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First things first, I can not believe Michel Faber isn’t a vegan or at least a vegetarian after reading Under the Skin….anyone else who’s read this MUST understand where I’m … Continue Reading Book Review: Under the Skin by Michel Faber
The next time someone asks me why I read so much, I swear to God I’m going to hit them in the face with this book and then stand over … Continue Reading Book Review: The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams
And….we’re up and running with 2022’s reading mission. A mission/target I still haven’t defined but hey ho, here’s book one, ‘The next person you meet in heaven ‘by Mitch Albom. … Continue Reading Book Review: The next person you meet in heaven by Mitch Albom
I didn’t hit my target of 52 this year. I’m fine with that, I half expected it, once lockdown was over, I made up for lost time and took every … Continue Reading 2021 in books
I thought One Minute Later by Susan Lewis was going to be a thriller. I’ve seen it described as an emotionally gripping thriller. I don’t think I’d use the word … Continue Reading Book Review: One Minute Later by Susan Lewis
Have you ever a read a book that you enjoyed so much; you want to start reading it again immediately? A book that’s so heart-warmingly beautiful you wish you could … Continue Reading Book Review: A man called Ove by Fredrik Backman
It’s fair to say I have a mixed history when it comes to thrillers. I’ve read some dreadful thrillers, it’s a genre I’m a bit wary of. It takes a … Continue Reading Book Review: Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney
This is a book that every woman, and man for that matter, needs to read. The Panic Years by Nell Frizzell will give you all an understanding of a maddingly … Continue Reading Book Review: The Panic Years Nell Frizzell
Full disclosure, Sam sent me a free copy of this book, at this point I should say in return for a fair and honest review, but she didn’t actually ask … Continue Reading Book Review: Call Billy 07899232007 by Sam McColl
There are 200 roses in Sarajevo, each are memorials made from concrete scars caused by mortar explosions and filled with red resin. Each rose on the pavement of the city … Continue Reading Book Review: Rose of Sarajevo by Ayse Kulin
Earlier this year I read The One by John Marrs after my friend Alice spent the best part of year (probably longer to be honest) nagging me to read it. … Continue Reading Book Review: The Passengers by John Marrs
This is my first venture into Esther Freud’s work and, while melancholic, I couldn’t love you more is beautiful and incredibly moving. It’s the story of three generations of women, … Continue Reading Book Review: I couldn’t love you more by Esther Freud
I have mixed views on The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E Schwab. The concept and story is so intriguing, yet I wasn’t entirely sold on it. As always … Continue Reading Book Review: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
A few years ago, I read the Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris, the story of Lale a Slovakian Jew in Auschwitz forced to permanently mark his fellow prisoners. During … Continue Reading Book Review: Three Sisters by Heather Morris
It’s Sunday the 28th August 2005, the sun has set over Bramham park in Leeds, I’ve spent the past three nights sleeping in a tent unwisely pitched on a hill meaning … Continue Reading Book Review: The Storyteller by Dave Grohl
We are 100 would make a superb TV series. Seriously, someone, somewhere must have picked this up already and if they haven’t, they need to. I’ve been back on a … Continue Reading Book Review: We are 100 by Nathan Timmel
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