Blog Archive

Check through the Blog posts below to find our latest extended book reviews, our #TalkingLocationWith … pieces, and our views on matters of general literary interest. Search by either Location or by the Keywords you would like to come up in the results…

Novel set in Estonia (“..a fascinating history of lives in turbulent times..”)

Novel set in Estonia (“..a fascinating history of lives in turbulent times..”) 5th September 2015

When the Doves Disappeared by Sofi Oksanen, novel set in Estonia.   Set in Tallinn and the countryside of Estonia, this novel takes place during the turbulent years of 1941 to 1944 and 1963 to 1965.  Before WWII Estonia...

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Novel set in Inverness and environs (“Scotland was working her reliable magic”)

Novel set in Inverness and environs (“Scotland was working her reliable magic”) 2nd September 2015

The #Aroundtheworld Blog Tour is a partnership between TripFiction and #BookConnectors – bloggers and authors, travelling the world, through fiction. TripFiction was created to make it easy to match a location with a book and help you select good literature...

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Novel set in Goa and London (“quite simply a lovely read”)

Novel set in Goa and London (“quite simply a lovely read”) 29th August 2015

The Elephant Girl by Henriette Gyland, novel set in Goa and London. Quite simply a lovely read. A mixture of love story, whodunit, with imaginative and intriguing twists and turns. The story focuses on Helen – or Yelena as she...

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Novel set in Cornwall and London (“we’re having a baby”)

Novel set in Cornwall and London (“we’re having a baby”) 25th August 2015

Flight by Isabel Ashdown – novel set in Cornwall and London. Author Isabel Ashdown has a real gift for storytelling – enjoyable, engrossing, with a few twists and turns along the way. Our introduction to her work was originally Summer...

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Novel set in India (the author talks to us about her choice of setting)

Novel set in India (the author talks to us about her choice of setting) 22nd August 2015

Sleeping on Jupiter by Anuradha Roy, novel set in India. Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2015 As yet I have never been to India, but this book makes me want to book my ticket to “Jarmuli” (wherever that...

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