Review supplied by Cindy Hiday, Author and Writing Instructor
Set in Depression Era Portland, Oregon, A Father’s Heart is rich in period language and details. Three generations of women rely on their love for each other and a steadfast faith in God to get them through hard times. Though smoothly told from several viewpoints, […]

(2 votes, average: 4.5 out of 5)

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This is an interesting book, with very strong characters for whom you develop strong feelings. It is the story of schoolchild Tom Curdie, living in the grim slums of Glasgow in the 1950s, and his teacher Charlie Forbes who genuinely wants to help Tom and improve his life, but is ignorant of the best […]

(1 votes, average: 3 out of 5)

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I found this book, at the same time, gripping and yet difficult to get into! It tells the story from two people’s viewpoints, and from two different times, plus we (the readers) aren’t given the name or identity of one of the people! Therefore it is quite hard work to follow, and I […]

(1 votes, average: 3 out of 5)

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This is the first book in the trilogy of the ‘Lark Rise to Candleford’ series.
I have to admit, this was quite a different book from what I had imagined after watching the TV dramatisation of the story. The book doesn’t really read like a story unfolding, it is more a historical record of the […]

(1 votes, average: 3 out of 5)

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This is a beautifully written story, that grabs you by the heartstrings. It is quite emotional, and I was often in tears reading it, which sometimes made it quite hard-going, but it is a very uplifting and hopeful tale.
It is the story of Kamryn, and how her life dramatically changes when her former best […]

(2 votes, average: 3.5 out of 5)

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Book review supplied by Helenmarie Colquhoun.
I read Jodi Picoult’s, Keeping Faith. I found this book to be fantastic and very moving.
The book starts off with mum and dad splitting up and their little girl Faith starts to have visions of god. Things like this nearly always give me the heeby jeebies, […]

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Daphne Du Maurier is such an incredible writer – there is no-one else that manages to create such a feeling of dread and foreboding and ill-ease in books as she! I find myself turning a page and then involuntarily scanning to the end before I read it, just to find out in advance if […]

(1 votes, average: 4 out of 5)

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You can’t help but want to read this book just because it is one of the Penguin Classic Series and the cover is printed in the lovely dark green ‘crime’ colour! I have an urge to collect all of them, they just look so serious and traditional yet so attractive!
The novel […]

(1 votes, average: 4 out of 5)

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This book attracted me as it isn’t only a ‘who-dunnit’ but is also set in Vienna in 1902 and involves a Professor of Psychology (Liebermann) so there is plenty of psychoanalysis and Sherlock Holmes type deductions. The crime being investigated is the murder of a medium whose body is found in a locked room. […]

(1 votes, average: 3 out of 5)

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This is a very interesting and intriguing story; Millie’s Aunt Flo has recently died and she has been asked to sort through her belongings. She finds that, rather than the seemingly dull life she imagined Flo had, there are actually surprising secrets consisting of a hushed-up love affair and an illegitimate child! As […]

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