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Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow seemed to be EVERYWHERE last year, I’d read so many positive reviews about it, I was beginning to think I was the last person to … Continue Reading Book Review: Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
It’s fair to say my backlist didn’t fair too well last year. The majority of my 2022 reads were new releases or books I’d bought. I didn’t even attempt to … Continue Reading 2023 Beat the Backlist Reading Challenge….
Happy New Year! 2023 is gearing up to be another year of fantastic books. I’ve never done an Anticipated Releases post before but the ad campaigns on social media have … Continue Reading My Most Anticipated Book Releases of 2023
Duckling’s a nickname Lucy has never been able to shake off.And, if she’s honest, maybe it suits her.She just isn’t the type to socialise with other people.You might say she’s … Continue Reading Book Review: Duckling by Eve Ainsworth
Firstly, I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas, managed to relax and spend time with your loved ones. I’m using that weird lull in between Christmas and New Year … Continue Reading Book Review: The First Phone Call from Heaven by Mitch Albom
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
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
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
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
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
With words come power. But do you speak out or shut up? Everywhere Sara Javed goes – online or outside – everyone is shouting about something. Couldn’t they all just … Continue Reading Book Review: The Movement by Ayisha Malik
‘Ray Carney was only slightly bent when it came to being crooked…’ I’ve had Harlem Shuffle on my back list for at least year, I think the fact I’ve actually … Continue Reading Book Review: Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead
I read Malibu Rising a couple of weeks ago while laid up in bed with Covid. I tore through it in a day, good going considering how much I was … Continue Reading Book Review| Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid
I’m not sure how I came across this book or what drew me to it, I think it was someone else’s review on here. If that’s you, thank you for … Continue Reading Notes on an execution by Danya Kukafka |book review
I didn’t like it. I didn’t absolutely hate it, I finished it after all. I didn’t feel strongly about it at all, that’s probably the worst reaction to have towards … Continue Reading One day I shall astonish the world by Nina Stibbe | book review
SPOILER FREE Grab a tube of Pringles (salt and vinegar preferably) settle down and let me tell you all about Impossible by Sarah Lotz. There’s been a lot of hype … Continue Reading Impossible by Sarah Lotz |Review
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