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I always find it frustrating finding good fiction to read but, having said that, my pile of fiction to read is still pretty high with worth-while reading. As long as it is interesting, well written, and not like reading a soap opera I am there.

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Book Review The Great Fire of London by Peter Ackroyd thumbnail You could be forgiven for thinking that this would be another historical non-fiction book by Peter Ackroyd, who is particularly well known for his weighty tome “London: The Biography”, but you would be… 2023-06-17
Book Review About a Boy by Nick Hornby thumbnail Will is a thirty-six year old man that acts like a child who meets, through slightly dubious dating methods, Marcus, a twelve year old boy who is far more an adult than Will. Will lives off family royalty… 2023-03-04
Book Review Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee thumbnail To say this sequel of “To Kill a Mockingbird” caused a bit of a stir when published in 2015 would be a bit of an understatement. It's author had, up that point, only the original book to her name which… 2023-02-26
Book Review How to Stop Time by Matt Haig thumbnail Tom Howard, now teaching History in a London school was actually born in France 1581. He has an affliction that causes him to age extremely slowly so while not immortal he will live for many hundreds… 2023-01-15
Book Review The Midnight Library by Matt Haig thumbnail Nora's life is not going well so she begins making plans to end it. On her last day on earth she is unexpectedly transported to the “Midnight Library” where a helpful librarian informs her that the books… 2022-06-19
Book Review Cilka's Journey by Heather Morris thumbnail In “Cilka's Journey”, a follow-up to Morris' hit novel The Tattooist of Auschwitz, we follow the story of Cilka, a young woman who helped Lale when he was in Auschwitz. … 2022-06-12
Book Review The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris thumbnail “The Tattooist of Auschwitz” is based on the true story of Lale Sokolov who survived the Auschwitz concentration camp just outside of Krakow, Poland by taking on the role of tattooing prisoner's ID numbers… 2022-06-12
Book Review Origin by Dan Brown thumbnail Harvard professor Robert Langdon, familiar to readers of Dan Brown's books, attends a presentation at the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao by the Billionaire Edmond Kirsch (a la Elton Musk). In the presentation… 2022-05-23
Book Review Into the Water by Paula Hawkins thumbnail Jules Abbott has returned to Beckford following the death of her estranged sister Nel to take care of Nel's rebellious, troubled daughter Lena. Lena is herself still upset at the loss of her friend Katie… 2022-05-15
Book Review Our House by Louise Candlish thumbnail Fi returns to her home on a wealthy street in London on a Friday only to discover a removals van parked outside with a couple moving their belongings in. This is news to her as she was not aware her house… 2022-05-08
Book Review Number One Chinese Restaurant by Lillian Li thumbnail Jimmy Han owns and operates his family's restaurant the “Duck House” with staff that have been with him for years. Jimmy is in the process of opening a new restaurant, hoping to shrug free from the yoke… 2022-01-15
Book Review The Girl Before by JP Delaney thumbnail Jane is a young woman mourning her child who was stillborn. Looking for a place to live in London she is about to give up hope when her estate agent finds a minimalist, modern house in a nice area standing… 2022-01-08
Book Review Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman thumbnail Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine…except she really isn't. She lives a simple life working in an office during the week and drinking herself to oblivion with vodka every weekend. This is not helped… 2021-09-06
Book Review The Other Hand by Chris Cleave thumbnail “Little Bee” is a refugee from Nigeria who leaves a detention facility in England seeking out the couple, Sarah and Andrew, she met on a fateful day on a beach in her country where life changing events… 2021-06-13
Book Review The Outsider by Stephen King thumbnail In the town of Flint City the body of Frank Peterson is found in the woods having been brutally attacked. There is incontrovertible proof that much loved Coach Terry Maitland has committed the crime:… 2021-04-25
Book Review Because of You by Dawn French thumbnail This is a story of two sets of parents: One who give birth on New Years Day 2020 to a healthy daughter while the other is hit by tragedy when their daughter is still-born. In a blind fit of grief the… 2021-04-18
Book Review Disobedience by Naomi Alderman thumbnail Now living in New York, Ronit returns to the small suburb of Hendon in north London following the death of her father, a respected Rabbi. In Hendon she discovers her childhood girlfriend Esti has married… 2021-04-10
Book Review When the Wind Blows by Raymond Briggs thumbnail A retired couple go about their everyday lives until they learn that there is a nuclear war on it's way. Luckily they have the leaflets from the council they picked up from the local library that guides… 2020-12-31
Book Review Family Matters by Rohinton Mistry thumbnail In 1990s Bombay Nariman Vikeel is a 79-year-old man suffering from Parkinson's disease living with his step-children Coomy and Jal in their large apartment. After insisting on regular walks on the dangerous… 2020-12-29
Book Review The Institute by Stephen King thumbnail Say what you like about Stephen King: Populist, Commercial, Shock-Jock, etc, but you have to admit he writes very well and writes what people want to read. “The Institute” is another very readable and… 2020-12-12