Welcome back to Six Degrees of Separation, where Kate from booksaremyfavouriteandbest provides the name of a book; we all connect it to six other titles and see where we all end up. The first book for 2023 is great choice for a holiday read, and aptly named Beach Read by Emily Henry. The premise is […]
My monthly newsletter (which you can subscribe to by filling in the form on the right-hand side of my website’s home page) always includes an “On My Bedside Table” section. This is primarily a mix of books I’m currently reading or have just bought with the intention of reading. Disclaimer: I always buy […]
Welcome back to Six Degrees of Separation, where every reader starts with the same title and links to six other books, depending on whatever random ways our brains make connections. This month’s starting book is True Story of the Kelly Gang by Australian author Peter Carey. On my mum’s side of the family is the […]
About Wildflower When Acacia Miller moves in next door just before Christmas 1979, eleven-year-old Jane Kelly is saved from the lonely summer she was expecting after a year of being bullied at school. But even as the friendship grows, Acacia remains vague and offhand when asked questions about her family and home life. Then Jane […]
I haven’t always been a reader of historical fiction. When I was much younger, I preferred contemporary fiction, and I can’t pinpoint when that started to change. Perhaps when I started researching the Second World War for my book about war widows. Or maybe a few years before that when I finally started taking an […]
Welcome back to Six Degrees of Separation, where we all start with the same book title and link it to six others in any random way our mind chooses to create connections. It’s fun and it’s free, so join in! This month the starting book is Postcards from the Edge by Carrie Fisher. Postcards from […]