Book Review – Page 32 – Scuffed Granny

Blue Verses: Volume I. Of love, death, angels and demons by Daniel Hernandez

Self-scrutiny and reconciliation is at the heart of this poetry collection as the author wrestles with the uncertainties that life offers.

James Bond’s trip to Turkey for the suggested love of a Russian beauty was a great introduction for me to the fiction of Ian Fleming

A quite traumatic but moving novel told in two narrative strands, one of a young mother, the other the daughter she is forced to give up.

Emily Giffin has written an interesting book dealing with a woman who is adamant that she does not want children even if it means losing her soulmate

A murder mystery, lightly told with the deft hand of Sydney Preston, which is big on character and well-plotted

Harris Kloe has written a tense short story to open his forthcoming collection with seams of horror and suspense

For me, bourbon conjures images of small chocolate biscuits but the Bourbon Kid is a far scarier prospect in this quirky detective horror thriller

Jojo Moyes’ book about the Packhorse Librarians of Kentucky is a stirring tale about the power of friendship and the joy that books can bring

Liane Moriarty takes good friends, a tense school atmosphere and fragemented and destructive relationship and makes a great piece of reading

The Underpainter is a character study of someone who views life from a distance, never fully engaging in its emotional landscape.