Words leave imprints in your mind like footprints in the sand...
beach reading
starry skies to read under
reading in nature

Blog

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?

Welcome to the literary departure lounge !

Picaresque novel of folklore and history set across Germany

  • Submitted: 30th April 2020

Bookreview of  Tyll by Daniel Kehlmann Picaresque novel of folklore and history set across Germany - What's that I hear you cry? Well I wasn't too sure when I first…

Book set in Japan – Honjin Murders by Seishi Yokomizo

  • Submitted: 29th April 2020

Bookreview of  The Honjin Murders Book set in Japan - Honjin Murders by Seishi Yokomizo -  Translated by Louise Heal Kawai this is a brilliant and fascinating locked-room mystery that has…

Go somewhere different with a book – Travel Literary Style

  • Submitted: 28th April 2020

Stuck within the same four walls? Not with a book you're not! Home is normally where the heart is. We bookworms love staying at home and reading don't we? I…

Novel set on 1960s Hydra – Theatre for Dreamers, Polly Samson

  • Submitted: 26th April 2020

Hydra hedonism here we go! Novel set on 1960s Hydra - Theatre for Dreamers, Polly Samson - There are certain places that just cry out for a story of hedonistic games…

Books to look out for during lockdown

  • Submitted: 24th April 2020

Lookout for these reads during lockdown There are many fine books out in April and May where authors are compelled to stay in doors and not have an official launch.…

Featured Book

The Troubled Deep

2024: The Brindley family go missing. Years later their car is found submerged and the family are nowhere…

Read more