My Ten Best Reads in 2022 #Books #Reading #ThrowbackThursday

This year my reading has taken me to the Far East, Italy and Paris. Historic Fiction has frequently featured, mostly 20th Century and there has definitely been more murder mysteries. To read the whole review please click on the book cover. Journey to Paradise by Paula Greenlees This book describes post-war life for the British

My Top Reads 2021 ~ July to December

During the second half of this year I was able to revisit some more favourite authors. I was delighted to rediscover Carol Hedges‘ Victorian Detectives in the last volume of the series Desire & Deceit . I rediscovered Sara Sheridan, many of whose books I read about 10 years ago. Her latest novel The Fair

#AtoZChallenge : P is for Pollyanna

I first came to the story of Pollyanna when I went to the cinema at the age of 11 to see the film.  Unfortunately I forgot my glasses, needed for distance viewing, so sitting in the circle it was like listening to an audio-book!  As a result I soon found the book by Eleanor Porter,

Dissolution by C J Sansom #FridayReads #BookReview

It is 1537, a time of revolution that sees the greatest changes in England since 1066. Henry VIII has proclaimed himself Supreme Head of the Church. The country is waking up to savage new laws, rigged trials and the greatest network of informers ever seen. And under the orders of Thomas Cromwell, a team of