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The Crimson Ribbon by Katherine Clements
Katherine Clements takes the real life figure of Elizabeth Poole, and transforms her into her own character in The Crimson Ribbon. Poole was known during her life time (1622 – post 1668) as a religious...
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Interview with Katherine Clements, author of The Crimson Ribbon
Katherine Clements’ debut novel The Crimson Ribbon was published by Headline on 27th March. I reviewed the book just after publication, having read it earlier in the year, and I must say I loved it. An...
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Happy Easter! / I’m Back!
Hello all, my apologies for being a bit quiet of late. I have just got back from holiday in Ireland (so many amazing photos! – coming soon), so I am rather behind on things. In fact I have read three...
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The Rules of Inheritance by Claire Bidwell Smith
This is one of those books that a lot of people talked about, and that got (and is still getting) a lot of media attention. You’ll find Claire Bidwell Smith in magazines and newspapers talking about...
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The Fortune Hunter by Daisy Goodwin
Having recently read Empress of the Night: A Novel of Catherine the Great and not having read My Last Duchess (Daisy Goodwin’s first novel), I was not sure what to expect with The Fortune Hunter. The...
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WWW Wednesday: I’m finally joining in with a meme!
WWW Wednesday is the brainchild of ‘MizB’ over at Should Be Reading. Every Wednesday loads of book bloggers join in and I’ve enjoyed reading their posts, so thought I would finally get involved. The...
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Top 5 Books of 2014… So Far!
Already we have reached the sun of the year, the hot nights and outdoor lunchtimes that tell us it’s summer. Already it is July! We are about half way through 2014, and so it is a good time to look...
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“Never trust your secrets to a Raven, when you are not its true master…”
After finishing The Silent Woman I was at a loss as to what to read next and so I did what I usually do in that situation, which is to choose a few books that appeal and read the beginnings of each of...
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Despite the Falling Snow by Shamim Sarif – blog tour!
I was kindly invited to take part in the blog tour for the new edition of this book, first published in 2004, and am very glad I accepted. The new edition was published on 7th April to tie in with the...
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New Maggie O’Farrell! ‘This Must Be The Place’
I first started reading Maggie O’Farrell when the lovely Georgina Moore from Headline sent me a copy of her 2013 novel Instructions for a Heatwave. I fell in love with it and subsequently read two of...
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