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…

Memoir of a tour guide, set mainly in Tahiti (Polynesia, a pousse-café and more)

Memoir of a tour guide, set mainly in Tahiti (Polynesia, a pousse-café and more) 10th August 2015

Rendezvous Tahiti by William Stephan, memoir set across 6 continents, mainly Tahiti. The book cover was the lure to reading this book, plus I fancied a literary trip to Tahiti as the weather in my area has been so...

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Books that capture the essence of 15 favourite holiday destinations

Books that capture the essence of 15 favourite holiday destinations 8th August 2015

The summer holiday season is in full swing… Bags are packed and passports are ready. Relaxing and reading when away are great traditions, and we have selected fifteen books that really capture the essence of the places where they are set...

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Novel set in Paris (“French was the language of the hat trade”)

Novel set in Paris (“French was the language of the hat trade”) 5th August 2015

The Milliner’s Secret by Natalie Meg Evans, historical novel set in PARIS, leading up to and during WW2. The Milliner’s Secret is a follow on to The Dress Thief, set in pre-war Paris but can absolutely be read as...

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Novel set in France (Life and Murder in WWI)

Novel set in France (Life and Murder in WWI) 4th August 2015

Grey Souls by Philippe Claudel, novel set in France. The murder of a young girl in 1917 becomes “the Case” for the narrator as he struggles to understand who did it, the motives of the people he lives among...

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Novel set in Sardinia, Corsica and Surrey (the marital merry-go-round)

Novel set in Sardinia, Corsica and Surrey (the marital merry-go-round) 2nd August 2015

The Island Escape by Kerry Fisher, romance novel set in Sardinia, Corsica and Surrey. Octavia and Roberta, two best friends, are settled in the South of England. Roberta is married to Scott, a tremendously successful man, with all the...

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