Book Review – The Diamond and the Boy by Hannah Holt
It’s time for my next book review but a bit of a preamble first. For those who don’t know me, I trained as a chemical engineer before I started writing. I also have a science-obsessed daughter who had us read The Natural History Museum Book of Dinosaurs to her when she was four, and who […]
Toulon – more than just rough charm
Over a year ago now, in November 2017, my husband and I set off from New Zealand to France, destination Toulon on the Mediterranean coast. This is what Lonely Planet online says about Toulon: “It has a certain rough charm, and although it’s getting progressively more attractive, most visitors just pass through.” Perhaps it’s a […]
Book Review – The Mapmakers’ Race by Eirlys Hunter
Happy New Year and welcome to Pendants and Paperbacks 2019. Holidays are the perfect time to catch up on reading and I have been doing a lot of that over the past week or so. As part of my regular book review series, I’d like to share with you my thoughts on Eirlys Hunter’s junior […]
Book Review – Once Long Ago
Once Long Ago, the book I read as a child until it fell apart, is the book I have chosen for my first review. Once Long Ago: Folk and Fairy Tales of the World, first published in 1962 by Golden Pleasure Books, is a collection of 70 traditional tales from 49 different cultures retold by […]
