Lady Mary. Lucy Worsley

5 Apr 20184 Apr 2018

4 stars for this historical fiction aimed at children and young adults. I thoroughly enjoyed reading Lady Mary, Lucy Worsley's novel about the childhood and young adulthood of Mary, daughter…

The Sea Raven. Annabel Frazer

18 Feb 201818 Feb 2018

5 stars for this excellent continuation of Mary Stewart's Perdita stories. The Sea Raven is a wonderful short story by Annabel Frazer, author of The Day the Earth Caught Cold.…

Book Beginnings and Friday 56

26 Jan 201825 Jan 2018

I am  participating in two book blog memes today. The first meme is Book Beginnings on Fridays, hosted by Rose City Reader, who asks us to: Please join me every…

Poverty Safari. Darren McGarvey

19 Jan 20188 Feb 2018

4 stars for this excellent, emotionally driven look at the effects of systemic poverty, that is also an unflinching account of the writer's difficult childhood. There is a sense that…

The White Bird Passes. Jessie Kesson

4 Aug 20174 Aug 2017

The White Bird Passes is a fine book by Jessie Kesson in which she fictionalises and reworks her childhood into a magical, moving novel. Set in Elgin and Skene in…

A Thousand Paper Birds. Tor Udall

4 Aug 20174 Aug 2017

I received an ebook of A Thousand Paper Birds free from NetGalley. It was published by Bloomsbury on 15 June 2017. This is *the* most beautiful novel of 2017 as far…

School for Skylarks. Sam Angus

4 Aug 20174 Aug 2017

School for Skylarks is an enchanting, moving children’s book. I selected this novel hoping for an enjoyable story set in a school. School for Skylarks delivers on this but also on…