Book group round up
Crikey, I’ve not posted any reviews of my book group reads in ages. If you’re a regular follower of Novel Delights you’ll know that a bunch of good friends and I have a monthly book…
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Blog Tour: The Life Of A Banana
What I assumed to be a quirky title The Life Of A Banana was what attracted me to this book, but to refer to it as ‘quirky’ is so wrong; this is a touching, funny…
View PostHay Festival: #Vote100Books
So last night I got back from the Hay Festival – yes, I have finally lost my Hay Festival virginity and I loved it! We were in the gorgeous south Wales countryside for a week…
View PostLucky Stars: YA novel with real grit
I love young adult (YA) fiction, marking out a few as some of my favourite reads of all time. This includes Junk by Melvin Burgess which portrays the reality of heroin addiction. Hence when I…
View PostHarkhuf: The new hero in children’s fiction
As I’m trying to write a children’s book myself, I often read children’s literature to get inspired; and it was because of this that I read Harkhuf The First Explorer. And crikey, have I been…
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