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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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The Coral Bride set in Gaspe Peninsula by Roxanne Bouchard

  • Submitted: 10th August 2020

Book set in Gaspe Peninsula Destination: Gaspe Peninsula, Quebec Setting: The rural, seafaring fishing communities of rural Quebec Plot: This isn't just a novel, it's a song. An ode to…

Travels in August with Books and Trails

  • Submitted: 9th August 2020

Travels in August with books Travels in August with Books and Trails - This post is late as I'm having some personal time and haven't read the books I'd wanted…

Comfort in books

  • Submitted: 2nd August 2020

Reading to make you feel better. Comfort in books - Readers of this blog will realise that I've been off line for several weeks now. 2020 is proving to be…

Blood red thriller set in London by Rod Reynolds

  • Submitted: 12th July 2020

Travel to the city of Blood That Rod Reynolds is a dark horse! For three books now I've been amongst gangsters and all kinds of dangerous characters deep in the…

Translated fiction set in Sweden Inlands by Elin Willows

  • Submitted: 9th July 2020

Inlands - Northern Sweden's hinterland A young woman from Stockholm relocates to her boyfriend’s home town, a small village in the far north of Sweden. The relationship has ended by…

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Just a Little Dinner

2025: Parisians behaving badly: a dinner party implodes

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