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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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Weather Woman set in London – Sally Gardner

  • Submitted: 7th November 2022

Weather Woman Sally Gardner Neva Friezland is born into a world of trickery and illusion. She is a woman in a man's world but she has a gift that men…

Beasts of a Little Land set in Korea

  • Submitted: 4th November 2022

Korean set tale A young girl is sent by her starving family, to work as a courtesan in Pyongyang. This starts an epic story set against the Korean experience up…

Best Book (Trail) of the Month for October

  • Submitted: 31st October 2022

Best booktrail of the Month for October 2022 This novel was a sure fire winner for me. It is unlike anything I have read before. It's inspired by a very…

The Darkest Sin set in Florence – D V Bishop

  • Submitted: 28th October 2022

Renaissance Italy - a convent When Cesare Aldo investigates a report of intruders at a convent in the Renaissance city’s northern quarter, he enters a community divided by bitter rivalries…

The BookTrail Guide to Fifty Words for Snow

  • Submitted: 27th October 2022

A book of snow A different kind of book for you today. One I read a while ago and one that I felt I had to read again. It's almost…

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The Hong Kong Widow

1953: Mei’s ‘gift’ of speaking to ghosts is one that she has endeavoured to bury

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