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The Vale Resort, South Wales : Review
I recently spent a couple of nights at The Vale Resort, a four star resort in 650 acres of beautiful Welsh countryside. Normally I travel...
Spacemasks - In their own words
It was a real pleasure to chat to Harriet about her brilliant business Spacemasks. Spacemasks are masks that whisk you away into space,...
What Was Lost by Jean Levy : A Review
Something terrible has happened to successful children’s writer Sarah, but she doesn’t know what it is. All she knows is that it was...
Take Nothing With You by Patrick Gale : A Review
The issues I face with writing a review include how to avoid spoilers and how to share one’s enthusiasm without coming across as a...
Elizabeth Burton-Phillips at Henley Literary Festival
A child taking to drugs is a parental nightmare, but for Elizabeth Burton-Phillips, drug addiction destroyed the lives of her identical...
BBC Radio Berkshire Book Club : 24 July 2018
My 3 book choices for BBC Radio Berkshire Book Club on Tuesday 24 July 2018 were: TAKE NOTHING WITH YOU BY PATRICK GALE I have read A...
Nellie Knows : 14 June 2018
My 3 book recommendations I had planned for BBC Radio Berkshire this week were A Different Kind of Evil by Andrew Wilson, The Disappeared...
A Place Called Winter by Patrick Gale : Review
I originally reviewed this book in 2015 and whilst doing a bookshelf tidy up I picked it up again and was reminded how much I loved it. ...
Nellie Knows : 5 April 2018
Nellie Knows is my weekly column which appears in The Wokingham Paper published every Thursday! I often associate books with songs and...
Twin Truths by Shelan Rodger : Review
A psychological suspense drama with a double twist ........ Like many twins, Jenny and Pippa often know what the other is thinking. They...