Book reviews
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Diana’s October Book Review: Elif Shafak’s ‘There are Rivers in the Sky’
What a novel! So very clever. Linking characters from All were linked by water; raindrops, rivers and floods. All were linked to Ninevah and its fascinating and tragic history. All were linked to an ancient language and little understood and persecuted religion. It is a book which will live long in my memory. It will…
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Diana’s August Book Review ~ The Eights by Joanna Miller
Here’s another book I picked up by chance at Waterstones, Kirkcaldy. I ought to buy shares in the company! Why did I choose this book? I love historical fiction and the period caught my eye too; the twenties, after the end of WW1, when Oxford University first admitted female students. My attention was captured! A…
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It’s Not Where You Start by Scott Kyle ~ Diana Jackson’s June Review
I was fortunate to go to Kirkcaldy Waterstones to meet Scott Kyle, who entertained us withamazing animations of the early part of his life, video clips of films, TV shows and even an adverthe’s been up in the Highlands.He was a born entertainer, but the friend who took me is a social worker and encouraged…
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Diana’s April Book Review ~ The Life Impossible by Matt Haig
I picked up The Life Impossible by Matt Haig from the table in Waterstones; a quick way of choosing a ‘buy one get one half price’ book, but they are usually great reads. I have often read many of these books on offer. That’s not to say I don’t browse the shelves too, but I…
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Glasgow Book Club
A recent very convincing email arrived in my inbox: Julia writes “Hello Diana Jackson, At The Glasgow Book Club, we often find ourselves talking about stories that linger long after the last page, the ones that mix emotion, history, and the unexpected in ways that keep readers thinking. Missing, Past and Present became part of…