Amita Murray
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, by Deborah Moggach
Reviewed on July 1, 2012
Can life begin again when you’ve been outsourced at the age of seventy-five to a land you’ve never been to, and from which you are unlikely to return? Is this the end of your life, or a new beginning that you never dreamed possible? Is your journey singularly your own, or will you, in shaking [...]
Me Before You, by Jojo Moyes
Reviewed on March 7, 2012
It isn’t your average author who can write a love story between a quadriplegic and his carer and make you want to turn page after page into the early hours of the morning. Oddly, the story, without being maudlin, overly sentimental or depressing, is uplifting. It is even funny at times. And you find yourself [...]
The Case of the Missing Boyfriend, by Nick Alexander
Reviewed on February 27, 2012
You may think you’re picking up the average chick-lit when you slide this sleek novel from the bookshelves. You may think you know exactly what you’re getting for your twelve pound ninety-nine. But think again. Chick-lit, as a genre, revolves around a hapless twenty-nine-year-old, who gets into pickle after pickle, can’t hold a relationship together [...]
Love at Absolute Zero, by Christopher Meeks
Reviewed on February 1, 2012
Remember when you used to hang out at the local boozer hoping to bump into this guy or gal who you couldn’t get out of your head but who refused to do much except play mind games with you? And there, against all the odds, one of those hopeless-making nights, you bumped into the love [...]
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The Bookgeeks Interview
Mark Oldfield
Mark Oldfield has worked in criminological research for over 20 years. He has a PhD in Criminology from the University of Kent and has carried out research in the areas of risk assessment and prediction and as well as evaluative research on policing, prisons and probation. He has also taught in various Universities on research, crime and criminal justice.
