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I have mixed feelings on this one. Very, very mixed feelings. It’s a book of two halves. There’s a lot to the man I never met by Elle Cook it appears as … Continue Reading Book Review: The Man I Never Met by Elle Cook
Dorothy Koomson plays an absolute blinder with her latest book My Other Husband. I’ve read a lot of Dorothy Koomson’s work, I always look out for her new releases, luckily, … Continue Reading Book Review: My Other Husband by Dorothy Koomson
If you ever feel as though the world is totally shit and there’s no hope for humans (and let’s be honest sometimes looking around you’d be forgiven for thinking that), … Continue Reading Book Review: Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
I try to steer clear of political books, I work in news, I don’t need the negativity in my down time too, but I couldn’t quite resist delving into Jonathan … Continue Reading Book Review| Jonathan Pie: Off the Record
As has been a running theme for 2022, I’m quite a few book reviews behind. Anywho, I did manage to read a fair few books through November so thought it … Continue Reading November in books| Mini reviews
What do you do when you’re 11 and your best friend – the Rolls bloody Royce of best friends – dies suddenly? This is what Norman Foreman’s facing when we … Continue Reading Book Review: The funny thing about Norman Foreman by Julietta Henderson
It’s just turned 9pm on Tuesday, I’m in bed in my part time home (a hotel in Newcastle), I had every intention of a ridiculously early night but instead I’ve … Continue Reading Book Review: Wish you were here yet? by James Crookes
During the summer, while in bed with bloody Covid, I finally got around to reading Malibu Rising and really enjoyed it. Now in that book, there was one character that … Continue Reading Book Review: Carrie Soto is back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Have you ever read a book that’s so hilarious that you’ve got some pretty funny looks on the train because your witch like cackle is ringing out for all the … Continue Reading Book Review: Undoctored by Adam Kay
My pledge to catch up on book reviews is not exactly going well, in fact I’ve fallen further behind, so I’d better crack on before I forget what each book … Continue Reading Book review| Ten Years by Pernille Hughes
So, we’re into the last quarter of the year already. Yeah, I don’t know where the time has gone either. Anyway, as we hurtle towards December, I thought it was … Continue Reading Talking books: 2022 so far….
Another Life by Jodie Chapman’s been lingering on my kindle for years, bought on a whim like so many others and then forgotten about. I’ve clearly been in the mood for … Continue Reading Book Review| Another Life by Jodie Chapman
Wowzers! This was a bloody good read. Daisy Darker is my third Alice Feeney book and with this one, she’s cemented herself as one of my favourite thriller writers. **SPOILER … Continue Reading Book Review| Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney
What a delicious book Truly, Madly, Amy is. I’ve never read any of Kerry Wilkinson’s books before. Truly, Madly, Amy is him going in a different direction, he usually writes crime fiction or thrillers. This does … Continue Reading Book Review: Truly, Madly, Amy by Kerry Wilkinson
So, after my re-read of High Fidelity, I found myself in a music reading mood. Enter 31 Songs, also by Nick Hornby. 31 Songs is a series of personal essays, … Continue Reading Book Review: 31 songs by Nick Hornby
A few weeks ago, someone on here shared a quote from High Fidelity….. “I’m very good at the past. It’s the present I can’t understand.” And it was enough to send … Continue Reading Talking Books: Re-reading old favourites
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