How I Saved the World in a Week by Polly Ho-Yen

Books for children with the end of the world theme can go in many ways. This chooses a reasonably unique path to tread. I found the first half of the book more to my taste. It was emotional and heart-rending, and it was hard not to feel for the lead protagonist.Billy has a difficult upbringing.…

Love and Miss Harris (The Company of Fools Book 1) by Peter Maughan

I have read two books by the author of a different series: The Cuckoos of Batch MagnaThe Ghost of Artemus Strange The two other books I read by the author focused on a village and its inhabitants. There were discussions about wealth and survival amidst general humour that I could get.There were moments in this…

The High House by Jessie Greengrass

Dystopian scenarios come in varying forms. Sometimes they end up hitting too close to reality. I am not talking of a pandemic but the effects of global warming in one particular location.When the story began, I was not sure what I was reading. The further I got into the narrative, the picture becomes clearer and…

The Poker Players by Edward A. Dreyfus

This is yet another book that I took my own time getting round to. I do not know what part of the blurb tempted me to request because it had a very different storyline than my usual reads.A group of septuagenarians have been playing poker for decades and managed to refrain from personal conversations. Once…

The Far Away Girl by Sharon Maas

Before I left home for further studies, I had a woefully inadequate understanding of history, geography or anything to do with the outside world. This was despite my father's never-ending efforts to try to get me to make an effort. With every passing year and every book written by a person from a place I…

Don’t Make a Sound (Sawyer Brooks #1) by T.R. Ragan

Narrator: Jennica Damon I have read and reviewed another series by the author. There is pacing in the thrillers that keep it interesting, and when I saw a whole new series (at the time I listened to it, it was still new).This is an average mystery with a good narrator but is a good base…

The Lost Love Song by Minnie Darke

I have had this book on my TBR a long time, and I finally got around to it! This is a proper romance story, which the title makes obvious. It spans a long time and multiple couples, and it would make a good movie.There is this tether that brings many of them together and binds…

The Whispering House by Elizabeth Brooks

I very rarely get along with books that have an offbeat feel. I still continue to pick them up because I learn something about what I like to read and the different types of available works. Now, in this case, I was pleasantly surprised by my reaction to this book. It is not a happy…