I was delighted to win a proof copy of 'The Homes' from Viper on Twitter last month. I have to admit that I hadn't heard of this book or the author before, but Viper is fast becoming my new favourite book imprint, so I couldn't wait to get stuck in. There were good people in … Continue reading Book Review of ‘The Homes’ by J.B.Mylet
Grief is like an inside joke: you have to have been there to really get it. The only things Cassandra knows about her family are the stories she’s heard in snatches over the years: about the aunt and cousin she never got to meet, about the man from the folded-up photograph in one of her … Continue reading Book Review of ‘Wild Fires’ by Sophie Jai
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday theme is a really fun one, and has led to hours of indulging in looking at some fabulous bookish merchandise. These are ten of my favourites… Book Stack Earrings Book Shirt Dress Hunt a Killer mystery boxes Stephen King Book Cover throw Reading Girl Book Ends A candle that smells … Continue reading TTT: Bookish Merchandise I’d Love to Own
A really interesting prompt for this week’s Top Ten Tuesday: Authors I Haven’t Read, But Want To. Oh, where to begin?! According to a survey conducted for Literary Hub, prolific writer Emily Temple found out that at the age of 25, a super reader, a rockstar bookworm who can comfortably go through 80 books a … Continue reading TTT: Authors I Haven’t Read, But Want To
I feel as though I should probably begin this review with a disclaimer… I am a huge, huge fan of Margaret Atwood. I first read A Handmaid’s Tale as one of my A-level English Literature texts, and have since read all of her published works of fiction and most her poetry and non-fiction. So yes, … Continue reading Book Review of Burning Questions by Margaret Atwood
In this novel, we find ourselves in Western Australia in 1886. Eliza Brightwell has been living with her family at Bannin Bay since their arrival when she was ten years old. Ten years later, and Eliza’s eccentric father has become a successful and respected captain of a pearl-diving boat. When the boat returns after months … Continue reading Book review of ‘Moonlight and the Pearler’s Daughter’ by Lizzie Pook
I'm going to be taking part in #FebruarySheWrote, which is a month-long reading event highlighting books by female authors and authors with she/her pronouns. Here's a glimse of some of the titles that I hope to be reading and reviewing this month. 'Booth' by Karen Joy Fowler From the Man Booker finalist and bestselling author … Continue reading My February TBR List
Summary It’s time to solve the murder of the century. Forty years ago, Steven Smith found a copy of a famous children’s book by disgraced author Edith Twyford, its margins full of strange markings and annotations. Wanting to know more, he took it to his English teacher Miss Iles, not relaising the chain of events … Continue reading Book Review of ‘The Twyford Code’ by Janice Hallett
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme that was created by The Broke and the Bookish and is now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. I’ve read 87 books this year - a personal record - and I’ve read some really fantastic books, both new and old. This is a list of my favourite reads … Continue reading TTT: My 5 Star Reads of 2021
Narrated by: Cathy Tyson Listening time: 12 hours 7 minutes Summary of ‘The Muse’ A picture hides a thousand words . . . On a hot July day in 1967, Odelle Bastien climbs the stone steps of the Skelton gallery in London, knowing that her life is about to change forever. Having struggled to find … Continue reading Audiobook review of ‘The Muse’ by Jessie Burton
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