REVIEW: ‘The Secret of Platform 13’ by Eva Ibbotson

Ok, I’ll admit it. When my daughter brought this home from the school library, I snaffled it. I mean, I let her read it first, obviously. I had fond memories of reading Ibbotson’s ‘Journey to the River Sea’ when I was teaching English and, when my daughter read the first few pages aloud to me, […]

February 17, 2025 Book Reviews, Childrens, Fiction Read More →

REVIEW: ‘Rivers of London’ by Ben Aaronovitch

‘Right, I thought, just because you’ve gone mad doesn’t mean you should stop acting like a policeman.’ And that’s the beauty of this book in a nutshell: even when he’s faced with feuding River Gods and Goddesses, and vicious revenant ghosts apparently obsessed with puppet shows, freshly minted constable Peter Grant is ready to employ […]

July 22, 2018 Book Reviews, Crime, Fiction Read More →