Over a Curly Wurly wrapper three eight year old Welsh schoolgirls swear an oath to be friends for life. Lana, Judith and Catrin will be friends whatever else might happen in their lives. At eight it feels like such an uncomplicated truth but little do they know what fate will […]
Estimated reading time: 2 minutes
When I got sent an early review copy of the new Kate Morton book I knew that I was in for a treat. You can always rely on Morton for an intelligent and interesting read. It is the summer of 1862 when a group of bohemian artists and their friends […]
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes
Tracy Chevalierโs new book is the latest in the Hogarth Shakespeare series of modern day retellings of classic Shakespeare plays. Telling the story of Othello in a more contemporary setting, New Boy was always going to be a bit edgier than some of the others that have preceded it. It […]
Estimated reading time: 2 minutes
It has been a long time since I’ve been affected by a book the way that I have with Good Me Bad Me. I finished it last night on the way home from work but I’ve had to mull it over and have a good think about it before I […]
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes