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52 Books, in January 2020 I set myself the challenge of reading a book a week and blogging about it, mainly to keep me in the habit of writing.
First off, I believe The Husbands is about to be turned into a film and I can see why. It’s kind of like Stepford Wives but reversed and in this era of … Continue Reading Book Review: The Husbands by Chandler Baker
In the author’s note, Alice Slater describes her debut as “a horrible little book”, a description that’s bang on the money. Death of a Bookseller is a horrible little book….in a good way. It’s a … Continue Reading Book Review: Death of a Bookseller by Alice Slater
I loved Abigail Dean’s debut, Girl A when I read it in 2021 and have been dying to see what she’d come up with next……I didn’t expect her to make me wait 3 years. … Continue Reading Book Review: Day One by Abigail Dean
I’d been looking forward to Anita De Monte Laughs Last for months and it did not disappoint. This is the third book I’ve managed to tick off my anticipated reads … Continue Reading Book Review: Anita De Monte Laughs Last by Xóchitl González
In terms of reading, my March was excellent! I got through five books, and I’d say they were all 5-star reads. They were a mixture of new to me authors, … Continue Reading March in Books| Mini Reviews.
2024 is certainly spoiling me with superb, new releases! Next up on my list, The List of Suspicious Things by Jennie Godfrey, another book that I can guarantee will be a favourite for a … Continue Reading Book Review: The List of Suspicious Things by Jennie Godfrey
“The women had a story to tell, even if the world wasn’t quite yet ready to hear it, and their story began with three simple words. – We were there”. Kristin … Continue Reading Book Review: The Women by Kristin Hannah
Oooof Dorothy Koomson is very, very, good. Long term readers won’t be surprised by that statement, I have made no secret of the fact that I love her books and I was … Continue Reading Book Review: Every Smile You Fake by Dorothy Koomson.
I read Kylie Reid’s first book Such a fun age back in 2020 and had been really looking forward to seeing what she’d come up with next, so when I saw Come and … Continue Reading Book Review: Come and Get It by Kylie Reid.
What a wonderful book! Frank and Red by Matt Coyne is getting a lot of love from the book community, and it deserves every last bit of it, it’s a story … Continue Reading Book Review: Frank & Red by Matt Coyne
“It’s time to abandon this monochromatic way of seeing our imperial history once and for all. It’s time to seek nuance wherever it’s available. It’s time for everyone, even those … Continue Reading Book Review: Empireworld by Sathnam Sanghera
This is the third year in a row I’m going to attempt to keep up with monthly mini reviews; it’s got to be third time lucky, right? Last year I … Continue Reading January in books| Mini Reviews.
Ooooooffff, I love a book that constantly makes me question what is going in and Counterfeit most certainly did that. Avid readers of this blog (pah!) will notice that Counterfeit was one of the … Continue Reading Book Review: Counterfeit by Kirsten Chen
This book needs to come with a warning. I do a lot of my reading on the bus to work, and one morning All the Lonely People had me in … Continue Reading Book Review: All the Lonely People by Mike Gayle
I’m quite new to Nina Stibbe’s work, I’m not overly familiar with her back catalogue at all. I did read One Day I Shall Astonish the World a couple of years ago, … Continue Reading Book Review: Went to London, Took the Dog by Nina Stibbe.
I wasn’t going to do this list this year, hence why I’m a little late posting this. I always fail to read books I pick out from my backlist but … Continue Reading 2024 Beat the Backlist Challenge…
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