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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
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
Where are you indeed? Okay, I fully got swept up in Normal People – the book and tv series….I did not get swept up in Sally Rooney’s new novel, Beautiful … Continue Reading Book Review: Beautiful world where are you by Sally Rooney
I started thinking about this post months ago. My friend Sinead and I – another prolific reader – were enjoying a sunny afternoon in the garden with a few drinks. … Continue Reading Talking books: When the film is better than the book…..
By this point, I have completely abandoned my mission to clear books off my TBR, I managed four out of the ten, then new books appeared on my Kindle and … Continue Reading Book Review: Freckles by Cecelia Ahern
**SPOILER FREE** I feel like I’ve been waiting a lifetime for Magpie by Elizabeth Day to be released. I think I’ve had it on pre-order since the beginning of the … Continue Reading Book Review: Magpie by Elizabeth Day
Slight weeklong hiatus, so let’s get cracking! How many of us heard or read the ‘cool girl’ rant in Gone Girl nodding with a wry smile? “Men always say that … Continue Reading Book Review: Pretending by Holly Bourne
I have never read a book where the characters are so odious and yet, have been so intrigued to find out what happens to them. The Party is about the … Continue Reading Book Review: The Party by Elizabeth Day
I have Bibliomania, hardly a ground-breaking revelation, after all, this entire blog started as a way for me to talk about books. I’ve always read. I’m often asked how I … Continue Reading Talking books….getting to grips with my TBR list….
I don’t think a book has ever surprised me more than Meet Me In Another Life. I could have written multiple predictions about what I thought this book would be … Continue Reading Book Review: Meet me in Another Life by Catriona Silvey
My god this book melted my heart. It broke through my stony exterior and made my eyes leak. I blubbed, I blubbed a lot and I loved it. In a … Continue Reading Book Review: The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin
Ah, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo surprised me, a lot. This book was nothing at all like what expected. I have a feeling this is going to be a … Continue Reading Book Review: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
During a snowstorm in England in 1910, a baby is born and dies before she can take her first breath. During a snowstorm in England in 1910, the same baby … Continue Reading Book Review: Life after life by Kate Atkinson
Happy Friday, firstly, yes, I’ve had an unexpected hiatus. I haven’t posted in two weeks. In truth, I’ve struggled to find the time. My God, I had forgotten how busy … Continue Reading Talking books…mid year review
**Trigger warning – themes of child sexual abuse** I have never hated a character as much as I hated Strane. I wanted to smash his smug, manipulative, lecherous, perv face … Continue Reading Book Review: My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell
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