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Contented citizens live in the new megacities. With the amount of surveillance in place, there is little crime. Fitted with biometric sensors, they know they are ill before symptoms arise. On the other hand every morsel they eat or drink they imbibe is recorded, and noted. The Bettencourts are back, with more scheming and manipulation […]

Set in 2061, most people live in the government run megacities where everyone is watched and controlled. The wrong word can earn you a demerit and too many of those mean you lose your job and face eviction to one of the Hope villages. And they are not nearly as delightful as they sound. A […]

Lita, Nick and Kendall are close friends who live together. Lita Stone earns good money from her blog and works part time for Esme in a café. Nick Freer is a journalist and runs a couple of blogs anonymously. Kendal Clarke works for Zest, a restaurant which is part of Nutricorp. The country has leading […]

  This is a delightful story with an environmental message for all children who read or listen to it. I chose to listen to the audiobook, which is not something I do often. Nessie is worried about plastic in Loch Ness as she sets off to meet her sheep friends with their lambs. But she […]

I chose to read Retreat from Nuala as a member of Rosie’s Book Review Team and received a copy from the author, but that does not alter my review in any way. There is nothing like returning to a series you know for that wonderful feeling of contentment as you settle back in with familiar […]

  In this latest adventure Amanda, age twelve, has travelled to the Isle of Arran off the west coast of Scotland with her friend Leah to stay with Aunt Jenny. As always Amanda is inquisitive about everything around her and excited by being on an island. She soon gets to know some of the locals. […]

When Only Memories Remain is a book that tells the story of every parent’s worst nightmare. That one where your children go out and don’t come back. In this case there is an accident and tragically several families are affected. Paul is the Church of Scotland Minister in the parish of Burnbrae and in a […]

When you enjoy an author’s writing, you will endeavour to read as much of their work as you can, whatever it is. In a departure to the mostly historical fiction that Barrow produces, Live and Let is the lively and often humorous telling of a young family’s move to Pembrokeshire and their holiday let. The […]

I chose to read this book as a member of Rosie Amber’s Book Review Team and received a copy from the author. This does not affect my review in any way. I like books of shorter fiction. They often give me respite between longer works and are great when travelling or in waiting rooms. At […]

I have already read the books that make up the Howarth Family Saga Series which I thought were excellent, so I was delighted when I came across this prequel, which was written after the trilogy. You might think it was completed as an after-thought. A ploy by the author to produce yet another story using […]