My Lockdown Books: Forty Nine
My sister wanted me to write about an Alexander McCall Smith book so here you are: School Ship Tobermory. It's the first in a series…
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My Lockdown Books: Forty Eight
Here's another review from The Scotsman for a very good book. From Nosy Crow comes Little Bits of Sky, SE Durrant’s debut novel. The story…
My Lockdown Books: Forty Seven
My childhood was filled with books published by Pickering & Inglis, purveyors of Christian literature. As a daughter of the manse the basic premise of…
My Lockdown Books: Forty Six
As many of you will know, Jean Estoril was one of Mabel Esther Allan's pseudonyms. I, however, did not know that when I came across…
My Lockdown Books: Forty Four
Eleanor Updale is an intelligent, imaginative and beguiling writer and I have enjoyed all her books. I've been fortunate enough to work with her a…
My Lockdown Books: Forty Three
Grounded firmly in the real world is Kite Spirit by Sita Brahmachari. Kite’s life is shattered when her best friend, Dawn, commits suicide. Stunned by…
My Lockdown Books: Forty Two
Fortunately, the Milk is a ridiculous riot of a book written by Neil Gaiman and illustrated by Chris Riddell. Their combined talents produce a far-fetched…
My Lockdown Books: Forty One
The Weight of Water by Sarah Crossan was sent to me by her publisher, Bloomsbury, to review. I opened it at my desk at work…
My Lockdown Books: Forty
After The Edge of the Cloud, A Pattern of Roses is my favourite KM Peyton novel. I am young enough that I read some of…
My Lockdown Books: Thirty Nine
A few years ago, when I was rationalising my book collection, I took the dramatic step of getting rid of my Elsie Oxenham books. I…
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