Book review
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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…
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Diana’s March Book Review ~ Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
It actually took me three times to read Cloud Cuckoo Land (having loved books by Anthony Doerr) The first time I read a few chapters and couldn’t cope with changes of century each chapter, including a futuristic theme. I left it for a few months, not wanting to give up on it, and then read…
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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…