First Man In: Leading from the Front
by Ant Middleton Rating: *** I've waited a day to write this review (normally write them the day I finish a book) purely because I am not...
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Rose Auburn
- Dec 29, 2018
- 1 min
Maigret Takes the Waters
by Georges Simenon, Lyn Moir (Translator) Rating: **** This was a very different Maigret and though, still very enjoyable, I personally...
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Rose Auburn
- Dec 18, 2018
- 1 min
Maigret Hesitates
by Georges Simenon, Lyn Moir (Translator) Rating: **** I love Maigret and I love the genre so it's a biased review from me! Beautifully...
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Rose Auburn
- Dec 8, 2018
- 1 min
Vanish in an Instant
by Margaret Millar Rating: *** ** spoiler alert ** I nice little whodunit, well written and paced. The solution, I felt, was a little...
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Rose Auburn
- Nov 25, 2018
- 1 min
A Year in Provence
by Peter Mayle Rating: **** This book was incredibly popular when first published nearly thirty years ago so I feel I am a bit late to...
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Rose Auburn
- Nov 11, 2018
- 1 min
Clinging to the Wreckage
by John Mortimer Rating: **** Very entertaining, very wry and amusing in places. Obviously, the majority of the book is enshrouded in an...
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Rose Auburn
- Nov 8, 2018
- 1 min
The Sandman
by E.T.A. Hoffmann (Author), Peter Wortsman (Translator) Rating: *** Not a bad read for a late Autumn evening if you like a touch of...
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Rose Auburn
- Oct 26, 2018
- 1 min
The Second Wexford Omnibus: A Guilty Thing Surprised,No More Dying Then and Murder Being Once Done
by Ruth Rendell Rating: ***** I found this one of my most enjoyable reads this year. If you like the genre, I don't think Wexford can be...
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Rose Auburn
- Oct 5, 2018
- 1 min
The Power and the Glory
by Graham Greene Rating: **** No-one quite writes like Graham Greene, he has the most beautiful, engaging easy style that draws you in...
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Rose Auburn
- Sep 23, 2018
- 1 min
Despair
by Vladimir Nabokov Rating: **** I have not read Nabokov for quite a while. The writing is so unlike most other writing with long periods...
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Rose Auburn
- Sep 22, 2018
- 1 min
The Black Spider
by Jeremias Gotthelf Rating: **** I really enjoyed this story, my version is by Jeremias Gotthelf. Very well-written, a sense of...
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Rose Auburn
- Sep 5, 2018
- 1 min
Victorian London: The Tale of a City 1840-1870
by Liza Picard Rating: **** Highly recommended. Liza Picard writes in an easy-going style which disguises the hefty amount of research....
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Rose Auburn
- Aug 25, 2018
- 1 min
Harriet Said ...
by Beryl Bainbridge Rating: ** I struggled with this book, it might be because I have a 13 year old daughter and I was reading it at the...
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Rose Auburn
- Jul 27, 2018
- 1 min
The Pillars of the Earth
by Ken Follett Rating: **** It's difficult to write a review of this, I personally think. It's epic, it's huge, the research and the...
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Rose Auburn
- Jul 19, 2018
- 1 min
The Parasites
by Daphne Du Maurier Rating: ** I was quite disappointed in this book. I ordinarily love Daphne Du Maurier and was thrilled to discover...
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Rose Auburn
- Jul 17, 2018
- 1 min
Captive Queen: A Novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine
by Alison Weir Rating: *** I quite liked this book, I took it on holiday with me and it was an easy, fast-paced read. But, in places it...
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Rose Auburn
- Jun 26, 2018
- 1 min
The Fatal Tree
by Jake Arnott Rating: ** I really wanted to like this book, it seemed to contain all the elements for me but alas, I was very...
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Rose Auburn
- Jun 14, 2018
- 1 min
Around the World in Eighty Days
by Jules Verne Rating: ** I will confess I read this because my daughter is acting in a play of the story and I did not particularly...
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Rose Auburn
- Jun 2, 2018
- 1 min
Sweet Thursday
by John Steinbeck Rating: *** I have not read Steinbeck for some time and this was a refreshing change from my recent reading. Some of...
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Rose Auburn
- May 30, 2018
- 1 min
Cousin Phillis
by Elizabeth Gaskell Rating: *** What to say? An incredibly pleasant read and I thoroughly enjoyed losing two hours reading this, time...
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