Blog – Scuffed Granny

Books, travel, TV and other interests – find my reviews here

There’s a substantive canon of work for 20th century wars – but what is life like for the modern soldier? Hennessey’s book gives a first-hand insight

by scuffedgranny April 22, 2026March 23, 2026

Tension mounts as the Catholic Church comes under attack in this ecumenical thriller but where is the threat coming from? Is it from within?

by scuffedgranny April 15, 2026March 1, 2026

This is a bloody psychological wild ride of a book, set in 70s’ Chicago, and centred on crime, families and power plays

by scuffedgranny April 8, 2026March 1, 2026

The origin story of an unlikely superhero called Cockroach aka Kyle Alexander, an ordinary schoolboy who finds a magic ring…

by scuffedgranny April 1, 2026November 22, 2025

If there were such a book as a manual for life and how to approach it, then this should be it: straight-talking sense, sharply delivered.

by scuffedgranny March 26, 2026November 21, 2025

Love, passion, acceptance – all of these themes permeate through this English/Italian collection with intensity, humour and honesty

by scuffedgranny March 19, 2026November 21, 2025

A project takes people back to nature and a nomadic lifestyle but is this going to be the idyll they think it will be?

by scuffedgranny March 12, 2026November 14, 2025

A short book of poems, some prose, some stream-of-consciousness musings, forming an eclectic collection, delivered in the same erudite voice

by scuffedgranny March 5, 2026

An intriguing title for an intriguing book about an imaginative girl called April at a key time in her life

by scuffedgranny March 5, 2026November 9, 2025

A memoir of a life which begins troubled but shows the true power of resilience and the importance of having the right support

by scuffedgranny February 27, 2026February 20, 2026

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