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A Book Review of Two Halves!!

Book ReviewBy magsmin23rd March 2016Leave a comment

I’m going to be honest from the outset & say that I struggled with these two books!!!! The Drowning Lesson by Jane Shemilt – which I borrowed from a friend. The Little Coffee Shop In Kabul by Deborah Rodriguez – which I bought myself as it had been on my reading horizon for quite some time.…

Villa America by Liza Klaussmann – A Review

Book ReviewBy magsmin15th March 20161 Comment

  ‘When Sara Wiborg and Gerald Murphy decided to get married, they set out to create a beautiful world.’ Published in 2015 by Picador, this novel is set against the backdrop of The Lost Generation in Antibes in the 1920’s. It starts off as a love story that develops between Sara & Gerald, both coming…

Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan Novels Review

Book ReviewBy magsmin8th March 20161 Comment

    I saw these books for the first time in December 2015 in Waterstones Bookshop. I was immediately attracted to the storyline so (as a result of a very BIG hint!!!) I received the first two as a Christmas gift and purchased Books 3 & 4 in January….I was in love!!! There are four…

THE FOOTMAN by A. O’ Connor

Book ReviewBy magsmin22nd February 2016Leave a comment

    “From the country mansions of 1930s Ireland, to the decadence of 1940s wartime Paris to the courtrooms of London in modern times.” Admittedly not a book I would have immediately picked but I received a copy of The Footman from a friend of mine. Published in 2015 by Poolbeg it is an Irish…

#bookreview THE SILENT HOURS by Cesca Major @CescaWrites

Book ReviewBy magsmin13th February 20161 Comment

“With a shocking true story at it’s core, The Silent Hours is an unforgettable portrayal of love and loss” These are words taken from the back cover of this book, the words that enticed me to pick up a copy in Easons bookshop and buy it. I have always been drawn to books that tell…

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