RAINY DAZE REVIEWS
I like reading crime novels but also historical fiction and books set in exotic locations. If you combine all three, you are on to a winner.
My Reading Challenges
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Daphne du Maurier
Daphne du Maurier was an English novelist, biographer and playwright. Her most famous book was Rebecca which was published in 1938 and has never gone out of print
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LM Montgomery
Lucy Maud Montgomery was a Canadian author best known for the Anne of Green Gables series set on Prince Edward Island. The Anne books are still considered children’s classics today.
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Mary Stewart
Mary Stewart was a British author who developed the romantic mystery genre with strong heroines. She is best know for her Merlin series which blended history with fantasy elements.
Adapted
When your favourite book hits the screen
Hearing your favourite book is being adapted for the large or small screen can be an anxious time. Will it be a triumph or a disaster?
Books have always been a fertile ground for film makers but nothing can compare with a reader’s imagination which makes casting and interpretation a dicey business.
Readers can be your worst or best critic and it takes a lot to please us.
Inspired
When characters come back to life
All readers have characters they have fallen in love with and dream about what life was like for them after the last page or even before the first page.
Some authors have answered those questions and presented readers with sequels, prequels or even spin-offs. And its not just the characters who are getting the re-imagining treatment as some of your favourite authors are getting it too!
Bookish Places
Walking in their footsteps
We are lucky that so many places connected to our celebrated authors have been preserved for future generations to enjoy.
Come with me on a journey to discover these places and get a taste for how your favourite author lived.
Please note we are only featuring places that are accessible..
LatestReview
The Ivy Tree by Mary Stewart
THE IVY TREE MARY STEWART An English June in the Roman Wall countryside; the ruin of a beautiful old house standing cheek-by-jowl with the solid, sunlit prosperity of the manor farm – a lovely place, and a rich inheritance for one of the two remaining Winslow heirs. There had been a third, but Annabel Winslow had died four years ago – so when a young woman calling herself Annabel Winslow comes ‘home’ to Whitescar, Con Winslow and his half-sister Lisa must find out whether she really is who she says she is. review The Ivy Tree was the sixth novel…
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