Book Review – August 2021 – Sallie Eden
The Puzzle Women by Anna Ellory Published by Lake Union, 2020 Set in Berlin and switching between 1989 and 1999, this is the story of Rune (Roo) and his younger sister Lotte....
Category: Book Reviews – Sallie Eden
Book Review – August 2021 – Sallie Eden
Scotland From The Rails (a window gazer’s guide) by Benedict Le Vay Published by Bradt Guides, February 2021 Are you thinking of holidaying in Britain?Don’t know where to go or, more importantly,...
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...
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...