Norfolk Bookworm

  Ooops - I really didn't mean for the blog to go silent for well over a month. I'm not 100% sure how it is already October, I am su...

  Women in Translation Month August has been designated Women in Translation month and I've managed to read a few books that fit this br...

 As I write this we aren't quite halfway through the second officially designated heatwave of summer 2022 and I have to confess that I...

  Resist by Tom Palmer (Barrington Stoke) Tom Palmer's last two books ( After the War & Arctic Star ) have appeared on my 'best ...

  The Fire Cats of London by Anna Fargher (Macmillan Children's Books) After the splendid Umbrella Mouse  books the whole family has bee...

  Murder Before Evensong by Richard Coles (Orion) Crime novels, however cosy, aren't something that I read very often. In fact most of t...

  Much Ado About Mothing by James Lowen (Bloomsbury) While I've been captivated by butterflies for a long time I've never really tho...

  Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin (Vintage Publishing) I am so glad that this book is finally out and that I can tal...

  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-...