An American friend was surprised when the topic of Mark Twain came up in conversation, and I mentioned I hadn’t read anything by him. I hadn’t even read Huckleberry Finn, which I understand has been a fixture of reading lists in many US schools for many years. So, I decided now was the time toContinue reading “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain”
The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman
It’s a return to Cooper’s Chase in Osman’s follow up to The Thursday Murder Club. 😀 And, straight away, everyone’s favourite group of septuagenarians are contemplating why someone would go on a diet at 82, with Ron wise-cracking that it’s because Zimmer frames make your legs look fat. The peace doesn’t last long as Elizabeth’sContinue reading “The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman”
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
Isabelle is the perfect type of reckless rebel we’ve always been set up to love in a story. The type who runs away from her convent prison to visit a travelling circus. The type who, with just one kiss “realised that the landscape of a woman’s heart could change as quickly as a world atContinue reading “The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah”
