Category Archives: Short Stories
Six Geese A-Laying by Sophie Kinsella
Addition: Free e-book from Amazon Genre: Short stories, chick-lit Rating: 3 out of 5 Synopsis: In Six Geese a-Laying, Christmas is approaching, and Ginny is looking forward to the birth of her first baby. It’s a pity her partner Dan is so useless, and she has to keep reminding him where he’s going wrong. Luckily [...]
Share on FacebookKnitting Diaries by Debbie Macomber, Susan Mallery and Christina Skye
REVIEWS CONTAIN SPOILERS! Addition: Review e-book from netGalley Genre: Female fiction, romance Rating: 4 out of 5 This is a collection of short stories, written by prolific chick-lit authors Debbie Macomber, Susan Mallery and Christina Skye. Debbie Macomber Knitting is a way of life: The Twenty-First Wish by Debbie Macomber Anne Marie Roche and her [...]
Share on FacebookThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Genre: Mystery/crime Addition: Paperback (own copy) Rating: 4/5 Synopsis: This is a series of short stories about a detective Sherlock Holmes, and his assistant, Dr. Watson. The detective is at the height of his powers and the volume is full of famous cases, including ‘The Red-Headed League, ‘ ‘The Blue Carbuncle, ‘ and ‘The Speckled [...]
Share on FacebookMaggie’s Story by Sheila O’Flanagan (Quick Read)
Waterstones Synopsis: Maggie is forty-three years old and looking for romance. She loves her husband, but his idea of romance is a couple of drinks at the local and an early night at home. Her children think she’s too old to care, but a chance meeting changes all that. This is a Quick Read Book [...]
Share on FacebookThe Last Hero by Terry Pratchett
Synopsis from Waterstones: A short but perfectly formed complete Discworld novel, fully illustrated in lavish colour throughout, THE LAST HERO is an essential part of any Discworld collection. It stars the legendary Cohen the Barbarian, a legend in his own lifetime. Cohen can remember when a hero didn’t have to worry about fences and lawyers [...]
Share on FacebookThe Chimes by Charles Dickens
Synopsis from Amazon.com: The second of Dickens’ Christmas Books, The Chimes recounts the tale of a poor day laborer, Toby Veck. Like Scrooge, Toby is guided by a specter through the scenes that refocus his views of Victorian London with all its “stern realities.” This is not as well known as A Christmas Carol, and [...]
Share on FacebookDestinations by Sheila O’Flanagan
Waterstone’s Synopsis: Two eavesdropping train passengers learn more than they bargained for about their own love lives; an office-party fling has unforeseen consequences for a young woman and for a marriage; a suburban housewife is forced to face her past when her estranged mother, famous and exotic, makes contact after many years; an office worker [...]
Share on FacebookThe Cave (Quick Read) by Kate Mosse
Synopsis from Amazon: A QUICK READ – part of the WORLD BOOK DAY 2009 literacy initiative for emergent readers. March 1928. Freddie Smith is on a motoring holiday in the mountains of south west France. He is caught in a violent storm and his car crashes. He is forced to seek shelter in a boarding [...]
Share on FacebookLove Begins in Winter by Simon van Booy
Synopsis from www.harpercollins.com: On the verge of giving up—anchored to dreams that never came true and to people who have long since disappeared from their lives—Van Booy’s characters walk the streets of these stark and beautiful stories until chance meetings with strangers force them to face responsibility for lives they thought had continued on without [...]
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