Novel Delights
To encourage everyone to share in the delights of books

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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Hay 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…

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Some summer reads you may have missed…

Wey hey! Summer is finally here… So where has all that lovely sunshine gone? Yip, its back to being a typical mixed and often wet summer it seems for us Brits. However I do find…

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The power of Persuasion

Maybe this is a sweeping statement (and I’m sorry if you feel so) but when people think of Jane Austen, they mostly think of Pride and Prejudice, with many people citing it as their favourite…

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Reader, I Married Him: the benefits of reading a short story

I read on the BBC news website the other day that us Brits just don’t have the time to read anymore. According to a new survey by The Reading Agency, 67% of us would like…

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