Medium – Book About the Book – After a murderous attack on their village, twins Husseina and Hassana are separated. They end up in completely different places – the Gold Coast of Africa and in Brazil, and they come to make new friends and forge new lives away from the shadows of each other andContinue reading “2021 Book #46 – The Deep Blue Between”
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2021 Book #45 – The Children of Jocasta
Medium – Book About the Book – This story tells the tale of two different women, who are often overlooked in Greek history/myth. The first is Jocasta, the wife and (eek) mother of Oedipus, whose story is told in the third person. The second is Ismene, her daughter /grand-daughter, whose story is told in theContinue reading “2021 Book #45 – The Children of Jocasta”
2021 Book #44 – Moxie
Medium – Book About the Book – Viv Carter is a student at an American High School. And she’s fed up. She’s fed up of the sexist comments from boys at the school, fed up of the school football team getting all the funding and attention, fed up of the teachers taking no notice, andContinue reading “2021 Book #44 – Moxie”
2021 Book #43 – A Quiet Life in the Country
Medium – Audiobook About the Book – Lady Hardcastle and her maid and best friend, Flo Armstrong, decide to move to the country in order to get some peace and quiet. They move to a beautiful, friendly village near one of Lady Hardcastle’s friends and enjoy about a week of calm. The calm is broken,Continue reading “2021 Book #43 – A Quiet Life in the Country”
2021 Book #42 – The Pursuit of Love
Medium – Audiobook About the Book – Linda Radford is the beautiful, daring and romantic daughter of a peer living in 1920s, 1930s and 1940s England. ‘Pursuit of Love’ is the story of her life and loves, told from the point of view of her cousin, Fanny, who also narrated the audiobook I listened toContinue reading “2021 Book #42 – The Pursuit of Love”
2021 Book #41 – The Blackthorn Key
Medium – Book About the Book – Christopher Rowe is an apprentice apothecary, working with the renowned and extremely kind Benedict Blackthorn. After being brought up in an orphanage, he is happy and content, and is looking forward to one day being an apothecary himself. His dreams are shattered as a spate of murders ofContinue reading “2021 Book #41 – The Blackthorn Key”
2021 Book #40 – Priestess of the White
Medium – Audiobook About the Book – Auraya is a young woman who is picked to be one of the White – five humans who become immortal and serve as the sword and shield of the gods. They are imbued with magic, and given special properties, but Auraya is different – gifted with strong magicContinue reading “2021 Book #40 – Priestess of the White”
2021 Book #39 – The Outlaws Scarlett and Browne
Medium – Book About the Book – Scarlett McCain is an outlaw, making her own way in future Britain, a dystopian landscape full of dangerous creatures, eugenics and cannibalistic Zombie men. She is a bank robber who shoots first and asks questions later, stealing and killing as she goes through Britain. On one of herContinue reading “2021 Book #39 – The Outlaws Scarlett and Browne”
2021 Book #38 – Remarkable People
Medium – Book About the Book – Dan Walker, the journalist and broadcaster who works on BBC Breakfast, was apparently asked to write his memoirs for publication. He realised (as I wish others did!) that whilst his life has been interesting, there are others who he has worked with and interviewed who have had moreContinue reading “2021 Book #38 – Remarkable People”
2021 Book #37 – The Women who Spied for Britain
Medium – Book About the Book – The author briefly discusses the lives of some of the most famous female spies of WW2 – women like Christine Granville, Odette Sansom, Violette Szabo and Noor Inyat Khan. The women are taken individually, and their lives discussed – from their births, to their education and childhood, relationships,Continue reading “2021 Book #37 – The Women who Spied for Britain”
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