction which begins with the story of Dilly, giving birth 55 years...
Book Reviews – July 2022 – Sallie Eden
Rachel’s Holiday by Marian Keyes Published by Penguin First published over 25 years ago and recently reissued with the addition of positive comments by lots of celebrities (why?), this is a book...
Book Review – June 2020 – Sallie Eden
The Secrets of Latimer House by Jules Wake Published by Harper Collins, 2021 Latimer House is a real place used by the British government during WWII to carry out top secret activities....
Book Reviews – May 2022 – Sallie Eden
Troubled Blood by Robert Galbraith Published by Sphere, 2020 After seeing filming taking place in St Mawes recently I thought I’d read the book on which the latest series of Strike is...