Mini – reviews I: The Ink Black Heart; Lessons; Bournville

I need to get back to writing full reviews, but time is against me at the moment because we're approaching exam season and I seem to be constantly marking. But I have been reading; here are my thoughts on three of the novels I've read in the last few months: The Ink Black Heart - … Continue reading Mini – reviews I: The Ink Black Heart; Lessons; Bournville

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Stories for Christmas and the Festive Season – British Library Women Writers

As you might expect from the publishers behind this series, this is such an interesting volume of festive tales – it isn’t full of cloying seasonal goodwill that leaves you, rather like the grogginess you get after Boxing day, feeling a bit heavy. That’s not to say there aren’t stories which warm your heart, remind … Continue reading Stories for Christmas and the Festive Season – British Library Women Writers

War Among Ladies – Eleanor Scott #BritishLibraryWomenWriters

If there's one word to describe most of the characters' behaviour in this novel, it's 'beastly' - I'm thinking that this word is due to come back into fashion - and even the more sympathetic characters don't always behave well. Set in a girls' school in the late 1920s, the 'war' amongst the teaching staff … Continue reading War Among Ladies – Eleanor Scott #BritishLibraryWomenWriters

The Red Monarch – Bella Ellis #BronteMysteries

You know when a series has got under your skin when you find yourself waiting for the next installment - so it was with the third in Bella Ellis' marvellous Brontë-Sisters-as-Detectors series. We're further afield in this one with the action centred around the forbidding slums of London, and the sisters' discomfort at leaving their … Continue reading The Red Monarch – Bella Ellis #BronteMysteries

Keeping Up Appearances by Rose Macaulay and Which Way? by Theodora Benson #BritishLibraryWomenWriters

Today's post is a look at two books I've been desperately trying to get to for some time. It's been a good summer for reading and I've managed to shift clear about half of the TBR pile - and I've finally read these two crackers from the marvellous British Library Women Writers series. I've been … Continue reading Keeping Up Appearances by Rose Macaulay and Which Way? by Theodora Benson #BritishLibraryWomenWriters