The Animals at Lockwood Manor by Jane Healey

February 27, 2020February 27, 2020 Rums the Reader4 Comments

A terrible secret lies buried at the heart of this house. August 1939. As the world goes to war, Hetty Cartwright arrives at Lockwood Manor, to take up her new post for the duration of the war, as safekeeper of the natural history museum’s most treasured animal collection, recently evacuated from London. Yet life at… Continue reading The Animals at Lockwood Manor by Jane Healey

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The Story Keeper by Anna Mazzola

May 3, 2019 Rums the Reader4 Comments

Audrey Hart is on the Isle of Skye to collect the word-of-mouth folk tales of the people and communities around her. It is 1857, the Highland Clearances have left devastation and poverty, and the crofters are suspicious and hostile, claiming they no longer know their stories. Then Audrey discovers the body of a young girl… Continue reading The Story Keeper by Anna Mazzola

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The Beguiled by Thomas Cullinan

February 19, 2019February 19, 2019 Rums the Reader5 Comments

I've seen so much about this book and more specifically the most recent film adaptation directed by Sofia Coppola with its truly star studded cast. I had no idea what the story was about which is my favourite thing when starting a new book. After reading the blurb I was convinced this would be just… Continue reading The Beguiled by Thomas Cullinan