With a title to rival The 100 Year Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared, by Jonas Jonasson, and the Secret Letters of the Monk Who Sold His Ferrari, by Robin Sharma, Romain Puértolas’s first novel is destined to become the next book club sensation. Tending towards cutesy at times, The Extraordinary Journey... Continue Reading →
The Food of Love, by Anthony Capella
This is the perfect travel book for reading at airports and on planes. It’s super light in content, with no long lists of names to remember or complex plots to do battle with when your brain is on the verge of jetlag-induced mush. It is pure fluff. I rather enjoyed it: mostly because it’s set... Continue Reading →
Beautiful Ruins, by Jess Walter
Well, it would appear that you can actually judge a book by its cover. The only reason I picked this one up was because of the picture of the Ligurian village of Manarola on the front. I visited the Cinque Terre the year before last and of course seeing it again brought back some beautiful... Continue Reading →
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