Another February read

This is a Miles Franklin WInner to add to my 2019 Reading Challenge.  It certainly lives up to the status of winner and depicts Australia in beautiful language. From the book cover: “His father dead by fire and his mother plagued by demons of her own, William is cast upon the charity of his unknown…

My first book for 2019

This is one that I had borrowed from the library before Christmas but hadn’t got around to reading it until last week.  It was a quick read as the story got me hooked in right at the start. The story is about two women separated by a generation, one living in Manhattan and the other…

Some additions to my Reading Challenge

Never Surrender by Michael Dobbs“10 May 1940. Hitler launches his devastating attack that within days will overrun France, Holland and Belgium, and that will bring Britain to its knees at Dunkirk. Only one man, Winston Churchill, seems capable of standing in his way. Yet Churchill is isolated, mistrusted by many of his colleagues, and tormented…

My latest reading is varied

I have just finished reading A Working Class Boy by Jimmy Barnes.  I wasn’t sure what to expect in this book but I was certainly surprised by the amount of violence he endured as a child.  He is someone who has shown remarkable resilience to overcome all that was thrown at him during his childhood….

Tuesday travels. . . . Culross, Fife

My sister has often spoken of Culross and she has visited the village when she has travelled to Scotland but I have not managed to visit the place until this last trip when we made a special detour so that I could see the village. The Royal Burgh of Culross is the best preserved example…

This is another bodice ripper

When I bought Duchess by Night I also bought When the Duke Returns.  I think the owner of the secondhand bookshop recommended them as part of a series.  I am glad I only bought two as though they were enjoyable light reads they were not really my style.  Something easy for reading on a plane…