A fool on a hill

 I've decided that from now on, I'll begin with a bit of context as to how I came to read each book. I find that my reaction to a bo...

  I first read The Whalebone Theatre a couple of years ago. Lots of people had enjoyed it, and I did too, but it probably suffered a bit fro...

  This is a book about a family, the Harpers. Like most, the Harper family might seem fairly ordinary at first glance - but in fact it's...

 There really should be snother review up by now. The reason there isn't, is that I have a slight case of the end-of-summer blues, and t...

 Books set in Japan seem to be having a moment just now - there are several on the display tables in Waterstones. (If you scroll down a bit,...

 I've recently been following some of the BBC Maestro courses about writing, and very interesting I've found them. (For more about t...

  This book is quite luscious. I've just finished it, and I really wish I hadn't. As I mentioned in my last post, about The Seal on ...