Tag Archives: books

Children’s Books

Children’s Books

I have been thinking about the books I read as a child and what influenced me most.  I think what made me want to read was the Enid Blyton books.  She wrote for all ages of children from the very earl ...
Book snobbery or books you should have read.

Book snobbery or books you should have read.

There is a huge amount of intellectual snobbery around books.  Only this week in Coronation Street, Ken Barlow the street’s token intellectual, recommended that Audrey Roberts swopped her paperback ro ...
Saga of Ireland’s struggle

Saga of Ireland’s struggle

Ashes in the Wind is a big book covering three generations of two families and moves from Ireland in 1908 to the present day via Spain, Northumberland, Greece and back to Kerry.  It is well researched ...
Wish You Were Here by Catherine Alliott

Wish You Were Here by Catherine Alliott

This latest family story from the author of thirteen bestselling novels is exactly what you expect from Catherine Alliott who safely includes  us in a contemporary comfortable family unit  with the re ...