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the Raven’s Heart by Jesse Blackadder reviewed by Jill Smith
William has a daughter Alison, who travels on the sea with her father dressed as a boy known as Robbie. They sail into port at Leith Scotland, with their Queen and her handmaidens, the four Mary’s. The Queen has only … Continue reading
The Blood Countess by Tara Moss reviewed by Jill Smith
Pandora English leaves her small town life, to break free from her tragic past, when she is invited to live with her aunt in New York City. She knows nothing about her Great Aunt Celia except that she must quite … Continue reading
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Tagged Australian authors, book review, gothic, gothic mystery, Mystery
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ME & HIM-A Guide to Recovery by Karen Tyrrell reviewed by Jill Smith
This book shares skin peeling insights into how to recover from mental illness, keeping tabs on the triggers, employing calming techniques to overcome potential regression, the daily battle to keep on track of mental well-being. I found many of the … Continue reading
Glitter Rose by Marianne de Pierres reviewed by Jill Smith
I read this book in one sitting, and will happily read it again many times. This is a small exquisite hard cover book of only four, but wonderfully crafted stories based on Carmine Island, in a future where the sands … Continue reading
New York, New York
While mucking around in Novelist, one of the library online resources for readers, I found a link to the Colum McCann novel, Let the Great World Spin, from a previous novel I had enjoyed and reviewed on this site A Visit … Continue reading
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Tagged book review, colum mccann, let the great world spin, man on wire, new york fiction
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A Christmas Garland
A Christmas Garlandby Anne Perry. This is a novel set in Cawnpore, Northern India, during the nineteenth century. Descriptive writing, almost haunting, the dry wind, the tamarind trees and seed pods which fall on the ground bring clarity and beauty … Continue reading
Reviews added to our catalogue recently
Just in case you were wondering what to read next…. here are some reviews added to our library catalogue recently. The Second Son by Jonathan Rabb This is the final in the trilogy and I thought it a great story. … Continue reading
Arcadia
The tale of Arcadia is told through the voice of “Bit”- Ridley Stone and is set in Upstate New York beginning in the 1960′s. Bit’s parents, Hannah and Abe, are part of a community striving to create a perfect place, Arcadia, … Continue reading
How to be a Woman – bad title, good book
Caitlin Moran’s version of feminism sounds such fun I want to join in. In How to be a Woman she looks at life today through her own experiences and highlights all the crazy and destructive things that are happening to women in spite of all the advances we have made over the last thirty years. As well as a comment on the situation of women in society today (and we thought we were past all that) it is the often outrageous and shocking story or Moran herself. From an unusual upbringing in Wolverhampton – being poor, homeschooled and from a large off-beat family- to a regular column in “The Times” and a family of her own, it is quite a tale. At the same time Moran shares all her ideas about how to be a feminist today and questions many of the directions women’s lives have taken – the sort of things we have all been asking ourselves. She reckons the best way to fight misogyny is to laugh in its face. You will want to share this with all your female friends, your mother, sisters and daughters…well, possibly not your mother! Moran pulls no punches so is not for the squeamish. For more about the book and Moran http://www.how-tobeawoman.com
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Tagged book review, caitlin moran, feminism, how to be a woman
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