Hekla's Children by James Brogden Published by Titan Books Ltd The blurb: “A decade ago, teacher Nathan Brookes saw four of his students...

I look for three things in a book: An engaging character with psychological evolution, a truth/deep meaning, something that I will be left w

Nasty Women Compiled by 404 Ink It took me longer than I thought it would to get through the collection of essays compiled by 404 Ink...

A review of the memoir the Hospital by Barbara O'Hare, about her time in a children's mental hospital where experiments were conduct

The Circle By Dave Eggers Penguin Publishing Honestly, half way through this nearly 500-page novel, I couldn’t wait to finish Dave...

It did cause me to reflect, to look into myself, to look at the world, to look at the UK, to look at the United States, to look at those aro

Reviewing the June 2017 publication of Maggie Ritchie's novel, Looking for Evelyn, about two women whose paths cross again after 20 year

The Existentialist Cafe: Freedom, Being & Apricot Cocktails By Sarah Bakewell Published by Vintage “What you read influences your life...

A reviews of the 2016 memoir of Robyn Travis who grew up amidst the London postal war.