Book after Book

Welcome to the blog tour for The Winter Song by Saurav Dutt ! I was drawn to this book because of its Indian setting. Having visited Simla during my honeymoon, I was curious about a book set in that region. The author’s writing style is very rich and evocative and I wasn’t disappointed by its power to transport me to a cold and snowy North-Indian valley in the middle of an English heatwave! And I’ve learnt about an element of travelling to that part of the country, namely the drugs, which I was blissfully unaware of before. But let me share more details about this dark and intense novel… More about the book… From the acclaimed Author of 'The Butterfly Room' comes a powerful afterlife drama conveying how great gifts can be hidden in death and how they can bear fruit in our lives if we have the faith to let them unfold. Somewhere between the mountains and the mist in Simla, India a widower must reconcile himself to the loss and grief that haunts him after the recent death of his...

Photo by Abi Campbell Hi Louise ! First of all, I would like to congratulate you on the publication of The Water Garden ! Can you please briefly tell us what it is about? A: Hi Silvia! Thanks so much for your good wishes and for hosting this interview on your blog. The Water Garden tells the story of a boy who mysteriously drowns in a Surrey lake and a housewife who becomes drawn to his troubled teenage friend. Woven into the narrative are the voices of other women in the family, including an RAF nurse based in Italy during the Second World War.  Did you have the plot entirely figured out when you started writing the book or did it take an unexpected turn as the characters grew on the page? A: This is my second novel and it was written in a very different way to my debut novel, Pomegranate Sky . I wrote several preparatory drafts for my first novel; by the time I was ready to write the final version, I knew everything about the story and the characters. The Water Garden was writt...

Welcome to the blog tour for This is How We Are Human by Louise Beech . More about the book… Sebastian James Murphy is twenty years, six months and two days old. He loves swimming, fried eggs and Billy Ocean. Sebastian is autistic. And lonely. Veronica wants her son Sebastian to be happy, and she wants the world to accept him for who he is. She is also thinking about paying a professional to give him what he desperately wants. Violetta is a high-class escort, who steps out into the night thinking only of money. Of her nursing degree. Paying for her dad’s care. Getting through the dark. When these three lives collide, and intertwine in unexpected ways, everything changes. For everyone. More about the author… Louise Beech is an exceptional literary talent, whose debut novel How To Be Brave was a Guardian Readers’ Choice for 2015. The follow-up, The Mountain in My Shoe was shortlisted for Not the Booker Prize. Both of her previous books Maria in the Moon and The Lion Tamer Who Lost ...

Welcome to the blog tour for Think Like A Vegan by by Emilia A Leese and Eva J Charalambides . More about the book… According to the latest figures, the number of vegans in the UK has more than quadrupled since 2014, now representing over 1 per cent of the total population. With the rise in plant-based foods and cruelty-free products showing no sign of stopping,  Think Like a Vegan   explores how vegan ethics can be applied to every area of our daily lives. We all want to live more healthily and ethically, and this book is certainly not just for vegans. It's for anyone interested in veganism, its ideals and what even non-vegans can learn from its practice. Through a personal and often irreverent lens, the authors explore a variety of contemporary topics related to animal use: from the basics of vegan logic to politics, economics, love and other aspects of being human, each chapter draws you into a thought-provoking conve...

Hi Charlie ! First of all, I would like to congratulate you on the publication of Everyday Magic . Can you please briefly tell us what it is about? A: Like all my books, it came from an idea that had been swirling around in my head for some years.   It took lockdown to give me a focus: that all of us, to some extent, were having to reassess our lives and the people and things that were important to us.   The book takes some inspiration from Charles Dickens’s  A Christmas Carol , as my central character is also taken on a journey to her past and present, and to better see how she could make a new future for herself.   It’s poignant, uplifting, humorous and optimistic. Did you have the plot entirely figured out when you started writing the book or did it take an unexpected turn as the characters grew on the page? A: No, no book is ever entirely figured out, although I do as much planning as possible.   I know from experience that you can waste huge amounts of...

Welcome to the blog tour for Nearest Thing To Crazy by Elizabeth Forbes. More about the book… Cassandra and a group of her friends enjoy Sunday lunch together on a perfect summer’s day. They’re pleased to welcome their glamorous new neighbour and novelist, Ellie, who has rented a house in the village to work on her book. She likes to place herself in the centre of her plots, she says, although it’s hard to see what she’ll find to write about in this quiet country backwater. As Ellie slots effortlessly into the village social scene, Cass begins to feel increasingly alienated from her friends and isolated from her family but, for the life of her, she can’t fathom out why... More about the author… Elizabeth Forbes was born and raised on the Isle of Wight and now lives in Herefordshire with her husband, two dogs and two hens. She published three romantic thrillers under the name Elizabeth Harrington: The Corporate Wife, Making Up and Daddy Darling . She then took a break from writing and ...

By E.K. Woodcock Synopsis: You don't know me yet, but you're about to. I’m your resident cynic Skylar O’Connor. Last year for my birthday I was gifted a psychic reading by my mother. I know, my eyes did a 180 roll to the back of my head too. But hear me out…  From troubles with my day job to the tall, single and mysterious, this woman hit the nail on the head.  I never thought I would find my Prince Charming in someone else's Cinderella moment but alas here I'm staring at the man who could possibly change my life. How did this book end up in my hands?  I was gifted a digital copy of the book by the author so that I could share my thoughts on it. Did the book meet my expectations?  I don’t often read romance but , when I do, I choose well. A Cinderella Story has all the elements of a good romance – likeable characters, enough twists to keep things interesting and a happy ending – and I thoroughly enjoyed. Not to be confused with a retelling of the fairytale we all kn...