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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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BookTrail at the Movies – The Beguiled

  • Submitted: 27th October 2017

Friday is a good day for going to the movies. But readers of this site  know the book is more often than not, better than the film right? Who has…

Book Mountains

  • Submitted: 23rd October 2017

Book Mountains? No no the TBR pile, but book mountains of another kind... There's many who prefer a nice leisurely holiday perhaps walking along a beach or wandering in and…

#BookTrailTravels – Cracking the code of war time fiction

  • Submitted: 18th October 2017

I love a good historical novel and especially ones based on true fact or memoirs, so when I read The Imitation Game, long before it was a film, I was…

Durham Book Festival – various destinations explored!

  • Submitted: 15th October 2017

Durham Book Festival is always good and it's always interesting to see which authors and writers head north to have a chat about their new books, writing genres and more.…

BookTrail at the Movies

  • Submitted: 13th October 2017

Today and this weekend is the perfect time to read a scary book or see a scary movie - there's so much superstition surrounding today so spooky reads are the…

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The Secret of Secrets

2025: Robert Langdon is back.

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