Considering that I’ve been enjoying the summer break from teaching for the last three weeks, I haven’t really done too much reading in July, as I’ve been trying to get some writing done. I’ve been fortunate in getting the opportunity to read some fabulous ARCs this month. ‘A Line to Kill’ is the third in … Continue reading July Reading Round-up
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. This week’s rather convoluted top ten title really got me thinking. Which books have I been really annoyed about finishing? Which have I heard about others reading, and got jealous … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Books that I loved so much, I wish there were more just like them
This weekly challenge is hosted by Sam at Taking on a World of Words. All you need to do to participate is to answer these three questions: What are you currently reading?What have you recently finished reading?What will you be reading next? What I’m currently reading I've started reading a dystopian YA novel by Emily … Continue reading WWW Wednesday – Wednesday, 28th April 2021
This weekly challenge is hosted by Sam at Taking on a World of Words. All you need to do to participate is to answer these three questions: What are you currently reading?What have you recently finished reading?What will you be reading next? What I’m currently reading This week, I'm reading an ARC of 'The Night … Continue reading WWW Wednesday – Wednesday, 21st April 2021
This weekly challenge is hosted by Sam at Taking on a World of Words. All you need to do to participate is to answer these three questions: What are you currently reading?What have you recently finished reading?What will you be reading next? What I’m currently reading I've just started reading 'Amanda in Malta: The Sleeping … Continue reading WWW Wednesday – Wednesday, 14th April 2021
We've just stepped into April, the sun is shining, and it's time for a round-up of last month's reading... TitleAuthorDate PublishedFormatMy rating out of 5Link to my review The PearlJohn Steinbeck1947Audiobook4I Found YouLisa Jewell2017Audiobook5Marion Lane and the Midnight MurderT.A. Willberg2020Ebook2Read my reviewThe Valley of Lost SecretsLesley Parr2021Audiobook4The Distant HoursKate Morton2010Hardback4The Martian ChroniclesRay Bradbury1950Audiobook3Circus of WondersElizabeth … Continue reading What I read in March 2021
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an ARC of this novel in exchange for my honest review. I have been binging on rather a lot of crime thrillers over the last year or so and have found that many follow a rather predictable pattern - this one was rather different though, as the … Continue reading Book Review: ‘The Blame’ by Kerry Wilkinson
Thank you to NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest review. Fawn is the owner of an established book shop, and this this novel chronicles a year of her life and that of the shop. The narrative is told through a series of emails, shop reviews and blog posts, which does make for … Continue reading Book Review: ‘Confessions of a Curious Bookseller‘ by Elizabeth Green
Jenny is 35, lives in London, has friends, an ex, a job and a mother. And a phone. This is a book about her relationship with all of these. Jenny is a likeable character - flawed, but with lots of appeal. She tries hard and has had some really bad luck, and it's easy to … Continue reading Book Review: ‘Adults’ by Emma Jane Unsworth
I’m not absolutely sure what all of the hype has been about with this novel. I’d heard so many people raving about this thriller, noticed that it was on the Richard and Judy Bookclub lists and seen it on the supermarket shelves, and it got to the stage where everyone seemed to have read it … Continue reading Book Review: ‘Blood Orange’ by Harriet Tyce
