Book Lover’s Guide to Romania: Brasov
Brasov (pronounced Bra-shov) was our first destination in Romania. While we could go on about its Dracula-steeped history, the lore and legend of Transylvania a...
‘Oliver Twist’ October Book Club Discussion
Let’s talk about Oliver Twist! It’s been great fun this month, collaborating with the Dickens Buddies group on Instagram. I hope you had a chance to...
Book Lover’s Guide to Hungary: Budapest
During our five nights in Budapest, the Hungarian capital truly lived up to its nickname as the Pearl of the Danube. A city of two parts, Buda and Pest, we spen...
Book Lover’s Guide to Serbia: Novi Sad & Subotica
Five nights in Belgrade and we’re off again, this time to Novi Sad and then Subotica. Up here to the north of Serbia, the architecture shifts and changes, the c...
Book Lover’s Guide to Serbia: Belgrade
It’s time for a Book Lover’s Guide to Belgrade! Continuing our adventures across Eastern Europe, we spent 4 nights in the Serbian capital of Belgrad...
Book Lover’s Guide to Montenegro: Budva and surrounds
We had a wonderful time writing this Book Lover’s Guide to Montenegro. Only recently split from Serbia, the newly-independent nation of Montenegro is some...
Review: ‘The Pigeon’ – Patrick Süskind 1987
My rating: 3 of 5 stars The Pigeon is a truly strange and vividly intense novella. The narrative covers a single 24 hour period in the life of a Frenchman, with...
Review: ‘This Savage Song’ – Victoria Schwab 2016
My rating: 4.5 of 5 stars A truly monstrous novel that reminds us that sometimes the real monsters are not really monsters at all. One of the best YA fantasy/sc...
Review: ‘The Girl at Midnight’ – Melissa Grey 2015
My rating: 2.5 of 5 stars A book I wanted so badly to love, but in the end could not. The Girl At Midnight has all the elements of both a great book and a YA cl...
‘The Girl At Midnight’ September Book Club Discussion
Let’s talk about The Girl at Midnight! I’m trying out a new style of discussion questions, so please let me know what you think! Feel free to go bey...