London Transports - Maeve Binchy

Nights of Rain and Stars - Maeve Binchy

Despite her popularity I have never really been interested in reading a Maeve Binchy novel, mostly because the people that have recommended her novels to me are my Nana and other people around her age, so I though they just wouldn t appeal to me. After hunting around for something to read I read a few of the blurbs on Binchy s novels and thought I might bite the bullet and give one a go. I decided Nights Of Rain And Stars purely because it s set in a traditional Greek village and Greece (especially the small traditional places in Greece) is my favourite place in the whole world (well so far!) The Story The novel begins in the Greek village of Aghia Anna, where a tragedy ...

Nights of Rain and Stars - Maeve Binchy

As a caveat, I should probably explain that I have never been a fan of Maeve Binchy. But I also never disliked her. I read a couple of her books before reading “Nights of rain and stars” and I liked them, but they did not overwhelm me at all. So what did I think of this little part of her wide collection? By complete coincidence, five tourists vacationing in the Greek village of Aghia Anna meet at a taverna. Two are from Ireland, one from the United States, one from Germany and one from England. All five of them left home in search of something different, leaving friends and family behind. Fiona and Shane are from Ireland. Fiona is a young girl who is desperately in ...

Quentins - Maeve Binchy

* That's the barest outline of the first half of Maeve Binchy's most recent book. I nearly didn't buy it at all, having read a review (probably on Amazon) which focussed on the snapshot stories of visitors to Quentins, and didn't mention the main plotline involving Ella. Then I saw it in a charity shop for £1 and decided it would probably be a good book for a long day travelling, on planes and in airports. I didn't expect a whole lot from it, and was pleasantly surprised to find that it was an enjoyable read - not particularly memorable, not as deep as some of her other, longer books, but nonetheless one to keep and re-read in ...