The illuminating, ever-moving, sea-green heavens are a big attraction for so many coming to Iceland. To glimpse, for themselves, the magical Aurora Borealis dancing across the skyline is something many people have added to their bucket lists. So when we decided to head out for a weekend escape, unsurprisingly, we,…
Star Rating: **** Pages: 173 First published by Possibilities Publishing in 2014 Have you ever been embarrassed by your parents? If so, this is a book for you. This is a heart-felt, warm memoir of one man’s family holidays from years gone past. Now, when I say family holidays, images…
Star Rating: *** Pages: 383 First published in 2014 by The Book Guild Ltd We never really understand how the lives of others, often those we don’t even know, are so intricately weaved with our own. We pass people every day without knowing their names, making assumptions about who they…
Star Rating: *** Pages: 435 First published by Headline Publishing Group in 2011 Rose finally has everything she dreamt of. Two beautiful children, a loving husband and a large idyllic home in the middle of the English countryside which they themselves brought back to life using their own creative talents….
Sitting on the train, listening to the dull rhythm of the wheels beating on the tracks no-one felt like talking. We were heading out to Oranienburg, a town 22 miles north of Berlin, which today looks like a picturesque country retreat city-dwellers should want to relocate to, however, delve into…
Stars: *** Pages: 283 First published in 2014 by The Book Guild Ltd My intrigued piqued when I read that this book was aimed specifically towards a male audience – yes, at first glance the front cover is most definitely gender-bias; not only with the half-dressed female adorning the…
After experiencing the famed Berlin nightlife was it a mistake to book an early morning tour at the Reichstag building? Dragging ourselves out of bed at 8am on a rather bright Sunday morning should have been a pleasant experience. However, for anyone who has yet to experience a Saturday night…
Star Rating: **** Pages: 314 First published in 2014 by John Blake Publishing “I don’t know why, but the dawn in South West London never seemed to have the same effect on me. Somehow, looking out of my bedroom window in London I’d never managed to get that…
As general sceptics of anything organised by others, it was a complete shock to my husband’s system when one night, during our planning stages, I turned round to him and announced that I had booked us onto an arranged walking tour of Berlin. With puzzlement on his face, he turned…
Star Rating: ***** Pages: 200 First published in 2014 by Shelby K. Morrison It’s not very often I sit reading a book and can honestly say that I did not predict one twist correctly to the numerous threads that appear. I write this review in awe of Shelby who has…