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What a great read!  Hard to put it down and a real page turner.  Jeffrey Archer is most definitely a great storyteller.  Loved this book.

The Devil's Advocate by Steve Cavanagh is a tense, gripping and intelligent novel - you will find it impossible to put down!

This is a small excerpt from the novel by David Michie when the Dalai Lama has a visit from a nun who has been helping to rehabilitate prisoners.  An amusing comparison is made between life in a nunnery or monastery and of life in a prison.  

An endearing book following a malnourished slum kitten the Dalai Lama rescued and carried back to his beautiful sanctuary.  Here she rubs up against Hollywood stars and observes all the comings and goings of life with one of the world's greatest spiritual leaders.

Time for Tea by food writer and critic, Tom Parker Bowles along with the famous London store, Fortnum & Mason providing recipes to pair with that perfect brew!

This episode provides you with some history behind the popularity of tea drinking in Britain.  My next episode will discuss a book related to tea around the world.

"No matter what he does, every person on earth plays a central role in the  history of the world.  And normally he doesn't know it."- Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

Dreams are made to be followed.Life is meant to be lived.Some Books are meant to be read, loved and passed on.The Alchemist  is one of those books.

Award winning veteran of the stage and screen, this is Miriam Margolyes incredible life story.  

This is a powerful and engrossing book demonstrating that the devastating consequences of war far outlive the actual fighting.  

Here is some information regarding the remarkable background of Hans Fallada, born in 1893 and died in 1947.  It's a story of sadness, mental struggles, addiction and eventual success and recognition for his work.

Berlin 1940, the city is paralysed by fear.  But one man refuses tp be scared.  This is a story of resistance, humour and hope.

This episode is the Preface written by Andre Aciman to The Passenger (Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz), now a Number 1 Bestseller in the U.K.   It outlines how the true events unfolded for Otto Silbermann.

Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feaney.  A great read.....chilling, full of suspense and almost impossible to put down! 

The Serial Killer's Wife with info about Alice Hunter and the first chapter!  Great start to the book too.....

Aged for Murder by Fiona Grace is an entertaining and easy read set in a Tuscan Vineyard.  This is a good, light hearted weekend reading novel.

The Passenger which was written in 1938 and rediscovered in 2018.  The book has to date been translated into 20 languages.  Quite a story....within a story.....

Chatter.  The Voice in Our Head and How to Harness It.  This is an introduction to the fascinating book about conversations an endless chatter we have with ourselves. 

Miss Benson's Beetle by Rachel Joyce is a charming book set in 1950....it's a funny, poignant story about an adventure between two unlikely, eccentric characters from post-war England to the other side of the world in New Caledonia, changing their lives forever.  

Tall Oaks is the debut novel by Chris Whitaker which won him the CWA John Creasy New Blood Dagger Award.  It's a great read....dark, amusing, and all the twists you could hope for!