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Diana Jackson

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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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  • Diana’s February Book Review ~ The Orchid Hunter’s Daughter by Jane Anderson

    I went to listen to the author Jane Anderson in Kirkcaldy, Waterstones, where I bought a signed copy of The Orchid Hunter’s Daughter. I enjoyed the talk, and was looking forward to reading it, mainly because I have visited both Innerpeffray Library and Drummond Castle, both inspiring places. I much enjoyed the story of the…

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  • Diana Jackson’s January Book Review ~ The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes

    I was browsing in Kirkcaldy Waterstones, as I do whenever I’m in town, and the first thing that caught my eye about this book was the title. Evocative, don’t you think? The second was the era of 1937, which I seem to be drawn to at the moment, and yet this was set mainly in…

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  • Diana June Review ~ The Seven Sisters Series by Lucinda Riley

    I am making no apologies for writing another review for this fantastic series, which kept me engrossed for several weeks. I finished the last book ‘The Story of Pa Salt’ last week, which was completed by Lucinda Riley’s son after Lucinda sadly passed away. To be honest with you, although I could recommend some of…

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  • Two Book Reviews ~ ‘Eden’ in the Titles

    What makes you choose a book to read? Recommendation? Newspaper review? If I am browsing in Waterstones, I like to see what catches my eye and ‘This Other Eden’ by Paul Harding, did last month. Why? Last year I read a brilliant book called ‘Ticket to Eden’ by Ian K Pulham, and so when I…

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  • Diana’s September Review ~ The Book of Fire by Christy Lefteri

    I read Songbirds some time ago and was impressed by Christy Lefteri’s power to conjure an unfamiliar world in my mind, and yet with similar themes as my own current writing of race, migration and heart rendering human emotions. The Book of Fire is no less heart rendering but with pertinent issues for today ~…

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