Category Archives: Recommended

The River of No Return by Bee Ridgway

Posted on May 18, 2013 by

If you met Nick Davenant you would probably think he was a normal, unremarkable young man, enjoying life in 2013 as the owner of a dairy farm in Vermont, whose biggest worry is a visit from the cheese inspector. But … Continue reading →

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Heading Out to Wonderful by Robert Goolrick

Posted on May 9, 2013 by

“When you’re young, and you head out to wonderful, everything is fresh and bright as a brand new penny, but before you get to wonderful, you’re going to have to pass through all right. And when you get to all … Continue reading →

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Shadow on the Crown by Patricia Bracewell

Posted on April 29, 2013 by

When King Æthelred II of England loses his wife Ælfgifu, he looks across the Narrow Sea to Normandy for his next bride. Duke Richard of Normandy has two unmarried sisters and it’s the younger, fifteen-year-old Emma, who is chosen. In … Continue reading →

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The Scent of Death by Andrew Taylor

Posted on April 24, 2013 by

I’ve been looking forward to reading this book, having enjoyed some of Andrew Taylor’s previous novels, including The American Boy (An Unpardonable Crime in the US), so I was pleased to find that The Scent of Death was a similar … Continue reading →

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Aurora Floyd by Mary Elizabeth Braddon

Posted on April 1, 2013 by

When I decided to take part in the recent Classics Club Spin I was delighted when the book chosen for me was Aurora Floyd. I have read two of Mary Elizabeth Braddon’s other books – Lady Audley’s Secret and The … Continue reading →

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The Secret History by Donna Tartt

Posted on March 16, 2013 by

“I suppose at one time in my life I might have had any number of stories, but now there is no other. This is the only story I will ever be able to tell…” The Secret History is not exactly … Continue reading →

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The Moonspinners by Mary Stewart

Posted on March 8, 2013 by

“Sometimes, when you’re deep in the countryside, you meet three girls, walking along the hill tracks in the dusk, spinning. They each have a spindle, and onto these they are spinning their wool, milk-white, like the moonlight. In fact, it … Continue reading →

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