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Home is where Evelyn is
Evelyn is a widower who no longer wants to be bystander in life. Though she loved her husband, George, dearly, was she ever her own woman? Wanting to live whatever life she has left in the beautiful setting of a book she read many years ago, she cashes in her savings, hands the keys to her home to her son Tim and heads off for her own adventure. Evelyn is a wonderfully normal and warm character, who endears anyone who crosses her path including grumbly old Jane. These two unl
Laura Watson
6 days ago1 min read


quite an emotional read
Chasing a Dream is a historical fiction book set in 1950 in a small mining village in Derbyshire. We are introduced to Stella, who has a...
shazzierimmelzwaan
Nov 17, 20251 min read


powerful & emotionally charged
Alison J. Barley's Chasing a Dream is a powerful, emotionally charged book that poignantly relates the grit and determination of a young...
sudeshnalovesreading
Nov 3, 20251 min read


It is a lovely wee read.
I thought the blurb and cover to this were both lovely and very inviting. It gives us the feeling that we get to know an entire life, and...
Pause_theframe
Oct 20, 20251 min read


Artemisa Cannot Stop Killing People
The coming-of-age novel of a weaponised human, Artemisa Can’t Stop Killing People is an often cold and brutal tale; as our protagonist’s...
Veronica
Oct 13, 20251 min read


Tugged at my heartstrings
This life-affirming story follows the lives of George and Henry. George and Henry are best friends, until a kiss in a garden shed changes...
Kelly
Jul 3, 20251 min read


Clever interactions between the real and the fantastical
"Legend of the Lost" focuses on a world of fairies, nymphs, witches and were-beasts which discreetly exists alongside our own. It begins...
Joe Shott
Jan 30, 20232 min read


Unbelievable treks and giggles galore
Unbelievable treks and giggles galore in this second book by Author Barns in his Witch and Jet Splinters fantasy series. An encounter...
Veronica
Jan 23, 20232 min read
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