Julius and Jeanie are 51-year-old twins, both still living at home with their elderly mother, Dot, who suddenly passes away, leaving the twins not knowing what to do.
Tag Archives: Book Review
February Reads
My February has been infinitely brightened by these brilliant books…
Girl A and Victoria Park Review
January has been a particularly excellent month for new releases.
Best Books of the Year 2020
2020: the year of self-isolation. Luckily, there have been lots of brilliant books to help along the way. I have been mainly relying on my iBooks account and reading PDFs of books kindly sent by publishers, rather than ordering hardcopies / being sent hardcopies which has been (yet another!) different experience altogether. Alongside my rolling Book of the Month book reviews, here are some other truly fantastic books I have read this year:
The Thursday Murder Club
When a book gets this much buzz, I want to know more about it!
ARGO Article
I have written a feature for ARGO Magazine on Alexandros Papadiamandis – a forefather of modern Greek literature. Continue reading ARGO Article
Don Short Serialisation
Part one of the serialisation of Don Short’s book, ‘The Beatles and Beyond’ is up on the Daily Mirror website!
Nightingale by Marina Kemp Review
Marguerite arrives in Saint-Sulpice from Paris and meets Brigitte at the train station. Marguerite is twenty-four years old and she is about to start work as the live-in nurse for Jerome, an elderly and cantankerous man who lives alone and has been unwell for some time. Brigitte lives locally and is married to Henri, the village’s handsome hero, and the couple oversee the activity at Jerome’s large house and gardens, Rossignol (French for ‘Nightingale’).
ARGO Article
I wrote a review of ‘Those Who Are Loved’ by Victoria Hislop for ARGO Magazine. Continue reading ARGO Article
The Wych Elm by Tara French
Toby leads a normal, happy life. He’s in his late 20s, he has a good job working in a museum as their PR, and he has a lovely girlfriend, Melissa. Continue reading The Wych Elm by Tara French