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Book Review: The Casual Vacancy, JK Rowling

Barry Fairbrother dies creating a vacancy in the Parish Council.  It is not a harmonious time in local matters, with issues between the idyllic village of Pagford and its District Council Town of Yarvill over the area known as The… Continue Reading →

Book review: The Goldfinch, Donna Tartt

  The Goldfinch is a painting by Fabritis, and on loan to MoMA in New York.  In a tragic set of events, 13 year-old Theo Decker acquires this valuable painting, losing his mother at the same time.  The Goldfinch follows… Continue Reading →

Back at my desk

I’ve had a two month hiatus in working on my WIP, and so my documents, notes and ideas have lain dormant.  Not really ever forgotten, but just parked in long-term parking.  I shall be getting out the papers in the… Continue Reading →

Book review: People of the Book, Geraldine Brooks

People of the Book is a work of fiction inspired by the true story of the Hebrew codex known as the Sarajevo Haggadah. The story begins in 1996 with Hanna Heath, a book restorer, who is under UN guard as… Continue Reading →

Book review: The Scent of Death, Andrew Taylor

This is the story of Edward Savill, a British man, dropped in New York by the American Department to help investigate and settle claims of compensation in the American War of Independence. It is 1778, and Manhattan is in tatters,… Continue Reading →

Book Review: The Shock of the Fall by Nathan Filer (Kindle Edition)

The Shock of The Fall tells the story of Matt Homes, who has schizophrenia, and is struggling with the mental health services, so embarks on his own writing therapy. He captures his reflections on a type writer stored along with… Continue Reading →

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