Wasteland (Operation Galton Book 2) by Terry Tyler #TuesdayBookBlog #NewRelease

“Those who escape ‘the system’ are left to survive outside society.  The fortunate find places in off-grid communities; the others disappear into the wasteland.” The year: 2061. In the new UK megacities, the government watches every move you make.  Speech is no longer free—an ‘offensive’ word reaching the wrong ear means a social demerit andContinue reading “Wasteland (Operation Galton Book 2) by Terry Tyler #TuesdayBookBlog #NewRelease”

The Lost Letters by Sarah Mitchell #BookReview #RBRT

 What if keeping your loved ones safe meant never seeing them again? Norfolk, 1940: Sylvia’s husband Howard has gone off to war, and she is struggling to raise her two children alone. Her only solace is her beach hut in Wells-Next-The-Sea, and her friendship with Connie, a woman she meets on the beach. The twoContinue reading “The Lost Letters by Sarah Mitchell #BookReview #RBRT”

The Planter’s Wife by Ann Bennett

After hearing Ann Bennett’s reasons for writing her Bamboo Trilogy, I found myself particularly drawn to the second book, The Planter’s Wife because it described the period of history, during the second world war, when all society in Singapore and Malaya was turned completely upside down in a tragic, life-changing manner.  The book moves between the lateContinue reading “The Planter’s Wife by Ann Bennett”