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A collection of book reviews, literary travel journeys and best books set in posts

Literary journeys – Look here for books set in a whole range of locations and settings grouped together

BookTrail of the Month – the best book(trail) an author has taken us on

Literary Packages – what are the best books with a strong sense of setting or location for each month?

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The Ghost of Frederic Chopin set in Prague

  • Submitted: 13th May 2021

A story of Prague and the ghost of Frederic Chopin Prague, 1995: Vera Foltynova, a widow in her late 50s, claims to receive visits from the ghost of great composer…

Five books with stories reimagined

  • Submitted: 11th May 2021

Novels which add stories to tales already told There is such a strong interest for novels which reimagine stories already told or which introduce real people from history and imagine…

Back into bookshops – a journey to a world of reading

  • Submitted: 9th May 2021

What does it feel like to go back inside a bookshop? Back into bookshops - a journey to a world of reading....   It's been a funny old few months. Bookshops…

The Missing Sister takes readers from NZ to Ireland

  • Submitted: 6th May 2021

A search from NZ via London, Toronto to Cork, Ireland The Missing Sister is nearly here....the new book from Lucinda Riley about the missing sister. We've already met the others…

Five novels set in the world of schools/academia

  • Submitted: 4th May 2021

Books set in schools, boarding schools, universities and academic settings They say your school days are the best of your life, right? Ha, well they might be for some but…

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The Lost Passenger

1912: In the chaos of that terrible night, her secret went down with the Titanic. But secrets have a…

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