Book Reviews
When I first heard there was a new book from Margaret Atwood my first question was, What happened to Offred? I couldn’t wait to read it to discover the truth and expected it to be a continuation of her story. The Testaments isn’t a direct follow on from Offred’s tale, and it is so much... Continue Reading →
The Feed begins in a not too distant future where the internet, social media and the rest of the world are only milliseconds away to anyone who has been enabled. Tom and Kate help us see an advanced and fast paced world we could easily imagine around the corner. One day it collapses, and everyone... Continue Reading →
The Handmaid's Tale is an account of a woman whose name has been stripped away from her and reassigned as Offred (belonging to Fred). In her world there have been issues with fertility; Those who can bear healthy children are valued and used as handmaids for the husbands and wives who struggle to conceive. Women... Continue Reading →
To many residents of Beartown, ice hockey is everything. It's their livelihood, their friends and family, and their way out. It's the one thing with any chance of putting Beartown on the map after unemployment and council cuts have ruined the town. This book isn't really about ice hockey, or even Beartown. It's about love,... Continue Reading →
It's 1967 and Odelle is offered a job as a typist in a London art gallery. A budding writer from Trinidad, she doesn't realise how much life will change for her whilst working for Marjorie Quick. In 1936 Olive is living with her art dealer father, and her mother in Spain. Isaac and Teresa arrive... Continue Reading →
Mark Watney is stuck on Mars with no hope of rescue. He has no comms and only enough food to last a month. The next mission to Mars is years away. When he gets over the gravity of the situation (excuse the pun) Mark gets to work planning how to survive long enough to get... Continue Reading →
Set in the 1920's and 1930's The Tea Planters Wife is a beautiful, tragic and heartwarming tale of life in Ceylon. Gwen travels there to meet her husband Laurence and begin their life together on his plantation. Her cousin Fran, and his sister Verity visit them. Fran is trustworthy and loyal, almost the opposite of... Continue Reading →
Published in the UK as My Grandmother Sends Her Regards And Apologises, I have reviewed the U.S. version with a slightly different name and book cover. Elsa is seven and her granny is seventy seven and a little bit crazy. She has a paintball gun and seems to get into trouble a lot in her... Continue Reading →
Harry Cane marries Winnie after his brother Jack introduces them. It seems more of a convenience relationship than romance but they soon have a daughter together and settle down. Harry would not have been Winnie's first choice of husband, but they are good friends and it seems to work. It isn't too surprising when Harry... Continue Reading →
