Beautiful

A beautifully written book and one I had missed but glad I read this.

Beautifully written with mystery and romance. This story intertwines with the past and present- the story involves a restoration of a stained glass window in the present day and then goes back to the past to discover the secrets behind the window's past and the people connected to this window. Was this just an ordinary stained glass window that was damaged during the blitz in the 40s or is there more to this.

The author centres characters in the present and from the past which bulids up to tell an compelling story.

i found the background to glass making and stained glass to be really interesting the author researched her subject well.

Another great holiday read.

Dan Brown Pulls it out of the bag yet again, twists, turns and red herrings. Although a lot of review criticize his writing - I loved this book.  based on Dante's Divine Comedy.

Just read this before this is is to be released as a film in October 2016.

Mystery, Intrigue and a totally unexpected twist at the end.

Another holiday read.

I have read a few of this authors books and they never disappoint. This book was set around a baby/Marie Celeste type mystery on Scribbly Gumm Island. Someone has been left a house and a whole lot of characters that come to life and are intriguing also. 

This book really kept me gripped on my sun bed with gasps and sadness with some of the characters which are so well written. The book thunders on and the reader needs to know what really took place when the mystery began. I literally had no idea what the ending would be although I kept trying to work it out and well the final twist!

Recommended so if you are still sorting out your holiday reads this one is a an absolute must. 

Jolly, lighthearted but no surprises.

This is book 9 in the teacher series and have read each one since I was asked to review his first book by Tesco Book Club.

These books are Gervase Phinn meets James Herriot -light hearted and although the story continues the reader can pick up the books at anytime.

Great sense of humour which is likened to the books of Gervase Phinn a Yorkshire School Inspector. Love the nostalgia element of a by gone age - even although this is set just 30 years ago but how things have changed.

Glad to see Laura Beths sister was mentioned just once in the book - I found the relationship between Laura and Jack to be a little strange and never added to the stories.

A cliff hanger at the end, but not so as we know the next book Happiest Days (due for publication Jan 2017) is Jack's 10th year as headmaster. So no surprises.

Jolly and light hearted.

A beautifully written book

I was asked to review this by Librarything.com

This was a a great summer read on my sun bed looking up at the palm trees.

This was an interesting book and in that long summer summer of 76 - I can still remember the droughts, heat and the dreadful fires of that time.

This is about a teenager Richard, his Vietnamese mother, Czech uncle Dudek, Anika also Czech and what happened to his father in Vietnam.

Richard finishes his exams and spends some of his long holidays with his uncle, it is here he comes of age, experiences sex and life with the characters he meets at this time. The author tells a story well.

Beautifully written by an author I was not aware of, but am seeking out.

Personally having had experience of 76, remember the plight of the Boat People too, the subject really intrigued me .

The ending was interesting and sad at the same time.

Recommended - if you are still to go on summer holiday - download this today.