Wandering the world

I feel it's important to start this review of three books I have read in recent months on the Israel-Palestine situation by giving a...

I'm at a stage in my life where I can read social, geographical and political history texts for pleasure - the nerd that I am - rather...

I was fortunate enough to meet Professor Chelsea Watego, author of Another day in the colony, at a reconciliation symposium I attend in...

We need new stories was recommended to me by a colleague and I was sufficiently intrigued by her recommendation to buy my own copy of the...

I picked up a copy of Maiden voyages from this super bookshop I discovered, The Book Grocer, on a work trip to Melbourne. The book...

It's been three years since the last Christian White novel was published so I was keen to read The ledge when I finally got my hands on a...

If you've read my posts on books 37 and 39 of the LA-based series featuring homicide detective, Milo Sturgis, and his trusty sidekick,...

As noted in my post on Shrines of gaiety , British author, Kate Atkinson, can do no wrong in my eyes. I have read all of her books after...

Romantic comedies aren't my jam at all, but I was intrigued by More confessions of a forty-something f**k up from the Bridget Jones...

British author, Jojo Moyes, has an extensive catalogue of contemporary novels and historical fiction. Moyes was a journalist with The...

British author, Kate Atkinson, can do no wrong in my eyes. I've read all of her books but have only reviewed her last historical fiction,...

You'll know that I am a fan of Alice Feeney is you've read my Alice Feeney round up post where I review the six books the author had...

My daughter gave me Clytemnestra to read as it's one of her favourite books set in Ancient Greece. The author, Costanza Casati, was born...

I've now read four of the five books published to date by British thriller writer, Lesley Kara. See my post on the first two I read (...

Readers of my book reviews will know that British authors of crime and psychological thrillers are the staple of my fiction-reading diet....

I've been reading the psychological thrillers by writing partnership, Nicci French, for some twenty years now. I'd count them amongst my...

I've been reading the Elvis and Joe series by Robert Crais for as long as I can remember. You can find my review of book 19, Racing the...

I'd seen the hype about Bonnie Garmus's book, Lessons in chemistry, although I haven't watch the Netflix series of the same name. A...

Louise Candlish is a British author who has been writing for around 20 years. Her later books have won a bunch of awards, including Crime...

If you've read my other posts on Marian Keyes novels, you'll know that I have a fondness for the Irish writer despite her chick lit...