Joyce by Herself and Friends by Richard Garnett

Joyce by Herself and Her Friends by Richard Garnett

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


I did enjoy reading this. It gave a great insight into a very talented woman.

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Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell

Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


I really enjoyed reading this book. It contained 60 chapters and over 700 pages and the writing is really small so its like reading 1400 pages.
The book is set in the 19th century and tells the story of Molly Gibson and her love for Roger Hamley. There is also her Father Dr Gibson and her step mother Clare and Clare's daughter Cynthia and many more lesser characters.
The book is character driven and full of details.
I didnt like Clare very much and thought her selfish and an egotist.
When I started reading this, I was unaware that Gaskell died before the last chapter was written. Don't be put off by this as you can easily draw your own conclusion to what happened in the end.
Beautifully written, it will now remain a firm classic favourite of mine.
I will now endeavour to try and find the BBC adaptation of the book!

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The Elves of Cintra by Terry Brooks

The Elves of Cintra by Terry Brooks

My rating: 4 of 5 stars



I really enjoyed this second book of the triology.
It continues the stories of Logan Tom, Angel Perez, The Ghosts and The Elves of Cintra which is obviously leading up to the climax in book three.
Well written, and very dark following the human apocalypse.

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The Alexander Cipher by Will Adams

The Alexander Cipher by Will Adams


My rating:
 4 of 5 stars


I thought this book was excellent!
The action was non stop and not a single boring bit in the book. I liked the characters and the plot was very good.
It's about a deadly race to find historys most enigmatic warrior king, Alexander The Great. Daniel Knox is an outcast Egyptologist and he battles two adversarys while on the run from them and trying to find Alexanders tomb.

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Farewell to The East End by Jennifer Worth

Farewell To The East End: The Last Days of the East End Midwives by Jennifer Worth


My rating:
 4 of 5 stars


The third and last book in the series.
I really enjoyed this book. It was a bit all over the place, but the characters that Worth wrote about were superb to say the least.
It left me wanting to know more about 1950s London and the East End.

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Shadows of the Workhouse by Jennifer Worth

Shadows Of The Workhouse: The Drama Of Life In Postwar London:  by Jennifer Worth


My rating:
 4 of 5 stars


This is the second book in the series and I really enjoyed it.
Worth's story telling is like it only happened yesterday so to speak.
The workhouses were really awful places and I really felt for the people who's stories were told in this book.

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Call the Midwife by Jennifer Worth

Call the Midwife: A True Story of the East End in the 1950s by Jennifer Worth


My rating: 4 of 5 stars


My partners mother lent me this book and to be honest with you, I didn't think I would like it, but that couldn't be further from the truth.
This book is set in the 1950's in the slums of the East End of London, and tells of Jennifers time as a midewife staying in a convent that offers midwifery to the local residents. The poverty was appalling and it was astounding to read how many children some women gave birth to back then.
Well written and done in a kind of 'action packed' way, I found it a compelling read.

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