Mattie Simpkin is a wonderful heroine with verve and drive and a willingness to ensure that young women of the early twentieth century know that they can achieve much – if they only know how to push.
Category Archives: Book Review
Kaleb the Brave by Adam McCoy
Adam McCoy’s brightly illustrated chapter book about a boy trying to conquer the fears of his overactive imagination has a positive message
Songs from the Other Side by Robyn Bernstein
A coming-of-age novel told by Jayne, a science lover whose life is transformed and how she uses her differing parents’ views to navigate it
A Young Lady’s Miscellany by Auriel Roe
Auriel Roe’s memoir is honest, warm and really, really funny with moments that will remain with me long after reading it
London is the Best City in America by Laura Dave
London is the Best City in America by Laura Dave is a book about relationships: getting past the ones which are not meant to be and finding the ones that are. And ultimately, finding yourself.
The Ghosts of Ren Manor by Helen G. Huntley
Helen G. Huntley’s book is ostensibly a ghost story with a touch of fairytale, a little romance, a soupçon of sauciness and a dash of tension
The Milan Contract by Stephen Franks
The Milan Contract by Stephen Franks is a great thriller, taut and tense, with a well-executed plot which starts as a regular police investigation but develops into so much more
The Little Bookshop of Lonely Hearts by Annie Darling
An unashamedly romantic novel about Posy, her bookshop and a bid to dedicate it to romance, in spite of Sebastian, her handsome nemesis
The Hummingbird and the Sea by Jenny Bond
Moving between Massachusetts and the Caribbean, Jenny Bond’s novel is an enjoyable tale of the hope of young love, betrayal and pirates
The Unexpected Life of Oliver Cromwell Pitts by Avi
Oliver Cromwell Pitts’ life is turned upside down when his father disappears the night of a big storm and he is forced to live by his wits.
Scuffed Granny 