The Good People by Hannah Kent The Architect's Apprentice by Elif Shafak The Story of English in 100 Words by David Crystal
My reading
My Reading – March 2018
Little Boy Lost by Marghanita Laski Mrs Osmond by John Banville The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell The Shepherd's Hut by Tim Winton
My Reading – February 2018
A Dangerous Crossing by Rachel Rhys Pleasing Mr Pepys by Deborah Swift Fortune's Wheel by Carolyn Hughes
My Reading – January 2018
Fools and Mortals by Bernard Cornwell Black + White: Race Politics and Changing Australia by Nyunggai Warren Mundine Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders If you have difficulty with any of the links Right-click on the link and open in a private window and it should work.
2017 – A Year of Reading
While I have done reasonable well this year, managing to read fifty books, I haven't yet achieved my goal of a book a week. Once again, the fiction is mainly historical with a few classic works as well as a handful of books of poetry and of non-fiction. My top reads for the year are … Continue reading 2017 – A Year of Reading
My Reading – December 2017
Into the Water : A Novel by Paula Hawkins Shakespeare's Restless World by Neil MacGregor The Lodger Shakespeare by Charles Nicholl Don't Look Now and Other Stories by Daphne Du Maurier
My Reading – November 2017
The Wild Air by Rebecca Mascull The Last Hours by Minette Walters Ruth by Elizabeth Gaskell Blue Horses : Poems by Mary Oliver
My Reading – October 2017
Sumerford's Autumn by Barbara Denvil Gaskell The Secret Library : a Book-lovers' Journey through Curiosities of History by Oliver Tearle First Person by Richard Flanagan Jane the Quene by Janet Wertheim The Castle of Dreams by Elise McCune
My Reading – September 2017
Whipbird by Robert Drewe Crimson and Bone by Marina Fiorato When a Marquis Chooses a Bride by Ella Quinn Wintercombe by Pamela Belle
My Reading – August 2017
The Three Miss Kings by Ada Cambridge Sacred Hearts by Sarah Dunant A time of love and tartan : A 44 Scotland Street novel by Alexander McCall Smith Percy Grainger by John Bird Tomaree by Debbie Robson