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Horrifyingly Powerful – The Futility Of War My Dear I Wanted To Tell You by Louisa Young is a horrifyingly powerful historical novel that consumed me from the start. It is set during World War I and perfectly illustrates the futility of war. It is mainly written from a masculine point of view of a […]

Heartbreaking Mandarin Road by Ann Bennett is a powerful dual timeline novel that I read in just one sitting. I could not put it down. It is a heartbreaking read. The action is set in 1967 and 2015 mainly in Vietnam, but briefly in America too as this is where the novel opens. We see […]

Follow Your North Star The Club For Rebellious Ladies by Siobhan Curham is a powerful dual timeline novel that I absolutely adored. The action is set-in present-day France, and also towards the end of World War I in 1918 in France. The two time periods are linked by location and family. We witness family secrets. […]

Watching & Waiting The German Sisters by Marty Wingate is a powerful and heartfelt novel that consumed me from the start. The action starts in 1939 as we follow two German sisters who are sent by their parents from Hamburg to Britain for safety. Though the eldest sister is only ten-years-old and she is tasked […]

Entertaining & Exciting The Pear Affair by Judith Eagle is a delightful children’s adventure and perfect for ages eight years and over. Whatever your age, this book will entertain you. There are elements that make up an exciting children’s book – a disappearance, a mystery, ‘good’ characters and ‘baddies’. It is the children who band […]