Damsels in Distress: Roleplay
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The trilogy comprises FlatSpin, GamePlan and RolePlay and was first seen at the Stephen Joseph...
County Durham Place Names
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John Burland, the founder of the Wainwright Society and a regular contributor to Cumbria & Dalesman...
I Never Knew That About the English
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This wonderful book takes an affectionate, entertaining and perceptive look at the English people....
Naturally Tan
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Growing up gay in a traditional South Asian family in South Yorkshire, Tan France could never have...
The Monastery Murders
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Their lives are ones of quiet contemplation—and brutal murder. Christmas Eve, 1176. Brother...
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The setting is a small grocer's shop in Balby, a suburb of Doncaster in South Yorkshire. The owner,...
Sisters is about July and September, born 10 months apart and as close as twins. They’ve only ever needed each other. But when school bullying results in them moving away with their mother to an abandoned house on the Yorkshire coast, their relationship starts to fracture. And as they push one another to do increasingly daring things, July starts to realise that something isn’t quite right.
My thoughts:
I love a quirky read, and Sisters is exactly that. I was never quite sure what July and September were going to do next, and their demands of each other were at times really dangerous. They are very insular and don’t seems to want anyone else involved in their relationship - even their mother. Even the house they live in is unfriendly, set in a hostile environment.
This isn’t a scary book at all, but it’s packed with suspense and there’s a really uncomfortable, disorientating atmosphere.
I loved it.
David McK (3425 KP) rated Sharpe's Justice (1997) in Movies
Jan 8, 2023 (Updated Jan 8, 2023)
That's Sharpe's Regiment.
As such, it never touches at all upon the impact of the war on the 'ordinary folk', which is exactly what this one (of only two) specially-written-for-TV episodes do, with Sharpe returning home to England, during the peace of 1814, with his reputation restored (following the events of Sharpe's Revenge) in search of his money which has been stolen by his unfaithful wife who is now having an affair.
Posted to the Yorkshire moors, Sharpe soon finds himself trapped between his corrupt employers and their downtrodden (and luddite, as they fear machines are taking their place) workers, reconnecting with those from his childhood and discovering along the way that some of them are closer related to him than he thought ...
Cori June (3033 KP) rated A Fine & Private Place in Books
Oct 26, 2019
This book isn't in a hurry to get anywhere taking its time to get where it wants to go. The trip that you go on is beautifully described. There is a mystery behind the happening of Morgan's death, not hurried and at times easily forgotten.
It is a witty read and challenged me a great deal. I enjoyed the slow read so I could digest some of the concepts and think them over. A good read, if a slow one.