It’s late and your child is not home…

Parents of teenage children would certainly relate to the worries felt when their child does not come home when expected. If you have looked at my list from the 2022 reading challenge you would see that I have read several T.M. Logan books.  I have enjoyed each one of them but this one certainly kept…

Much needed book catchup

The books I have read since I last posted an entry which was in August. August The Catch by T.M. Logan Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City. by Matthew Desmond Scary Monsters by Michelle de Krester The Curfew by T. M. Logan The Chancellor: The remarkable odyssey of Angela Merkel byKati Marton The…

What an amazing book.

Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr was recommended to me by my nephew. I am so glad that he thought to recommend it to me as I absolutely loved it. I might say here that I am not a lover of science fiction or fantasy and although there were aspects of those genres in the…

Two recent Australian books

Two books that I have recently finished were books that were either mentioned on the programme called Books That Made Us on the ABC television station or they were short listed for a particular literary prize.  The ABC series is no longer available to view but you can see a list of the books here….

Another book update

My recent books have been mainly crime fiction but there are a couple of exceptions. This particular book was non-fiction and the title was a little off putting but the actual read was well worthwhile. The End of your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe “A lifelong love of books plays out as a son…

A thriller that is non-fiction

One of my reads last month was a non-fiction book called Churchill’s Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: the mavericks who plotted Hitler’s defeat. The book had been recommended to me by one of the members of my reading group.  I am not usually someone who would read war history but I thought I would give it…