…to The Literary Land. A space for all things book and theatre related – musings, photos, reviews. From time-to-time I’ll share updates about my own writing (with maybe the occasional excerpt/sample).
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Review: You and Me On Vacation – Emily Henry
Read in 2021 In 2020 I read Beach Read – Emily Henry’s debut adult novel – and thoroughly enjoyed it. I’d been waiting for the arrival of You and Me on Vacation in the UK bookshops and was unsure whether it would connect with me as BR had done. Firstly, a little note on the… Read more
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Review: A Sky Painted Gold – Laura Wood
Read in 2019 & 2020 What a beauty of a novel! It simmers and glimmers with a Gatsby-esque quality but is very much a gorgeous specimen in its own right. Lou is a young protagonist who bursts with energy and spirit and holds the desire for something to happen in her life – something many… Read more
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Not so little: Little Women (2020)
We might be familiar with Little Women, Louisa May Alcott’s novel about the lives of the four March sisters growing up in Concord. Even if you’ve not read the book, the chances are you’ll have seen a film or TV adaptation or, at the very least, have heard of it. My own encounter with it… Read more
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Review: The Lieutenant of Inishmore (Aug 2018)
I headed to London to catch Martin McDonagh’s The Lieutenant of Inishmore before it closes in early September. The bustling theatres of the West End are places I rarely frequent. In the past you’d have found me dotting around the Off-West End, the fringe scene, regional theatres and the big guns: the RSC, NT and… Read more
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Returning to Hardy: The Trumpet Major
It’s over a year since I last put down a Thomas Hardy novel. That was The Woodlanders. After completing his major works some years ago, I’d wanted to venture into the territory of his slightly lesser known works before finally completing the Hardy novel canon with his very much little known works. It took me… Read more
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