Absolutely Charming And Highly Amusing A Class Act by Gervase Phinn is another wonderful novel and the third book in the Top Of The Dale series. It can be read as a stand-alone but I recommend reading the previous books first to meet the characters and to witness their development. A return visit to Risingdale […]

Newshound And Bloodhound The Crystal Crypt by Fiona Veitch Smith is a marvellous historical amateur sleuthing novel. It is the sixth book in the Poppy Denby Investigates series but can be read as a stand-alone. For me, I enjoyed catching up with familiar faces as Poppy Denby once more finds herself investigating a murder. The […]

Very Helpful Yoga For Beginners by Ntathu Allen is a powerful little book introducing the reader to the benefits of yoga and also some simple exercises. Stress is present in many lives today. Stress is no good for us. We need to learn to relax. Ntathu Allen introduces us to breathing techniques designed to help […]

Love And Community Christmas At Hope Hall by Pam Rhodes is a heart warming contemporary Christian novel that is absolutely delightful. It is the final book in the Hope Hall trilogy. I recommend reading the previous books first but it can be read as a stand-alone. Hope Hall has a wonderful community feel. It is […]

Enchanting Lost Christmas by David Logan is a charming Christmas novel that will entertain and enchant no matter how old you are. Christmas is a time for miracles if you just believe. Within the story there are characters who have lost things. Sometimes it is just people themselves who have lost their way. That which […]

True Diamonds Christmas Hope For The Steel Girls by Michelle Rawlins is a marvellous historical novel about community. It is the second book in the Steel Girls series but can be read as a stand-alone. I would recommend reading book one first. It was a pure delight to rejoin the steel girls as Christmas 1939 […]

A Silent Love The Return by Anita Frank is a marvellous historical novel that enthralled me from the start. The story alternates between 1939 and 1945, through the voices of the two main characters. The action is mainly set in the Berkshire countryside. Farming is a hard way of life. We witness the strength of […]

A Bygone Era The Silent Stars Go By by Sally Nicholls is a charming historical YA novel that enchanted me from the start. The novel is set in 1919 as Britain is returning to normal after World War I. The reader drops in on a country vicarage and follows the family as Christmas approaches. It […]

All Shall Be Well The Winds Of Homecoming by Christopher Goodchild is a powerful book of fifty devotions based on the poems of Rainer Maria Rilke. Christopher Goodchild has autism, undiagnosed until 2007, all his life he has been walking through loss and loneliness. He writes his devotions in the second person of ‘you’ as […]

Precious In His Eyes A Picture Of Hope by Liz Tolsma is a marvellous Christian historical novel. It is part of the Heroines Of World War II series but can be read as a stand-alone. The novel is set in occupied France in 1944. The war is turning but the evil acts continue. The leading […]