BOOK REVIEW OF THE BONFIRE BUDDLEIA BY JO BAVINGTON-JONES
PUBLISHED BY HUT 22 BOOKS ON THE 3RD MARCH 2025 An emotional look at three sisters’ lives as they come to terms with their past as children and the effect their childhood had on each of them. The neighbour from their childhood home dies, opening the vault of secrets for all three sisters. Can they come to terms with all this, but what are they going to do about it? This kept me turning those pages all day; you can almost feel the emotions pouring out from the pages. Very well written plus a truly wonderful story written by our…
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GUEST POST FROM JO Crime pays, so they say. And, to a large extent where books are concerned, this is true. My crime novels far outsell my women’s fiction novels. So, having turned to a life of crime (fiction) in 2021, why am I still writing women’s fiction? That’s a good question! Crime and detective fiction are undoubtedly my first loves. From the moment I opened Richard Scarry’s The Great Pie Robbery at a very young age, I was hooked, and my reading taste has never really changed. At fifty-seven, you’ll still see me picking up the latest Robert Galbraith…
View PostTHE BONFIRE BUDDLEIA BY LOCAL AUTHOR
PUBLISHED BY HUT 22 BOOKS ON THE 3rd MARCH 2025 I am so pleased to start reading this book by another of our local authors. Folkestone is the place to live if you are an author as we are buzzing with so much creativity. I was going to save this for my holiday but couldn’t wait lol. I will be finished before I go away. Will have to get a few on my Kindle for my break away to Spain with Lynda. Jo Bavington-Jones was born in Dover in 1967, where her father owned the local newspaper. Jo has an…
View PostFINDING KRONAM BY MARGARET HARLAND-SUDDES – BOOK REVIEW
PUBLISHED BY AUSTIN MACAULEY ON THE 21st MARCH 2025 This publication is by a local Folkestone writer Margaret Harland-Suddes. I have just finished reading this and I must admit it had me hooked wondering what would happen next. Teenagers are going to love this if they like sci-fi adventures. I love the way Margaret’s mind works and dreams up all these amazing things about the future, I would never think of anything like this. When sixteen years old, Mirabel, Josh, Sarah, and Robbie set out to explore the derelict Wheal Penrin Cornish tin mine, they have no idea of the…
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