I came from a line of women who bore a single child and were dead before it’s eighteenth birthday A Cupboard Full of Coats is the debut novel by Londoner Yvette Edwards. It is set over a weekend and examines both the happenings in the lead up to the murder of Jinx’s mother 16 years […]
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The Flavours of Love by Dorothy Koomson
The Flavours of Love is the latest novel from the internationally bestselling author, Dorothy Koomson, who brought us The Ice Cream Girls and The Rose Petal Beach. It tells the story of Saffron Mackleroy, a recently bereaved widow 18 months after the murder of her husband. The book conveyed the emotions one experiences when they […]
The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon by Alexander McCall Smith
The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon by Alexander McCall Smith is the 14th instalment in the popular The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series. It was, however, the first of the series that I had read so I was able to read the book without any preconceptions or expectations about what to expect from the travails […]
Taiye Selasi – Hot new author
princesslatremenda: Hot author to look out for, immensely talented. #Taiye Selasi #realwomenread #TremendaVIDA Just came back from a Q&A with Taiye Selasi. A really good evening with someone who is personable and humorous. Looking forward to reading my signed copy.
BBC News – Pride and Prejudice tops teachers’ favourite 100 books
So teachers have said which books they think should be in the must read list: 1. Pride and Prejudice: Jane Austen 2. To Kill a Mockingbird: Harper Lee 3. Harry Potter series: JK Rowling 4. Wuthering Heights: Emily Bronte 5. Jane Eyre: Charlotte Bronte 6. Nineteen Eighty-Four: George Orwell 7. The Lord of the Rings […]
Elaine Adu-Poku 