The Customs House by Andrew Motion has been on my TBR pile for the past few months. I keep being drawn back to this collection of poetry, written partly inspired by soldiers' experiences from 1914, his father's own experiences of D-Day and then much later on, inspired by marriage. Andrew depicts landscapes and topographies which are wrapped up in the intimate memories of marriages....

Set in the hot summer of 1986, with powerful waves, open skies and bold cliffs, I was going to be biased from the first page. It's set in Cornwall, my favourite place!  Located on the dramatic coastline of Cape Cornwall, The Cliff House offers an escape from isolation and loneliness for sixteen year old Tamsyn. Spending her summer holidays obsessively spying on the...

The Cactus fits perfectly in the nook carved out by Graeme Simsion’s The Rosie Project and Gail Honeyman’s Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine. Warm, uplifting, funny and bittersweet, Sarah Haywood's book will make you cringe, laugh and get stingy eyes.  Susan Green is a forty-five year old independent woman who owns her own flat, has a full-time job, a long term, convenient lover,...