Norfolk Bookworm

  Quick Reads from the Reading Agency I've talked about my love for this initiative a few times here and I've been picking up one of...

  Escape to the River Sea by Emma Carroll (Macmillan Children's Book) Eeek - another sequel to a much loved book...am I brave or crazy? ...

  The Change by Kirsten Miller (HarperCollins) This book isn't out until August so just a very quick review. I was sent this by the publ...

  The Magic Faraway Tree by Jacqueline Wilson (Hachette Children's Group) As readers of my blog will know I am drawn to modern sequels o...

  Apologies for the lack of posts recently, I have been reading a lot of books in proof form that aren't published until later in the ye...

  The Ticket Collector from Belarus by Mike Andersen & Neil Hanson (Simon & Schuster) A Village in the Third Reich by Julia Boyd and...

 When the Sky Falls by Phil Earle (Andersen Press) This one was another recommendation from Kentishbookboy as it was their family read a few...

  Argo by Mark Knowles (Head of Zeus) It is no secret that I love Greece and all of the stories, myths and legends attached to the country. ...

 The No-Show by Beth O'Leary (Quercus Publishing) I was blown away by Beth O'Leary's first novel, The Flat Share  as it managed ...

  Librarian Tales: Funny, strange, and inspiring dispacthes from the stacks by William Ottens (Skyhorse) I've always enjoyed books that ...

  Well after two years avoiding Covid, being super cautious, working from home, wearing masks and being fully vaccinated our luck finally ra...

  Heritage by Miguel Bonnefoy, trans. Emily Boyce (Gallic Books) Bonnefoy has managed something incredible in Heritage  - a sweeping, multi-...

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus (Transworld Publisher/ Net Galley) After seeing a lot of chatter about this book on Twitter I was real...

  Nisha's War by Dan Smith (Chicken House) Kentishbookboy and I (plus his mum & nan)  have been talking books again and recommending...

Longterm blog readers will recall that pre pandemic Mr Norfolkbookworm and I often have a winter holiday around now and spend a week somewhe...

  A Terrible Kindness by Jo Browning Wroe (Faber) I'd seen and heard this book being talked about a lot at the start of the year and eac...

  The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict & Victoria Christopher Murray (Penguin Random House) This was a book I got for Christmas afte...

  The Betrayal of Anne Frank by Rosemary Sullivan (Harper Collins) Long term followers of my reviews know that books about the Holocaust fea...

  I, Mona Lisa by Natasha Solomons (Cornerstone) I love books with interesting narrators and as this one is told from the point of view of t...

  Maman, What Are We Called Now? by Jacqueline Mesnil-Amar, trans. Francine Yorke (Persephone Books) This volume from Persephone Press has b...