Anna at War by Helen Peters
I read Anna at War on Sunday afternoon and evening almost without pause. I started it so I could write this review but I continued…
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year by Beth Moran
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year by Beth Moran throws the reader directly into Mary's situation: alone in a cottage in the middle of…
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The Girl From the Fjords by Eliza Graham
I have just returned from travelling in Norway where I spent a few days of my time in Bergen. On one of those days I…
The One True Thing by Linda Newbery
If we are fortunate in our lives we will find the one thing that gives us meaning and contentment and joy. It might be something…
Murder at Wintertide by Fleur Hitchcock
My introduction to Fleur Hitchcock's books came in 2013 when my friend Dom was doing some freelance publicity work for Nosy Crow. He rightly thought…
Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery, Retold by Katherine Woodfine and Isabelle Follath
I'm not a great enthusiast for adaptations and retellings of novels. It seems to me that if a book is so good that someone wants…
Angel of Grasmere by Tom Palmer
I've always liked Tom Palmer's books, even when they were about football, a subject which interests me not at all. But it was when he…
Rory and the Snack Dragons by Louisa MacDougall and Giulia Cregut
Deep in their cave kingdom live the snack dragons, fearsome beasts who survive on a diet of princesses. At least, most of them do. Rory…
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Kevin the Orange by Alan Windram and Olla Meyzinger
As the title suggests, Kevin is an orange. He is round and orangey; in fact he is one of the orangiest oranges ever. But he's…
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