by Paulo Coelho Rating: **** A beautiful read. Some of the little tales are a touch repetitive and obvious but some are incredibly...

by Melanie McGrath Rating: *** A well-written and thought provoking book. I think the Author is selling it short with the description,...

by Émile Zola Rating: ***** An absolute masterpiece. Buy from: Amazon UK | Amazon US

by Philip Hook Rating: **** I enjoyed this, Hook writes in a very engaging, easy style and you feel as if you having a conversation over...

by Ellis Peters Rating: **** Really enjoyed this, not too taxing, a fairly simple plot and even though the protagonist is fairly obvious,...

by Edith Wharton, Maureen Howard (Introduction) Rating: **** ** spoiler alert ** I believe that I had picked this book up before but had...

by Val McDermid Rating: *** Bit of a love/hate relationship with this book. I could rate some parts 2* and others 5*. I struggled to get...

by Robert Penn Rating: *** I enjoyed parts of this book immensely, it was reassuring to realise that woodworking craftsman are still...

by Edward St. Aubyn Rating: *** I was a bit disappointed in this, the last of the Melrose novels. I felt it was a bit formulaic and lazy...

by Edward St. Aubyn Rating: **** After reading the first few chapters, I was arguing with myself whether to continue. I had already...

by Chris Hunter Rating: **** I would really like to give this 4.5 stars. Amazing man whose grounded sense of duty and right from wrong...

by Hope Mirrlees, Neil Gaiman Rating: ** I was a bit disappointed in this. The beginning hooked me and I was quite enchanted; it reminded...

by Molly Keane Rating: *** I really would like to make this 3.5 stars or 3.75!! The story starts very promisingly, I could not put the...

by Gregg Andrew Hurwitz Rating: **** This is not my usual sort of book, it was bought for my husband but I fancied a change so thought I...

by Ruth Rendell Rating: ***** I absolutely love Wexford, although not all the Omnibuses I have read have been five stars, there have been...

by Marina Lewycka Rating: *** I read this book fairly swiftly and it was perfectly readable. Well-observed and mildly humorous in places...

by Lucy Worsley Rating: *** I was really excited about reading this book, it's my favourite historical period, I have read a lot already...

by Vladimir Nabokov Rating: **** An interesting and clever read. Seems a fairly simple premise to begin with but there are times, when...

by Raymond Chandler Rating: *** I really enjoyed the majority of this book. The writing is fresh, stylised, deceptively poetic and clever...

by Antonia Fraser Rating: *** On the whole, an absorbing, interesting read. The level of research and detail is second to none and after...