The Age of Innocence
by Edith Wharton, Maureen Howard (Introduction) Rating: **** ** spoiler alert ** I believe that I had picked this book up before but had...
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Rose Auburn
Oct 1, 20191 min read
The Wire in the Blood
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...
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Rose Auburn
Sep 16, 20191 min read
The Man Who Made Things Out of Trees: The Ash in Human Culture and History
by Robert Penn Rating: *** I enjoyed parts of this book immensely, it was reassuring to realise that woodworking craftsman are still...
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Sep 12, 20191 min read
At Last
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...
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Sep 5, 20191 min read
Mother's Milk
by Edward St. Aubyn Rating: **** After reading the first few chapters, I was arguing with myself whether to continue. I had already...
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Aug 26, 20191 min read
Extreme Risk
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...
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Rose Auburn
Aug 16, 20191 min read
Lud-in-the-Mist
by Hope Mirrlees, Neil Gaiman Rating: ** I was a bit disappointed in this. The beginning hooked me and I was quite enchanted; it reminded...
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Aug 13, 20191 min read
Loving Without Tears
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...
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Rose Auburn
Jul 23, 20191 min read
Orphan X (An Orphan X Thriller)
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...
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Rose Auburn
Jul 21, 20191 min read
Ruth Rendell Mysteries: An Inspector Wexford Omnibus
by Ruth Rendell Rating: ***** I absolutely love Wexford, although not all the Omnibuses I have read have been five stars, there have been...
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