Raynor Reads Stuff

Tag: historical fiction

  • REVIEW: The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah

    It has been a very long time since a book made me cry but this one did. I mean, I wasn’t sobbing but there was definite watering. Once again this novel was by an author I had never read before and once again I shall be adding her to the list of authors I enjoy…

  • REVIEW: How to Stop Time by Matt Haig

    I am very late in introducing myself to Matt Haig. He’s been around a fair while and I have several of his books on my vast and overloaded To Be Read shelves including The Midnight Library but I decided to start with How To Stop Time. I liked the premise of this book – it’s…

  • REVIEW: The Strange Fate of Kitty Easton by Elizabeth Speller

    After the debacle of Gertrude Stein’s Food – number 08 in the Penguin Modern Classics collection and the subject of yesterday’s blog – I desperately needed something that I was going to a) understand and b) enjoy. Step up Elizabeth Speller with The Strange Fate of Kitty Easton. Laurence Bartram is our protagonist in this…

  • REVIEW: The Silk House

    It’s time for a nice Gothic mystery and this book by Kayte Nunn seemed to fit the bill nicely. To start with I liked the cover. I do often choose books by their cover. It told me the book was ‘haunting’ and I do like a nice ghost story. Kayte Nunn was born in Singapore,…