Category Archives: Reviews

Reviews are like opinions: everybody has one. While we may not agree with all reviews, it’s still good to see what someone else thinks of a good book!

It’s a perfect book storm!

Mothergooseberry Books has just acquired a huge collection of the most fascinating mix of books we have ever seen! Literally hundreds of volumes. Sorting through them took a week. But now photographing and listing them is in full swing. Probably … Continue reading

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Pippi in the South Seas by Astrid Lindgren

By Guest Reviewer “Lizzie Bennett” Pippi in the South Seas is the third book in a series after Pippi Longstocking and Pippi Goes on Board. This one is a wild and crazy tropical adventure! These books had me completely hooked as … Continue reading

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Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte

By Guest Reviewer “Lizzie Bennett” “I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will.” There is no literary character I love quite as well as Jane Eyre. This book is … Continue reading

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Review: Five Short Stories by Daphne Du Maurier: “Don’t Look Now; The Breakthrough; Not After Midnight; A Border-Line Case; The Way of the Cross”

by Guest Reviewer “Cymrugirl” While this collection of stories by Du Maurier is always interesting (her writing is so good it inevitably keeps you turning the pages to find out more), the conclusions of the stories often fail. Meaning is … Continue reading

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Reviews of some Mothergooseberry Books

Remember having to give “book reports” when you were in school and getting graded on them? Well, stay tuned for reviews of some of our books. Oh, and no one will be handing out grades on our reviews.    

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