23rd April 09

Yep St Georges Day to-day but no red rose in buttonhole. One of the things I will enjoy doing, out of the 6 suggested by Boris Johnson, is to go on a pub crawl & support the English pubs which are under a threat from closure.
Anyway, my guests this week are Lydia Birch & Corinna christopher.
Lydia is reviewing Barbara Erskine - Midnight is a Lonely Place, a historical novel with a twist of the supernatural.
Cloud Garden by Tom Hart Dyke - a true story about a botanist who went looking for Orchids in central America against all advice from places like 'Lonely Planet'. He & his mate were taken hostage for 9 months by terrorists. Lydia did not like this book.
Corinna reviewed Man in the Picture by Susan Hill ( most reviewers considered this not as good as 'The Woman In Black')& The Return by Victoria Hislop (many reviewers preferred the Island, her first book, and were disappointed in this her second).