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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

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Travelling with Dan Brown

  • Submitted: 21st June 2012

The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown was very popular when it was first released in 2004 and long after.However it was also widely criticised, especially by the Church as…

Back on the road -2

  • Submitted: 29th April 2012

The second leg of the Road Trip in books: I'm back on the road and riding the literary highway..(sorry) 7. 1984 by George Orwell – A warning of what could and…

Learning Spanish with Gabriel García Márquez

  • Submitted: 12th April 2012

  I like to think that Gabriel García Márquez was my Spanish teacher. He was in many ways and it's from his pen that I saw the words on the…

Spanish with Cuentos de la Alhambra

  • Submitted: 14th March 2012

There is a book which took the language learning experience following the French learning thanks to Phileas Fogg to another level... If like Phileas Fogg, I was going to travel…

Dual timeline set in London and Yorkshire

  • Submitted: 26th June 0250

The Moonlit Maze -  Zoe Marriott That cover is one that really draws you in.... We're off to a mansion house in deepest darkest Yorkshire called Winterbourne The daughter of a…

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