Rose AuburnDec 29, 20181 minMaigret Takes the Watersby Georges Simenon, Lyn Moir (Translator) Rating: **** This was a very different Maigret and though, still very enjoyable, I personally...
Rose AuburnDec 29, 20182 minFirst Man In: Leading from the Frontby 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...
Rose AuburnDec 18, 20181 minMaigret Hesitatesby Georges Simenon, Lyn Moir (Translator) Rating: **** I love Maigret and I love the genre so it's a biased review from me! Beautifully...
Rose AuburnDec 8, 20181 minVanish in an Instantby Margaret Millar Rating: *** ** spoiler alert ** I nice little whodunit, well written and paced. The solution, I felt, was a little...
Rose AuburnNov 25, 20181 minA Year in Provenceby Peter Mayle Rating: **** This book was incredibly popular when first published nearly thirty years ago so I feel I am a bit late to...
Rose AuburnNov 11, 20181 minClinging to the Wreckageby John Mortimer Rating: **** Very entertaining, very wry and amusing in places. Obviously, the majority of the book is enshrouded in an...
Rose AuburnNov 8, 20181 minThe Sandmanby E.T.A. Hoffmann (Author), Peter Wortsman (Translator) Rating: *** Not a bad read for a late Autumn evening if you like a touch of...
Rose AuburnOct 26, 20181 minThe Second Wexford Omnibus: A Guilty Thing Surprised,No More Dying Then and Murder Being Once Doneby 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...
Rose AuburnOct 5, 20181 minThe Power and the Gloryby Graham Greene Rating: **** No-one quite writes like Graham Greene, he has the most beautiful, engaging easy style that draws you in...
Rose AuburnSep 23, 20181 minDespairby Vladimir Nabokov Rating: **** I have not read Nabokov for quite a while. The writing is so unlike most other writing with long periods...
Rose AuburnSep 22, 20181 minThe Black Spiderby Jeremias Gotthelf Rating: **** I really enjoyed this story, my version is by Jeremias Gotthelf. Very well-written, a sense of...
Rose AuburnSep 5, 20181 minVictorian London: The Tale of a City 1840-1870by Liza Picard Rating: **** Highly recommended. Liza Picard writes in an easy-going style which disguises the hefty amount of research....
Rose AuburnAug 25, 20181 minHarriet 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...
Rose AuburnJul 27, 20181 minThe Pillars of the Earthby 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...
Rose AuburnJul 19, 20181 minThe Parasitesby Daphne Du Maurier Rating: ** I was quite disappointed in this book. I ordinarily love Daphne Du Maurier and was thrilled to discover...
Rose AuburnJul 17, 20181 minCaptive Queen: A Novel of Eleanor of Aquitaineby 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...
Rose AuburnJun 26, 20181 minThe Fatal Treeby Jake Arnott Rating: ** I really wanted to like this book, it seemed to contain all the elements for me but alas, I was very...
Rose AuburnJun 14, 20181 minAround the World in Eighty Daysby 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...
Rose AuburnJun 2, 20181 minSweet Thursdayby John Steinbeck Rating: *** I have not read Steinbeck for some time and this was a refreshing change from my recent reading. Some of...
Rose AuburnMay 30, 20181 minCousin Phillisby Elizabeth Gaskell Rating: *** What to say? An incredibly pleasant read and I thoroughly enjoyed losing two hours reading this, time...