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BOOK REVIEW: US THREE BY RUTH JONES Us Three is a book that’s been split into three main parts, and the very nature of that structure means that there really is something in this novel for everyone to enjoy. The first part picks up with the girls as bright, young eighteen-year-olds, still confident in their unwavering friendship and giddy with the excitement of both their upcoming holiday adventure and the future upon their BOOK REVIEW: THE DRESSMAKER'S GIFT BY FIONA VALPY Book Review: The Dressmaker’s Gift by Fiona Valpy. Despite its synopsis promising a complex, intergenerational tale of family secrets, wartime betrayals and a dark past to unravel, it becomes very clear early on that the Dressmaker’s Gift by Fiona Valpy is actually more a story of two disparate parts. While the war-torn world of 1940s MY NEW YORK YEAR REVIEW Aspiring writer Joanna (Margaret Qualley) moves to New York City, where she soon gets a job at a top literary agency. One of her main tasks is to send form letter replies in response to the mountain of fan mail the agency receives for the famously reclusive J.D Salinger
(Tim Post).
BOOK REVIEW: DOG DAYS BY ERICKA WALLER Funny, sad and reassuringly sage, Dog Days is a story of humanity, family and life. It’s also a heart-warming tribute to dogs in all their breeds, sizes and temperaments. If you don’t have a dog before reading this book, you’ll definitely want one by the end. ★★★★. Dog Days is BOOK REVIEW: THE FOUNDLING BY STACEY HALLS Stacey Halls’ The Foundling transports readers to Georgian London as it centres on two women from different backgrounds who are bound by the same child. Six years after leaving her illegitimate daughter at the foundling hospital, Bess Bright returns with money to collect her child only to find that someone else has beaten her to it, using Bess’ name to fraudulently claim the little girl as BOOK REVIEW: HAVEN'T THEY GROWN BY SOPHIE HANNAH Book Review: Haven’t They Grown by Sophie Hannah. Whilst driving her son to an Under-14s away football match, Beth Leeson can’t resist the urge to sneak past her former best friend’s house and try to catch a glimpse of her. She hasn’t seen Flora Braid for twelve years but as she parks outside the sprawling modern mansion and watches TOP 5 FEMALE ROBOTS IN SCI-FI MOVIES Maria – Metropolis (1927) The original and the ultimate celluloid female robot has to be Maria, the maschinenmensch (human machine) from Fritz Lang’s 1927 masterpiece, Metropolis. In an attempt to resurrect the woman he fell in love with, mad scientist and inventor Rotwang creates the robot Maria in her image- epitomising the eleganceof
BBC ONE'S AN INSPECTOR CALLS REVIEW BBC One’s An Inspector Calls Review. The message of dramatist JB Priestley’s An Inspector Calls might not be a subtle one but it is particularly pertinent, given the current crises modern society faces. “ We don’t live alone. We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other ”, warns David Thewlis’ mysteriousInspector.
ROUGH JUSTICE REVIEW: A SOLID INTERNATIONAL CRIME DRAMA Based on the novels by Toni Coppers, and using a mixture of existing stories and new ideas, Rough Justice doesn’t deviate too far from the tried and tested crime formula but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Sometimes you need to play to the strengths BOOK REVIEW: ISABELLE IN THE AFTERNOON BY DOUGLAS KENNEDY Douglas Kennedy’s Isabelle in the Afternoon captured my attention with its premise: a love affair set in Paris in the 1970s. It kept my attention by having so much more story to tell. As intimate and passionate as it is poignant, the strength of this novel comes from its complete normality, foregoing wild plot twists and dramatic high tensions for the quiet yet powerful exploration of one BOOK REVIEW: US THREE BY RUTH JONES Us Three is a book that’s been split into three main parts, and the very nature of that structure means that there really is something in this novel for everyone to enjoy. The first part picks up with the girls as bright, young eighteen-year-olds, still confident in their unwavering friendship and giddy with the excitement of both their upcoming holiday adventure and the future upon their BOOK REVIEW: THE DRESSMAKER'S GIFT BY FIONA VALPY Book Review: The Dressmaker’s Gift by Fiona Valpy. Despite its synopsis promising a complex, intergenerational tale of family secrets, wartime betrayals and a dark past to unravel, it becomes very clear early on that the Dressmaker’s Gift by Fiona Valpy is actually more a story of two disparate parts. While the war-torn world of 1940s MY NEW YORK YEAR REVIEW Aspiring writer Joanna (Margaret Qualley) moves to New York City, where she soon gets a job at a top literary agency. One of her main tasks is to send form letter replies in response to the mountain of fan mail the agency receives for the famously reclusive J.D Salinger(Tim Post).
BOOK REVIEW: DOG DAYS BY ERICKA WALLER Funny, sad and reassuringly sage, Dog Days is a story of humanity, family and life. It’s also a heart-warming tribute to dogs in all their breeds, sizes and temperaments. If you don’t have a dog before reading this book, you’ll definitely want one by the end. ★★★★. Dog Days is BOOK REVIEW: THE FOUNDLING BY STACEY HALLS Stacey Halls’ The Foundling transports readers to Georgian London as it centres on two women from different backgrounds who are bound by the same child. Six years after leaving her illegitimate daughter at the foundling hospital, Bess Bright returns with money to collect her child only to find that someone else has beaten her to it, using Bess’ name to fraudulently claim the little girl as BOOK REVIEW: HAVEN'T THEY GROWN BY SOPHIE HANNAH Book Review: Haven’t They Grown by Sophie Hannah. Whilst driving her son to an Under-14s away football match, Beth Leeson can’t resist the urge to sneak past her former best friend’s house and try to catch a glimpse of her. She hasn’t seen Flora Braid for twelve years but as she parks outside the sprawling modern mansion and watches TOP 5 FEMALE ROBOTS IN SCI-FI MOVIES Maria – Metropolis (1927) The original and the ultimate celluloid female robot has to be Maria, the maschinenmensch (human machine) from Fritz Lang’s 1927 masterpiece, Metropolis. In an attempt to resurrect the woman he fell in love with, mad scientist and inventor Rotwang creates the robot Maria in her image- epitomising the eleganceof
BBC ONE'S AN INSPECTOR CALLS REVIEW BBC One’s An Inspector Calls Review. The message of dramatist JB Priestley’s An Inspector Calls might not be a subtle one but it is particularly pertinent, given the current crises modern society faces. “ We don’t live alone. We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other ”, warns David Thewlis’ mysteriousInspector.
ROUGH JUSTICE REVIEW: A SOLID INTERNATIONAL CRIME DRAMA Based on the novels by Toni Coppers, and using a mixture of existing stories and new ideas, Rough Justice doesn’t deviate too far from the tried and tested crime formula but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Sometimes you need to play to the strengths BOOK REVIEW: ISABELLE IN THE AFTERNOON BY DOUGLAS KENNEDY Douglas Kennedy’s Isabelle in the Afternoon captured my attention with its premise: a love affair set in Paris in the 1970s. It kept my attention by having so much more story to tell. As intimate and passionate as it is poignant, the strength of this novel comes from its complete normality, foregoing wild plot twists and dramatic high tensions for the quiet yet powerful exploration of one TOP 10 BRITISH SPY MOVIES 1. The Third Man (1949) Selected by the BFI as the “best British film of the 20th century”, our number one pick is a true giant of a film. Set in post-war Vienna, it’s a multi-layered tale of espionage and black market dealings centred around the seldom seen Harry Lime played magnificently by Orson Welles. 6 FEEL-GOOD BOOKS GUARANTEED TO PUT A SMILE ON YOUR FACE Here at Culturefly we love a feel-good book – stories that make you smile and laugh, that make your heart feel a little lighter by the end. If you’re seeking some uplifting reads, here are some of ourrecent favourites.
BOOK REVIEW: ON MIDNIGHT BEACH BY MARIE-LOUISE FITZPATRICK Inspired by the old Irish legend known as the Táin Bó Cúailnge, Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick’s On Midnight Beach is a coming-of-age story of love, loyalty, community, deep-rooted feuds and tragedy of Shakespearean proportions. It’s set during a long, hot summer in 1976 and tells an intoxicating tale of hostility between two opposing towns in Ireland whose long-standing grudge bubbles over KATY MORAN ON HER TOP FIVE WILDLY BADLY BEHAVED FICTIONAL Don’t get me wrong, I love a tightly constructed plot and an immersive bit of description as much as the next reader, but what really gets me hooked on a novel is messy human behaviour. BOOK REVIEW: MRS ENGLAND BY STACEY HALLS When the kindly family she works for relocate to America, Ruby May – a newly graduated nurse from the prestigious Norland Institute in London - takes a position looking after the children of Charles and Lilian England, a wealthy couple from a powerful dynasty of millowners.
RACHAEL LIPPINCOTT ARCHIVES To celebrate the publication of #1 New York Times bestselling author Rachael Lippincott's new novel, we’ve teamed up with Simon & Schuster Children's Books MRS ENGLAND ARCHIVES When the kindly family she works for relocate to America, Ruby May – a newly graduated nurse from the prestigious Norland Institute in London - takes a position BOOK REVIEW: THE UNION OF SYNCHRONISED SWIMMERS BY The Union Of Synchronised Swimmers is an unusual book. For one thing, it’s hard to understand without reading the blurb. Digging straight in, it would be easy to miss the relation between the six short stories and the tale that links them all, which centres on an unnamed team of young female synchronised swimmers from behind the IronCurtain.
SCANDALOUS ALCHEMY ARCHIVES Don’t get me wrong, I love a tightly constructed plot and an immersive bit of description as much as the next reader, but what really gets me hooked on a novel REALM BREAKER ARCHIVES By self-admission, Victoria Aveyard was extremely intimidated by the prospect of writing her latest book, Realm Breaker. Her debut YA fantasy novel, Red Queen, BOOK REVIEW: US THREE BY RUTH JONES Us Three is a book that’s been split into three main parts, and the very nature of that structure means that there really is something in this novel for everyone to enjoy. The first part picks up with the girls as bright, young eighteen-year-olds, still confident in their unwavering friendship and giddy with the excitement of both their upcoming holiday adventure and the future upon their BOOK REVIEW: SEPARATION ANXIETY BY LAURA ZIGMAN In Separation Anxiety, Laura Zigman shows us the awkward, funny, painful journey of a woman learning to live without hers – at least some of the time. Like its messy, flawed heroine, Separation Anxiety is so easy to relate to, and to love. ★★★★★. Separation Anxiety is published by Doubleday on 16 April 2020. BOOK REVIEW: THE DRESSMAKER'S GIFT BY FIONA VALPY Despite its synopsis promising a complex, intergenerational tale of family secrets, wartime betrayals and a dark past to unravel, it becomes very clear early on that the Dressmaker’s Gift by Fiona Valpy is actually more a story of two disparate parts.While the war-torn world of 1940s Occupied Paris is brought to life in spectacular fashion, with a strong sense of time and place and a BOOK REVIEW: THE FOUNDLING BY STACEY HALLS Stacey Halls’ The Foundling transports readers to Georgian London as it centres on two women from different backgrounds who are bound by the same child. Six years after leaving her illegitimate daughter at the foundling hospital, Bess Bright returns with money to collect her child only to find that someone else has beaten her to it, using Bess’ name to fraudulently claim the little girl as TOP 5 FEMALE ROBOTS IN SCI-FI MOVIES Maria – Metropolis (1927) The original and the ultimate celluloid female robot has to be Maria, the maschinenmensch (human machine) from Fritz Lang’s 1927 masterpiece, Metropolis. In an attempt to resurrect the woman he fell in love with, mad scientist and inventor Rotwang creates the robot Maria in her image- epitomising the eleganceof
BOOK REVIEW: HAVEN'T THEY GROWN BY SOPHIE HANNAH Book Review: Haven’t They Grown by Sophie Hannah. Whilst driving her son to an Under-14s away football match, Beth Leeson can’t resist the urge to sneak past her former best friend’s house and try to catch a glimpse of her. She hasn’t seen Flora Braid for twelve years but as she parks outside the sprawling modern mansion and watches BOOK REVIEW: BLUE DOG BY LOUIS DE BERNIÈRES Books come in all shapes and sizes, and Louis de Bernières new novel Blue Dog, a prequel to 2001’s bestselling Red Dog, is a pleasingly presented book that’s the perfect size for those who enjoy ‘bite-sized’ novels.However, don’t be fooled by the smallness of this book because it’s a real gem. BOOK REVIEW: TOO MARVELLOUS FOR WORDS BY JULIE WELCH The background given on former Games mistress Coulo was by far the most illuminating and it’s a shame that it was a ‘potted’ version. Too Marvellous for Words is an entertaining ‘fly on the wall’ glimpse into a bygone era and a worthwhile read for anyone who’d like to know what boarding school life was like. ★★★★. ROUGH JUSTICE REVIEW: A SOLID INTERNATIONAL CRIME DRAMA Based on the novels by Toni Coppers, and using a mixture of existing stories and new ideas, Rough Justice doesn’t deviate too far from the tried and tested crime formula but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Sometimes you need to play to the strengths BOOK REVIEW: ISABELLE IN THE AFTERNOON BY DOUGLAS KENNEDY Douglas Kennedy’s Isabelle in the Afternoon captured my attention with its premise: a love affair set in Paris in the 1970s. It kept my attention by having so much more story to tell. As intimate and passionate as it is poignant, the strength of this novel comes from its complete normality, foregoing wild plot twists and dramatic high tensions for the quiet yet powerful exploration of one BOOK REVIEW: US THREE BY RUTH JONES Us Three is a book that’s been split into three main parts, and the very nature of that structure means that there really is something in this novel for everyone to enjoy. The first part picks up with the girls as bright, young eighteen-year-olds, still confident in their unwavering friendship and giddy with the excitement of both their upcoming holiday adventure and the future upon their BOOK REVIEW: SEPARATION ANXIETY BY LAURA ZIGMAN In Separation Anxiety, Laura Zigman shows us the awkward, funny, painful journey of a woman learning to live without hers – at least some of the time. Like its messy, flawed heroine, Separation Anxiety is so easy to relate to, and to love. ★★★★★. Separation Anxiety is published by Doubleday on 16 April 2020. BOOK REVIEW: THE DRESSMAKER'S GIFT BY FIONA VALPY Despite its synopsis promising a complex, intergenerational tale of family secrets, wartime betrayals and a dark past to unravel, it becomes very clear early on that the Dressmaker’s Gift by Fiona Valpy is actually more a story of two disparate parts.While the war-torn world of 1940s Occupied Paris is brought to life in spectacular fashion, with a strong sense of time and place and a BOOK REVIEW: THE FOUNDLING BY STACEY HALLS Stacey Halls’ The Foundling transports readers to Georgian London as it centres on two women from different backgrounds who are bound by the same child. Six years after leaving her illegitimate daughter at the foundling hospital, Bess Bright returns with money to collect her child only to find that someone else has beaten her to it, using Bess’ name to fraudulently claim the little girl as TOP 5 FEMALE ROBOTS IN SCI-FI MOVIES Maria – Metropolis (1927) The original and the ultimate celluloid female robot has to be Maria, the maschinenmensch (human machine) from Fritz Lang’s 1927 masterpiece, Metropolis. In an attempt to resurrect the woman he fell in love with, mad scientist and inventor Rotwang creates the robot Maria in her image- epitomising the eleganceof
BOOK REVIEW: HAVEN'T THEY GROWN BY SOPHIE HANNAH Book Review: Haven’t They Grown by Sophie Hannah. Whilst driving her son to an Under-14s away football match, Beth Leeson can’t resist the urge to sneak past her former best friend’s house and try to catch a glimpse of her. She hasn’t seen Flora Braid for twelve years but as she parks outside the sprawling modern mansion and watches BOOK REVIEW: BLUE DOG BY LOUIS DE BERNIÈRES Books come in all shapes and sizes, and Louis de Bernières new novel Blue Dog, a prequel to 2001’s bestselling Red Dog, is a pleasingly presented book that’s the perfect size for those who enjoy ‘bite-sized’ novels.However, don’t be fooled by the smallness of this book because it’s a real gem. BOOK REVIEW: TOO MARVELLOUS FOR WORDS BY JULIE WELCH The background given on former Games mistress Coulo was by far the most illuminating and it’s a shame that it was a ‘potted’ version. Too Marvellous for Words is an entertaining ‘fly on the wall’ glimpse into a bygone era and a worthwhile read for anyone who’d like to know what boarding school life was like. ★★★★. ROUGH JUSTICE REVIEW: A SOLID INTERNATIONAL CRIME DRAMA Based on the novels by Toni Coppers, and using a mixture of existing stories and new ideas, Rough Justice doesn’t deviate too far from the tried and tested crime formula but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Sometimes you need to play to the strengths BOOK REVIEW: ISABELLE IN THE AFTERNOON BY DOUGLAS KENNEDY Douglas Kennedy’s Isabelle in the Afternoon captured my attention with its premise: a love affair set in Paris in the 1970s. It kept my attention by having so much more story to tell. As intimate and passionate as it is poignant, the strength of this novel comes from its complete normality, foregoing wild plot twists and dramatic high tensions for the quiet yet powerful exploration of one TOP 10 BRITISH SPY MOVIES 1. The Third Man (1949) Selected by the BFI as the “best British film of the 20th century”, our number one pick is a true giant of a film. Set in post-war Vienna, it’s a multi-layered tale of espionage and black market dealings centred around the seldom seen Harry Lime played magnificently by Orson Welles.CARMILLA REVIEW
True fans of gothic literature will be the first to inform you that while Bram Stoker’s Dracula is the most famous, the most irreparably quintessential vampire story, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu’s novella Carmilla got there first – by 26 years no less.Fortunately, Carmilla has been noted as the inspiration for various vampire media, as well as getting its own adaptations, the latest being 6 FEEL-GOOD BOOKS GUARANTEED TO PUT A SMILE ON YOUR FACE Here at Culturefly we love a feel-good book – stories that make you smile and laugh, that make your heart feel a little lighter by the end. If you’re seeking some uplifting reads, here are some of ourrecent favourites.
TOP 5 FEMALE ROBOTS IN SCI-FI MOVIES Fantastic new Antonio Banderas starrer Automata keeps this tradition alive exploring our increasingly confused relationship with artificial life through Cleo (voiced by Melanie Griffith), a complex female character who transcends the constraints of her basic programming to KATY MORAN ON HER TOP FIVE WILDLY BADLY BEHAVED FICTIONAL Don’t get me wrong, I love a tightly constructed plot and an immersive bit of description as much as the next reader, but what really gets me hooked on a novel is messy human behaviour. BOOK REVIEW: MRS ENGLAND BY STACEY HALLS When the kindly family she works for relocate to America, Ruby May – a newly graduated nurse from the prestigious Norland Institute in London - takes a position looking after the children of Charles and Lilian England, a wealthy couple from a powerful dynasty of millowners.
BOOK REVIEW: REALM BREAKER BY VICTORIA AVEYARD By self-admission, Victoria Aveyard was extremely intimidated by the prospect of writing her latest book, Realm Breaker. Her debut YA fantasy novel, Red Queen, and its subsequent three sequels were hugely popular – putting the American author on the fantasy map in her early-twenties, just after she’d graduated from university. BOOK REVIEW: THE UNION OF SYNCHRONISED SWIMMERS BY The Union Of Synchronised Swimmers is an unusual book. For one thing, it’s hard to understand without reading the blurb. Digging straight in, it would be easy to miss the relation between the six short stories and the tale that links them all, which centres on an unnamed team of young female synchronised swimmers from behind the IronCurtain.
REALM BREAKER ARCHIVES By self-admission, Victoria Aveyard was extremely intimidated by the prospect of writing her latest book, Realm Breaker. Her debut YA fantasy novel, Red Queen, CARMEN AND LOLA ARCHIVES Carmen (Rosy Rodríguez) is about to get engaged to her boyfriend Rafa (Juan José Jiménez). She meets Rafa’s cousin Lola (Zaira Romero), a closeted lesbian and b BOOK REVIEW: US THREE BY RUTH JONES Us Three is a book that’s been split into three main parts, and the very nature of that structure means that there really is something in this novel for everyone to enjoy. The first part picks up with the girls as bright, young eighteen-year-olds, still confident in their unwavering friendship and giddy with the excitement of both their upcoming holiday adventure and the future upon their BOOK REVIEW: SEPARATION ANXIETY BY LAURA ZIGMAN In Separation Anxiety, Laura Zigman shows us the awkward, funny, painful journey of a woman learning to live without hers – at least some of the time. Like its messy, flawed heroine, Separation Anxiety is so easy to relate to, and to love. ★★★★★. Separation Anxiety is published by Doubleday on 16 April 2020. BOOK REVIEW: THE DRESSMAKER'S GIFT BY FIONA VALPY Book Review: The Dressmaker’s Gift by Fiona Valpy. Despite its synopsis promising a complex, intergenerational tale of family secrets, wartime betrayals and a dark past to unravel, it becomes very clear early on that the Dressmaker’s Gift by Fiona Valpy is actually more a story of two disparate parts. While the war-torn world of 1940s BOOK REVIEW: THE FOUNDLING BY STACEY HALLS Stacey Halls’ The Foundling transports readers to Georgian London as it centres on two women from different backgrounds who are bound by the same child. Six years after leaving her illegitimate daughter at the foundling hospital, Bess Bright returns with money to collect her child only to find that someone else has beaten her to it, using Bess’ name to fraudulently claim the little girl as TOP 5 FEMALE ROBOTS IN SCI-FI MOVIES Maria – Metropolis (1927) The original and the ultimate celluloid female robot has to be Maria, the maschinenmensch (human machine) from Fritz Lang’s 1927 masterpiece, Metropolis. In an attempt to resurrect the woman he fell in love with, mad scientist and inventor Rotwang creates the robot Maria in her image- epitomising the eleganceof
BOOK REVIEW: BLUE DOG BY LOUIS DE BERNIÈRES Books come in all shapes and sizes, and Louis de Bernières new novel Blue Dog, a prequel to 2001’s bestselling Red Dog, is a pleasingly presented book that’s the perfect size for those who enjoy ‘bite-sized’ novels.However, don’t be fooled by the smallness of this book because it’s a real gem. BOOK REVIEW: HAVEN'T THEY GROWN BY SOPHIE HANNAH Book Review: Haven’t They Grown by Sophie Hannah. Whilst driving her son to an Under-14s away football match, Beth Leeson can’t resist the urge to sneak past her former best friend’s house and try to catch a glimpse of her. She hasn’t seen Flora Braid for twelve years but as she parks outside the sprawling modern mansion and watches BOOK REVIEW: TOO MARVELLOUS FOR WORDS BY JULIE WELCH The background given on former Games mistress Coulo was by far the most illuminating and it’s a shame that it was a ‘potted’ version. Too Marvellous for Words is an entertaining ‘fly on the wall’ glimpse into a bygone era and a worthwhile read for anyone who’d like to know what boarding school life was like. ★★★★. ROUGH JUSTICE REVIEW: A SOLID INTERNATIONAL CRIME DRAMA Based on the novels by Toni Coppers, and using a mixture of existing stories and new ideas, Rough Justice doesn’t deviate too far from the tried and tested crime formula but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Sometimes you need to play to the strengths BOOK REVIEW: ISABELLE IN THE AFTERNOON BY DOUGLAS KENNEDY Douglas Kennedy’s Isabelle in the Afternoon captured my attention with its premise: a love affair set in Paris in the 1970s. It kept my attention by having so much more story to tell. As intimate and passionate as it is poignant, the strength of this novel comes from its complete normality, foregoing wild plot twists and dramatic high tensions for the quiet yet powerful exploration of one BOOK REVIEW: US THREE BY RUTH JONES Us Three is a book that’s been split into three main parts, and the very nature of that structure means that there really is something in this novel for everyone to enjoy. The first part picks up with the girls as bright, young eighteen-year-olds, still confident in their unwavering friendship and giddy with the excitement of both their upcoming holiday adventure and the future upon their BOOK REVIEW: SEPARATION ANXIETY BY LAURA ZIGMAN In Separation Anxiety, Laura Zigman shows us the awkward, funny, painful journey of a woman learning to live without hers – at least some of the time. Like its messy, flawed heroine, Separation Anxiety is so easy to relate to, and to love. ★★★★★. Separation Anxiety is published by Doubleday on 16 April 2020. BOOK REVIEW: THE DRESSMAKER'S GIFT BY FIONA VALPY Despite its synopsis promising a complex, intergenerational tale of family secrets, wartime betrayals and a dark past to unravel, it becomes very clear early on that the Dressmaker’s Gift by Fiona Valpy is actually more a story of two disparate parts.While the war-torn world of 1940s Occupied Paris is brought to life in spectacular fashion, with a strong sense of time and place and a BOOK REVIEW: THE FOUNDLING BY STACEY HALLS Stacey Halls’ The Foundling transports readers to Georgian London as it centres on two women from different backgrounds who are bound by the same child. Six years after leaving her illegitimate daughter at the foundling hospital, Bess Bright returns with money to collect her child only to find that someone else has beaten her to it, using Bess’ name to fraudulently claim the little girl as TOP 5 FEMALE ROBOTS IN SCI-FI MOVIES Maria – Metropolis (1927) The original and the ultimate celluloid female robot has to be Maria, the maschinenmensch (human machine) from Fritz Lang’s 1927 masterpiece, Metropolis. In an attempt to resurrect the woman he fell in love with, mad scientist and inventor Rotwang creates the robot Maria in her image- epitomising the eleganceof
BOOK REVIEW: HAVEN'T THEY GROWN BY SOPHIE HANNAH Book Review: Haven’t They Grown by Sophie Hannah. Whilst driving her son to an Under-14s away football match, Beth Leeson can’t resist the urge to sneak past her former best friend’s house and try to catch a glimpse of her. She hasn’t seen Flora Braid for twelve years but as she parks outside the sprawling modern mansion and watches BOOK REVIEW: BLUE DOG BY LOUIS DE BERNIÈRES Books come in all shapes and sizes, and Louis de Bernières new novel Blue Dog, a prequel to 2001’s bestselling Red Dog, is a pleasingly presented book that’s the perfect size for those who enjoy ‘bite-sized’ novels.However, don’t be fooled by the smallness of this book because it’s a real gem. BOOK REVIEW: TOO MARVELLOUS FOR WORDS BY JULIE WELCH The background given on former Games mistress Coulo was by far the most illuminating and it’s a shame that it was a ‘potted’ version. Too Marvellous for Words is an entertaining ‘fly on the wall’ glimpse into a bygone era and a worthwhile read for anyone who’d like to know what boarding school life was like. ★★★★. ROUGH JUSTICE REVIEW: A SOLID INTERNATIONAL CRIME DRAMA Based on the novels by Toni Coppers, and using a mixture of existing stories and new ideas, Rough Justice doesn’t deviate too far from the tried and tested crime formula but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Sometimes you need to play to the strengths BOOK REVIEW: ISABELLE IN THE AFTERNOON BY DOUGLAS KENNEDY Douglas Kennedy’s Isabelle in the Afternoon captured my attention with its premise: a love affair set in Paris in the 1970s. It kept my attention by having so much more story to tell. As intimate and passionate as it is poignant, the strength of this novel comes from its complete normality, foregoing wild plot twists and dramatic high tensions for the quiet yet powerful exploration of one TOP 10 BRITISH SPY MOVIES 1. The Third Man (1949) Selected by the BFI as the “best British film of the 20th century”, our number one pick is a true giant of a film. Set in post-war Vienna, it’s a multi-layered tale of espionage and black market dealings centred around the seldom seen Harry Lime played magnificently by Orson Welles.CARMILLA REVIEW
True fans of gothic literature will be the first to inform you that while Bram Stoker’s Dracula is the most famous, the most irreparably quintessential vampire story, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu’s novella Carmilla got there first – by 26 years no less.Fortunately, Carmilla has been noted as the inspiration for various vampire media, as well as getting its own adaptations, the latest being 6 FEEL-GOOD BOOKS GUARANTEED TO PUT A SMILE ON YOUR FACE Here at Culturefly we love a feel-good book – stories that make you smile and laugh, that make your heart feel a little lighter by the end. If you’re seeking some uplifting reads, here are some of ourrecent favourites.
TOP 5 FEMALE ROBOTS IN SCI-FI MOVIES Fantastic new Antonio Banderas starrer Automata keeps this tradition alive exploring our increasingly confused relationship with artificial life through Cleo (voiced by Melanie Griffith), a complex female character who transcends the constraints of her basic programming to KATY MORAN ON HER TOP FIVE WILDLY BADLY BEHAVED FICTIONAL Don’t get me wrong, I love a tightly constructed plot and an immersive bit of description as much as the next reader, but what really gets me hooked on a novel is messy human behaviour. BOOK REVIEW: MRS ENGLAND BY STACEY HALLS When the kindly family she works for relocate to America, Ruby May – a newly graduated nurse from the prestigious Norland Institute in London - takes a position looking after the children of Charles and Lilian England, a wealthy couple from a powerful dynasty of millowners.
BOOK REVIEW: REALM BREAKER BY VICTORIA AVEYARD By self-admission, Victoria Aveyard was extremely intimidated by the prospect of writing her latest book, Realm Breaker. Her debut YA fantasy novel, Red Queen, and its subsequent three sequels were hugely popular – putting the American author on the fantasy map in her early-twenties, just after she’d graduated from university. BOOK REVIEW: THE UNION OF SYNCHRONISED SWIMMERS BY The Union Of Synchronised Swimmers is an unusual book. For one thing, it’s hard to understand without reading the blurb. Digging straight in, it would be easy to miss the relation between the six short stories and the tale that links them all, which centres on an unnamed team of young female synchronised swimmers from behind the IronCurtain.
REALM BREAKER ARCHIVES By self-admission, Victoria Aveyard was extremely intimidated by the prospect of writing her latest book, Realm Breaker. Her debut YA fantasy novel, Red Queen, CARMEN AND LOLA ARCHIVES Carmen (Rosy Rodríguez) is about to get engaged to her boyfriend Rafa (Juan José Jiménez). She meets Rafa’s cousin Lola (Zaira Romero), a closeted lesbian and b BOOK REVIEW: US THREE BY RUTH JONES Us Three is a book that’s been split into three main parts, and the very nature of that structure means that there really is something in this novel for everyone to enjoy. The first part picks up with the girls as bright, young eighteen-year-olds, still confident in their unwavering friendship and giddy with the excitement of both their upcoming holiday adventure and the future upon their BOOK REVIEW: SEPARATION ANXIETY BY LAURA ZIGMAN In Separation Anxiety, Laura Zigman shows us the awkward, funny, painful journey of a woman learning to live without hers – at least some of the time. Like its messy, flawed heroine, Separation Anxiety is so easy to relate to, and to love. ★★★★★. Separation Anxiety is published by Doubleday on 16 April 2020. BOOK REVIEW: THE DRESSMAKER'S GIFT BY FIONA VALPY Book Review: The Dressmaker’s Gift by Fiona Valpy. Despite its synopsis promising a complex, intergenerational tale of family secrets, wartime betrayals and a dark past to unravel, it becomes very clear early on that the Dressmaker’s Gift by Fiona Valpy is actually more a story of two disparate parts. While the war-torn world of 1940s BOOK REVIEW: THE FOUNDLING BY STACEY HALLS Stacey Halls’ The Foundling transports readers to Georgian London as it centres on two women from different backgrounds who are bound by the same child. Six years after leaving her illegitimate daughter at the foundling hospital, Bess Bright returns with money to collect her child only to find that someone else has beaten her to it, using Bess’ name to fraudulently claim the little girl as TOP 5 FEMALE ROBOTS IN SCI-FI MOVIES Maria – Metropolis (1927) The original and the ultimate celluloid female robot has to be Maria, the maschinenmensch (human machine) from Fritz Lang’s 1927 masterpiece, Metropolis. In an attempt to resurrect the woman he fell in love with, mad scientist and inventor Rotwang creates the robot Maria in her image- epitomising the eleganceof
BOOK REVIEW: BLUE DOG BY LOUIS DE BERNIÈRES Books come in all shapes and sizes, and Louis de Bernières new novel Blue Dog, a prequel to 2001’s bestselling Red Dog, is a pleasingly presented book that’s the perfect size for those who enjoy ‘bite-sized’ novels.However, don’t be fooled by the smallness of this book because it’s a real gem. BOOK REVIEW: HAVEN'T THEY GROWN BY SOPHIE HANNAH Book Review: Haven’t They Grown by Sophie Hannah. Whilst driving her son to an Under-14s away football match, Beth Leeson can’t resist the urge to sneak past her former best friend’s house and try to catch a glimpse of her. She hasn’t seen Flora Braid for twelve years but as she parks outside the sprawling modern mansion and watches BOOK REVIEW: TOO MARVELLOUS FOR WORDS BY JULIE WELCH The background given on former Games mistress Coulo was by far the most illuminating and it’s a shame that it was a ‘potted’ version. Too Marvellous for Words is an entertaining ‘fly on the wall’ glimpse into a bygone era and a worthwhile read for anyone who’d like to know what boarding school life was like. ★★★★. ROUGH JUSTICE REVIEW: A SOLID INTERNATIONAL CRIME DRAMA Based on the novels by Toni Coppers, and using a mixture of existing stories and new ideas, Rough Justice doesn’t deviate too far from the tried and tested crime formula but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Sometimes you need to play to the strengths BOOK REVIEW: ISABELLE IN THE AFTERNOON BY DOUGLAS KENNEDY Douglas Kennedy’s Isabelle in the Afternoon captured my attention with its premise: a love affair set in Paris in the 1970s. It kept my attention by having so much more story to tell. As intimate and passionate as it is poignant, the strength of this novel comes from its complete normality, foregoing wild plot twists and dramatic high tensions for the quiet yet powerful exploration of one BOOK REVIEW: US THREE BY RUTH JONES Us Three is a book that’s been split into three main parts, and the very nature of that structure means that there really is something in this novel for everyone to enjoy. The first part picks up with the girls as bright, young eighteen-year-olds, still confident in their unwavering friendship and giddy with the excitement of both their upcoming holiday adventure and the future upon their BOOK REVIEW: SEPARATION ANXIETY BY LAURA ZIGMAN In Separation Anxiety, Laura Zigman shows us the awkward, funny, painful journey of a woman learning to live without hers – at least some of the time. Like its messy, flawed heroine, Separation Anxiety is so easy to relate to, and to love. ★★★★★. Separation Anxiety is published by Doubleday on 16 April 2020. BOOK REVIEW: THE DRESSMAKER'S GIFT BY FIONA VALPY Book Review: The Dressmaker’s Gift by Fiona Valpy. Despite its synopsis promising a complex, intergenerational tale of family secrets, wartime betrayals and a dark past to unravel, it becomes very clear early on that the Dressmaker’s Gift by Fiona Valpy is actually more a story of two disparate parts. While the war-torn world of 1940s BOOK REVIEW: THE FOUNDLING BY STACEY HALLS Stacey Halls’ The Foundling transports readers to Georgian London as it centres on two women from different backgrounds who are bound by the same child. Six years after leaving her illegitimate daughter at the foundling hospital, Bess Bright returns with money to collect her child only to find that someone else has beaten her to it, using Bess’ name to fraudulently claim the little girl as TOP 5 FEMALE ROBOTS IN SCI-FI MOVIES Maria – Metropolis (1927) The original and the ultimate celluloid female robot has to be Maria, the maschinenmensch (human machine) from Fritz Lang’s 1927 masterpiece, Metropolis. In an attempt to resurrect the woman he fell in love with, mad scientist and inventor Rotwang creates the robot Maria in her image- epitomising the eleganceof
BOOK REVIEW: BLUE DOG BY LOUIS DE BERNIÈRES Books come in all shapes and sizes, and Louis de Bernières new novel Blue Dog, a prequel to 2001’s bestselling Red Dog, is a pleasingly presented book that’s the perfect size for those who enjoy ‘bite-sized’ novels.However, don’t be fooled by the smallness of this book because it’s a real gem. BOOK REVIEW: HAVEN'T THEY GROWN BY SOPHIE HANNAH Book Review: Haven’t They Grown by Sophie Hannah. Whilst driving her son to an Under-14s away football match, Beth Leeson can’t resist the urge to sneak past her former best friend’s house and try to catch a glimpse of her. She hasn’t seen Flora Braid for twelve years but as she parks outside the sprawling modern mansion and watches BOOK REVIEW: TOO MARVELLOUS FOR WORDS BY JULIE WELCH The background given on former Games mistress Coulo was by far the most illuminating and it’s a shame that it was a ‘potted’ version. Too Marvellous for Words is an entertaining ‘fly on the wall’ glimpse into a bygone era and a worthwhile read for anyone who’d like to know what boarding school life was like. ★★★★. ROUGH JUSTICE REVIEW: A SOLID INTERNATIONAL CRIME DRAMA Based on the novels by Toni Coppers, and using a mixture of existing stories and new ideas, Rough Justice doesn’t deviate too far from the tried and tested crime formula but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Sometimes you need to play to the strengths BOOK REVIEW: ISABELLE IN THE AFTERNOON BY DOUGLAS KENNEDY Douglas Kennedy’s Isabelle in the Afternoon captured my attention with its premise: a love affair set in Paris in the 1970s. It kept my attention by having so much more story to tell. As intimate and passionate as it is poignant, the strength of this novel comes from its complete normality, foregoing wild plot twists and dramatic high tensions for the quiet yet powerful exploration of one TOP 10 BRITISH SPY MOVIES 1. The Third Man (1949) Selected by the BFI as the “best British film of the 20th century”, our number one pick is a true giant of a film. Set in post-war Vienna, it’s a multi-layered tale of espionage and black market dealings centred around the seldom seen Harry Lime played magnificently by Orson Welles.CARMILLA REVIEW
True fans of gothic literature will be the first to inform you that while Bram Stoker’s Dracula is the most famous, the most irreparably quintessential vampire story, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu’s novella Carmilla got there first – by 26 years no less.Fortunately, Carmilla has been noted as the inspiration for various vampire media, as well as getting its own adaptations, the latest being 6 FEEL-GOOD BOOKS GUARANTEED TO PUT A SMILE ON YOUR FACE Here at Culturefly we love a feel-good book – stories that make you smile and laugh, that make your heart feel a little lighter by the end. If you’re seeking some uplifting reads, here are some of ourrecent favourites.
TOP 5 FEMALE ROBOTS IN SCI-FI MOVIES Fantastic new Antonio Banderas starrer Automata keeps this tradition alive exploring our increasingly confused relationship with artificial life through Cleo (voiced by Melanie Griffith), a complex female character who transcends the constraints of her basic programming to KATY MORAN ON HER TOP FIVE WILDLY BADLY BEHAVED FICTIONAL Don’t get me wrong, I love a tightly constructed plot and an immersive bit of description as much as the next reader, but what really gets me hooked on a novel is messy human behaviour. BOOK REVIEW: MRS ENGLAND BY STACEY HALLS When the kindly family she works for relocate to America, Ruby May – a newly graduated nurse from the prestigious Norland Institute in London - takes a position looking after the children of Charles and Lilian England, a wealthy couple from a powerful dynasty of millowners.
BOOK REVIEW: REALM BREAKER BY VICTORIA AVEYARD By self-admission, Victoria Aveyard was extremely intimidated by the prospect of writing her latest book, Realm Breaker. Her debut YA fantasy novel, Red Queen, and its subsequent three sequels were hugely popular – putting the American author on the fantasy map in her early-twenties, just after she’d graduated from university. BOOK REVIEW: THE UNION OF SYNCHRONISED SWIMMERS BY The Union Of Synchronised Swimmers is an unusual book. For one thing, it’s hard to understand without reading the blurb. Digging straight in, it would be easy to miss the relation between the six short stories and the tale that links them all, which centres on an unnamed team of young female synchronised swimmers from behind the IronCurtain.
REALM BREAKER ARCHIVES By self-admission, Victoria Aveyard was extremely intimidated by the prospect of writing her latest book, Realm Breaker. Her debut YA fantasy novel, Red Queen, CARMEN AND LOLA ARCHIVES Carmen (Rosy Rodríguez) is about to get engaged to her boyfriend Rafa (Juan José Jiménez). She meets Rafa’s cousin Lola (Zaira Romero), a closeted lesbian and b BOOK REVIEW: SEPARATION ANXIETY BY LAURA ZIGMAN In Separation Anxiety, Laura Zigman shows us the awkward, funny, painful journey of a woman learning to live without hers – at least some of the time. Like its messy, flawed heroine, Separation Anxiety is so easy to relate to, and to love. ★★★★★. Separation Anxiety is published by Doubleday on 16 April 2020. BOOK REVIEW: THE FOUNDLING BY STACEY HALLS Stacey Halls’ The Foundling transports readers to Georgian London as it centres on two women from different backgrounds who are bound by the same child. Six years after leaving her illegitimate daughter at the foundling hospital, Bess Bright returns with money to collect her child only to find that someone else has beaten her to it, using Bess’ name to fraudulently claim the little girl as BOOK REVIEW: THE DRESSMAKER'S GIFT BY FIONA VALPY Book Review: The Dressmaker’s Gift by Fiona Valpy. Despite its synopsis promising a complex, intergenerational tale of family secrets, wartime betrayals and a dark past to unravel, it becomes very clear early on that the Dressmaker’s Gift by Fiona Valpy is actually more a story of two disparate parts. While the war-torn world of 1940s BOOK REVIEW: US THREE BY RUTH JONES Us Three is a book that’s been split into three main parts, and the very nature of that structure means that there really is something in this novel for everyone to enjoy. The first part picks up with the girls as bright, young eighteen-year-olds, still confident in their unwavering friendship and giddy with the excitement of both their upcoming holiday adventure and the future upon their TOP 5 FEMALE ROBOTS IN SCI-FI MOVIES Maria – Metropolis (1927) The original and the ultimate celluloid female robot has to be Maria, the maschinenmensch (human machine) from Fritz Lang’s 1927 masterpiece, Metropolis. In an attempt to resurrect the woman he fell in love with, mad scientist and inventor Rotwang creates the robot Maria in her image- epitomising the eleganceof
BOOK REVIEW: TOO MARVELLOUS FOR WORDS BY JULIE WELCH The background given on former Games mistress Coulo was by far the most illuminating and it’s a shame that it was a ‘potted’ version. Too Marvellous for Words is an entertaining ‘fly on the wall’ glimpse into a bygone era and a worthwhile read for anyone who’d like to know what boarding school life was like. ★★★★. BOOK REVIEW: BLUE DOG BY LOUIS DE BERNIÈRES Books come in all shapes and sizes, and Louis de Bernières new novel Blue Dog, a prequel to 2001’s bestselling Red Dog, is a pleasingly presented book that’s the perfect size for those who enjoy ‘bite-sized’ novels.However, don’t be fooled by the smallness of this book because it’s a real gem. BOOK REVIEW: HAVEN'T THEY GROWN BY SOPHIE HANNAH Book Review: Haven’t They Grown by Sophie Hannah. Whilst driving her son to an Under-14s away football match, Beth Leeson can’t resist the urge to sneak past her former best friend’s house and try to catch a glimpse of her. She hasn’t seen Flora Braid for twelve years but as she parks outside the sprawling modern mansion and watches ROUGH JUSTICE REVIEW: A SOLID INTERNATIONAL CRIME DRAMA Based on the novels by Toni Coppers, and using a mixture of existing stories and new ideas, Rough Justice doesn’t deviate too far from the tried and tested crime formula but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Sometimes you need to play to the strengths BOOK REVIEW: ISABELLE IN THE AFTERNOON BY DOUGLAS KENNEDY Douglas Kennedy’s Isabelle in the Afternoon captured my attention with its premise: a love affair set in Paris in the 1970s. It kept my attention by having so much more story to tell. As intimate and passionate as it is poignant, the strength of this novel comes from its complete normality, foregoing wild plot twists and dramatic high tensions for the quiet yet powerful exploration of one BOOK REVIEW: SEPARATION ANXIETY BY LAURA ZIGMAN In Separation Anxiety, Laura Zigman shows us the awkward, funny, painful journey of a woman learning to live without hers – at least some of the time. Like its messy, flawed heroine, Separation Anxiety is so easy to relate to, and to love. ★★★★★. Separation Anxiety is published by Doubleday on 16 April 2020. BOOK REVIEW: THE FOUNDLING BY STACEY HALLS Stacey Halls’ The Foundling transports readers to Georgian London as it centres on two women from different backgrounds who are bound by the same child. Six years after leaving her illegitimate daughter at the foundling hospital, Bess Bright returns with money to collect her child only to find that someone else has beaten her to it, using Bess’ name to fraudulently claim the little girl as BOOK REVIEW: THE DRESSMAKER'S GIFT BY FIONA VALPY Book Review: The Dressmaker’s Gift by Fiona Valpy. Despite its synopsis promising a complex, intergenerational tale of family secrets, wartime betrayals and a dark past to unravel, it becomes very clear early on that the Dressmaker’s Gift by Fiona Valpy is actually more a story of two disparate parts. While the war-torn world of 1940s BOOK REVIEW: US THREE BY RUTH JONES Us Three is a book that’s been split into three main parts, and the very nature of that structure means that there really is something in this novel for everyone to enjoy. The first part picks up with the girls as bright, young eighteen-year-olds, still confident in their unwavering friendship and giddy with the excitement of both their upcoming holiday adventure and the future upon their TOP 5 FEMALE ROBOTS IN SCI-FI MOVIES Maria – Metropolis (1927) The original and the ultimate celluloid female robot has to be Maria, the maschinenmensch (human machine) from Fritz Lang’s 1927 masterpiece, Metropolis. In an attempt to resurrect the woman he fell in love with, mad scientist and inventor Rotwang creates the robot Maria in her image- epitomising the eleganceof
BOOK REVIEW: TOO MARVELLOUS FOR WORDS BY JULIE WELCH The background given on former Games mistress Coulo was by far the most illuminating and it’s a shame that it was a ‘potted’ version. Too Marvellous for Words is an entertaining ‘fly on the wall’ glimpse into a bygone era and a worthwhile read for anyone who’d like to know what boarding school life was like. ★★★★. BOOK REVIEW: BLUE DOG BY LOUIS DE BERNIÈRES Books come in all shapes and sizes, and Louis de Bernières new novel Blue Dog, a prequel to 2001’s bestselling Red Dog, is a pleasingly presented book that’s the perfect size for those who enjoy ‘bite-sized’ novels.However, don’t be fooled by the smallness of this book because it’s a real gem. BOOK REVIEW: HAVEN'T THEY GROWN BY SOPHIE HANNAH Book Review: Haven’t They Grown by Sophie Hannah. Whilst driving her son to an Under-14s away football match, Beth Leeson can’t resist the urge to sneak past her former best friend’s house and try to catch a glimpse of her. She hasn’t seen Flora Braid for twelve years but as she parks outside the sprawling modern mansion and watches ROUGH JUSTICE REVIEW: A SOLID INTERNATIONAL CRIME DRAMA Based on the novels by Toni Coppers, and using a mixture of existing stories and new ideas, Rough Justice doesn’t deviate too far from the tried and tested crime formula but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Sometimes you need to play to the strengths BOOK REVIEW: ISABELLE IN THE AFTERNOON BY DOUGLAS KENNEDY Douglas Kennedy’s Isabelle in the Afternoon captured my attention with its premise: a love affair set in Paris in the 1970s. It kept my attention by having so much more story to tell. As intimate and passionate as it is poignant, the strength of this novel comes from its complete normality, foregoing wild plot twists and dramatic high tensions for the quiet yet powerful exploration of one WIN A SCHOOL'S OUT FOREVER PRIZE BUNDLE Win a School’s Out Forever prize bundle. Culturefly April 12, 2021. Competitions Featured Film. School’s Out Forever is available on digital download, Blu-ray and DVD now, and to celebrate the release, we have one competition bundle up for grabs. The bundle includes the DVD, a special School’s Out Forever rucksack and a t-shirt. TOP 10 BRITISH SPY MOVIES Comic and tragic, it set the tone for the British spy movies to come. 9. Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014) While gently poking fun at the rich tradition of the British spy movie, Kingsman adds to that canon, and ultimately brings something fresh to the party. Harry Hart (Colin Firth) recruits a young street kid into his spy organisation TOP 5 FEMALE ROBOTS IN SCI-FI MOVIES Fantastic new Antonio Banderas starrer Automata keeps this tradition alive exploring our increasingly confused relationship with artificial life through Cleo (voiced by Melanie Griffith), a complex female character who transcends the constraints of her basic programming to BOOK REVIEW: REALM BREAKER BY VICTORIA AVEYARD By self-admission, Victoria Aveyard was extremely intimidated by the prospect of writing her latest book, Realm Breaker. Her debut YA fantasy novel, Red Queen, and its subsequent three sequels were hugely popular – putting the American author on the fantasy map in her early-twenties, just after she’d graduated from university. BOOK REVIEW: ARROWOOD BY LAURA MCHUGH Laura McHugh’s second novel, Arrowood, takes readers to an historic house in southern Iowa, where family lies and devastating secrets linger in the air like mayflies on a humid summer day.It’s a tale of tragedy and misshapen memories, set against the backdrop of grand houses, unsolved crimes and the Mississippi river. BOOK REVIEW: THE UNION OF SYNCHRONISED SWIMMERS BY The Union Of Synchronised Swimmers is an unusual book. For one thing, it’s hard to understand without reading the blurb. Digging straight in, it would be easy to miss the relation between the six short stories and the tale that links them all, which centres on an unnamed team of young female synchronised swimmers from behind the IronCurtain.
BOOK REVIEW: BLACK WATER SISTER BY ZEN CHO Recent Harvard graduate Jess has, to put it mildly, a lot on her plate. Although she’s lived in America for the majority of her life, health and financial troubles force her parents to return to their native Malaysia, and Jess goes with them. CARMEN AND LOLA ARCHIVES Carmen (Rosy Rodríguez) is about to get engaged to her boyfriend Rafa (Juan José Jiménez). She meets Rafa’s cousin Lola (Zaira Romero), a closeted lesbian and b CARMEN AND LOLA REVIEW Carmen (Rosy Rodríguez) is about to get engaged to her boyfriend Rafa (Juan José Jiménez). She meets Rafa’s cousin Lola (Zaira Romero), a closeted lesbian and budding ornithologist, at the market where they both work with their families, and Lola feels an instant spark. JAMIE O'CONNELL ARCHIVES The extract is from the opening scene from the first chapter of Diving for Pearls. It follows Assim, a gay Emirati man studying medicine inIreland.
BOOK REVIEW: SEPARATION ANXIETY BY LAURA ZIGMAN In Separation Anxiety, Laura Zigman shows us the awkward, funny, painful journey of a woman learning to live without hers – at least some of the time. Like its messy, flawed heroine, Separation Anxiety is so easy to relate to, and to love. ★★★★★. Separation Anxiety is published by Doubleday on 16 April 2020. BOOK REVIEW: THE FOUNDLING BY STACEY HALLS Stacey Halls’ The Foundling transports readers to Georgian London as it centres on two women from different backgrounds who are bound by the same child. Six years after leaving her illegitimate daughter at the foundling hospital, Bess Bright returns with money to collect her child only to find that someone else has beaten her to it, using Bess’ name to fraudulently claim the little girl as BOOK REVIEW: THE DRESSMAKER'S GIFT BY FIONA VALPY Book Review: The Dressmaker’s Gift by Fiona Valpy. Despite its synopsis promising a complex, intergenerational tale of family secrets, wartime betrayals and a dark past to unravel, it becomes very clear early on that the Dressmaker’s Gift by Fiona Valpy is actually more a story of two disparate parts. While the war-torn world of 1940s BOOK REVIEW: US THREE BY RUTH JONES Us Three is a book that’s been split into three main parts, and the very nature of that structure means that there really is something in this novel for everyone to enjoy. The first part picks up with the girls as bright, young eighteen-year-olds, still confident in their unwavering friendship and giddy with the excitement of both their upcoming holiday adventure and the future upon their ROUGH JUSTICE REVIEW: A SOLID INTERNATIONAL CRIME DRAMA Based on the novels by Toni Coppers, and using a mixture of existing stories and new ideas, Rough Justice doesn’t deviate too far from the tried and tested crime formula but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Sometimes you need to play to the strengths BOOK REVIEW: TOO MARVELLOUS FOR WORDS BY JULIE WELCH The background given on former Games mistress Coulo was by far the most illuminating and it’s a shame that it was a ‘potted’ version. Too Marvellous for Words is an entertaining ‘fly on the wall’ glimpse into a bygone era and a worthwhile read for anyone who’d like to know what boarding school life was like. ★★★★. MIDNIGHT SUN REVIEW: A SERIES THAT LEAVES YOU WANTING MORE The first is that the show isn’t really about crime at all. Or at least, the crime isn’t the central focus, but the prism through which the broader themes are explored. It’s hard to dispute the status of the show as a ‘crime drama’, given there is rather a lot of crime, but there is far more to the show than that. BOOK REVIEW: HAVEN'T THEY GROWN BY SOPHIE HANNAH Book Review: Haven’t They Grown by Sophie Hannah. Whilst driving her son to an Under-14s away football match, Beth Leeson can’t resist the urge to sneak past her former best friend’s house and try to catch a glimpse of her. She hasn’t seen Flora Braid for twelve years but as she parks outside the sprawling modern mansion and watches BOOK REVIEW: ISABELLE IN THE AFTERNOON BY DOUGLAS KENNEDY Douglas Kennedy’s Isabelle in the Afternoon captured my attention with its premise: a love affair set in Paris in the 1970s. It kept my attention by having so much more story to tell. As intimate and passionate as it is poignant, the strength of this novel comes from its complete normality, foregoing wild plot twists and dramatic high tensions for the quiet yet powerful exploration of one THE BORDER SEASON 1 REVIEW: A MUST-WATCH CRIME THRILLER The Border Season 1 Review: A Must-Watch Crime Thriller. When the UK started to take notice of the fantastic drama being produced across Europe, it was BBC Four that was the place to find it – with Wallander and The Killing being followed by a wave of worthy successors. Since January this year, however, Channel 4 is the placeto go for
BOOK REVIEW: SEPARATION ANXIETY BY LAURA ZIGMAN In Separation Anxiety, Laura Zigman shows us the awkward, funny, painful journey of a woman learning to live without hers – at least some of the time. Like its messy, flawed heroine, Separation Anxiety is so easy to relate to, and to love. ★★★★★. Separation Anxiety is published by Doubleday on 16 April 2020. BOOK REVIEW: THE FOUNDLING BY STACEY HALLS Stacey Halls’ The Foundling transports readers to Georgian London as it centres on two women from different backgrounds who are bound by the same child. Six years after leaving her illegitimate daughter at the foundling hospital, Bess Bright returns with money to collect her child only to find that someone else has beaten her to it, using Bess’ name to fraudulently claim the little girl as BOOK REVIEW: THE DRESSMAKER'S GIFT BY FIONA VALPY Book Review: The Dressmaker’s Gift by Fiona Valpy. Despite its synopsis promising a complex, intergenerational tale of family secrets, wartime betrayals and a dark past to unravel, it becomes very clear early on that the Dressmaker’s Gift by Fiona Valpy is actually more a story of two disparate parts. While the war-torn world of 1940s BOOK REVIEW: US THREE BY RUTH JONES Us Three is a book that’s been split into three main parts, and the very nature of that structure means that there really is something in this novel for everyone to enjoy. The first part picks up with the girls as bright, young eighteen-year-olds, still confident in their unwavering friendship and giddy with the excitement of both their upcoming holiday adventure and the future upon their ROUGH JUSTICE REVIEW: A SOLID INTERNATIONAL CRIME DRAMA Based on the novels by Toni Coppers, and using a mixture of existing stories and new ideas, Rough Justice doesn’t deviate too far from the tried and tested crime formula but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Sometimes you need to play to the strengths BOOK REVIEW: TOO MARVELLOUS FOR WORDS BY JULIE WELCH The background given on former Games mistress Coulo was by far the most illuminating and it’s a shame that it was a ‘potted’ version. Too Marvellous for Words is an entertaining ‘fly on the wall’ glimpse into a bygone era and a worthwhile read for anyone who’d like to know what boarding school life was like. ★★★★. MIDNIGHT SUN REVIEW: A SERIES THAT LEAVES YOU WANTING MORE The first is that the show isn’t really about crime at all. Or at least, the crime isn’t the central focus, but the prism through which the broader themes are explored. It’s hard to dispute the status of the show as a ‘crime drama’, given there is rather a lot of crime, but there is far more to the show than that. BOOK REVIEW: HAVEN'T THEY GROWN BY SOPHIE HANNAH Book Review: Haven’t They Grown by Sophie Hannah. Whilst driving her son to an Under-14s away football match, Beth Leeson can’t resist the urge to sneak past her former best friend’s house and try to catch a glimpse of her. She hasn’t seen Flora Braid for twelve years but as she parks outside the sprawling modern mansion and watches BOOK REVIEW: ISABELLE IN THE AFTERNOON BY DOUGLAS KENNEDY Douglas Kennedy’s Isabelle in the Afternoon captured my attention with its premise: a love affair set in Paris in the 1970s. It kept my attention by having so much more story to tell. As intimate and passionate as it is poignant, the strength of this novel comes from its complete normality, foregoing wild plot twists and dramatic high tensions for the quiet yet powerful exploration of one THE BORDER SEASON 1 REVIEW: A MUST-WATCH CRIME THRILLER The Border Season 1 Review: A Must-Watch Crime Thriller. When the UK started to take notice of the fantastic drama being produced across Europe, it was BBC Four that was the place to find it – with Wallander and The Killing being followed by a wave of worthy successors. Since January this year, however, Channel 4 is the placeto go for
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