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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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Book Your Holiday This Christmas

  • Submitted: 13th December 2020

Bookish Holidays this year Well we can't travel for real can we. So what's the next best thing? Travelling via books that's what. There's some fine novels out this year…

Novel set in a haunted home in Vermont – Riley Sager

  • Submitted: 11th December 2020

Riley Sager is home before dark... Novel set in a haunted home in Vermont - Riley Sager - It's a Sager situation I found mysel in with this book. What…

Have yourself a very Swedish BookChristmas

  • Submitted: 9th December 2020

Christmas time in the Swedish bookstores Have yourself a very Swedish BookChristmas  - There's lots happening in Stockholm's bookstores at the moment as Sweden gears up for Christmas. The Christmas…

True story of Lost Friends set in Louisiana – Lisa Wingate

  • Submitted: 7th December 2020

A story of friends in the Louisiana Plantations This is a novel of a remarkable and true story. Just after the Civil War in America, "Lost Friends" advertisements started to…

Novel set in Hawaii – Sharks in the Time of Saviours Kawai Strong Washburn

  • Submitted: 3rd December 2020

Hawaii, sharks and saviours Novel set in Hawaii - Sharks in the Time of Saviours Kawai Strong Washburn  - What a magical novel. A novel of magical realism on one…

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Just a Little Dinner

2025: Parisians behaving badly: a dinner party implodes

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