An intriguing title for an intriguing book about an imaginative girl called April at a key time in her life
Category Archives: British fiction
Seville by Paul A. Mendelson
A light, humorous book, set in Seville which examines the marriage of William and Luisa as they relive their honeymoon 30 years later
Gabriel’s Moon by William Boyd
The first in a trilogy of books about Gabriel Dax, which charts his progression from orphaned boy to popular writer – but is he really sought for his writing talent?
Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms by Katherine Rundell
A story of a girl taken from all she knows and her fight to survive in a world where she doesn’t fit
Of Lions and Unicorns by Michael Morpurgo
A collection and selection of Morpurgo’s work, including complete short stories and excerpts from his most applauded novels
The Serial Killer’s Wife by Alice Hunter
An original book with a surprising ending which failed to set this reader alight
Miss Benson’s Beetle by Rachel Joyce
A tale of friendship, reconciliation with the past, and adventure, with two unlikely women searching for a beetle on the other side of the world
Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon
There are exploits; I’m not sure how glorious they are but this book doesn’t need glory to make it a triumph
The Woman who Walked into the Sea by Mark Douglas-Home
A tense tale set in coastal Scotland where enquiries about the mystery of a baby’s abandonment and her mother’s suicide stir up trouble
The Power by Naomi Alderman
A powerful book that will stay with me a long time for all of the right reasons – thought-provoking, shrewd and frightening
Scuffed Granny 