Some of my reads for August

I managed to read a few this month, seven to be exact.  Two books by Mick Herron,  Down Cemetery Road and London Rules. London Rules “London Rules might not be written down, but everyone knows rule one. Cover your arse.” The book is full of witty dialogue and black humour.  I found myself laughing out…

More June reads

Much of my reading is crime fiction and Stuart MacBride is one of my favourite authors.  I tend to read quite a bit by Scottish authors. A Song for the Dying is another novel in the Oldcastle series. “He’s back … Eight years ago, ‘The Inside Man’ murdered four women and left three more in…

Recent reads in February

This one I read so I could talk about the book with my grandson who is now in his first year of high school.  It was an enjoyable book which reminded me a great deal about our trip to Manila many years ago and what we saw on the huge rubbish dump there, very similar…

Another book with a sewing related title

The Tailor’s Girl by Fiona McIntosh is a historical fiction novel but also a romance. I have read Fiona McIntosh previously, The French Promise and The Lavender Keeper. The Tailor’s Girl is another book for my Historical Fiction Reading Challenge as the story is set in the few years following World War I. From the…

The French Promise. . . oh to be in Paris!

This book was given to me by my husband on Mothers’ Day. It is often difficult to chose an appropriate book for someone other than yourself but this time my husband was bang on the money!  It was a great read.  Again I have come to a book which is not the first but the…