I've been thinking lately that it was about time I did another #aww2018 challenge checkpoint post because it seemed like ages since my last. I just had a look back, and it was the beginning of August when I last checked in with 65 books. My total has risen to 96 books, far surpassing my … Continue reading My Reading Life: #aww2018 Challenge Checkpoint 5
Month: Nov 2018
New Release Book Review: Beauchamp Hall by Danielle Steel
Beauchamp Hall… About the Book: An uplifting, inspiring story about taking back control of your life, by the world's favourite storyteller, Danielle Steel. Winona Farmington can't help but feel that life is passing her by, in backwater Michigan town. She hates her job, her boyfriend won't commit. But she escapes the dreariness of everyday life … Continue reading New Release Book Review: Beauchamp Hall by Danielle Steel
Behind the Pen with Lily Malone
I’m delighted to welcome contemporary country romance author Lily Malone to Behind the Pen today with a few of her favourites. Over to you Lily… What is your favourite…and why… Character from one of your books? Is it weird if I pick a secondary character? I loved Erik - the one-armed bear of a swimming … Continue reading Behind the Pen with Lily Malone
New Release Book Review: States of Passion by Nihad Sirees
States of Passion… Translated from the Arabic by Max Weiss About the Book: A hapless Aleppo bureaucrat is stranded in the middle of the deserted countryside as a violent storm sets in. When he seeks refuge in an isolated old mansion, inhabited by an aged gentleman and his sinister servant, he begins to uncover a … Continue reading New Release Book Review: States of Passion by Nihad Sirees
New Release Book Review: Arcadia by Di Morrissey
Arcadia… About the Book: A breathtaking Tasmanian tale of ancient forests; of art and science; of love and, above all, of friendship. In the 1930s, in an isolated and beautiful corner of southern Tasmania, a new young wife arrives at her husband's secluded property - Arcadia. Stella, an artist, falls in love with Arcadia's wild, … Continue reading New Release Book Review: Arcadia by Di Morrissey
Bingo Blunder: When organised chaos just becomes chaos
Last week, on bingo Saturday, I wrote a post about how I'd forgotten about bingo in amoungst the flurry of end of year events. Since then, it's come to my attention (thanks Sue G-G!) that I was in fact organised for that bingo week, I'd read a book for it, entered it into my bingo … Continue reading Bingo Blunder: When organised chaos just becomes chaos
Behind the Pen with Fiona McIntosh
I am thrilled to welcome Fiona McIntosh as my guest for Behind the Pen today. To publish an interview with one of my favourite authors is such an honour and I'm incredibly grateful to Fiona for taking time out of her book tour to indulge me. Over to you, Fiona... What provided the initial inspiration … Continue reading Behind the Pen with Fiona McIntosh
New Release Book Review: A Well-Behaved Woman by Therese Anne Fowler
A Well-Behaved Woman: a novel of the Vanderbilts... About the Book: OUTSPOKEN. BRAVE. BRILLIANT. FIERCE. Alva Smith, her Southern family destitute after the Civil War, married into one of America's great Gilded Age dynasties: the newly wealthy but socially shunned Vanderbilts. Ignored by New York's old-money circles and determined to win respect, she designed and … Continue reading New Release Book Review: A Well-Behaved Woman by Therese Anne Fowler
Behind the Pen with Matt Ferraz
I am delighted to introduce Matt Ferraz to you all today. His novel, Sherlock Holmes and The Glad Game, combines two great classic characters that couldn't be more different, into the one story. Welcome to Behind the Pen Matt! What inspired you to write Sherlock Holmes and The Glad Game? I’ve been a Sherlockian since … Continue reading Behind the Pen with Matt Ferraz
New Release Book Review: Shell by Kristina Olsson
Shell... About the Book: A big, bold and hauntingly beautiful story that captures a defining moment in Australia's history. Everywhere he looked he saw what Utzon saw. The drama of harbour and horizon, and at night, the star-clotted sky. It held the shape of the possible, of a promise made and waiting to be kept … Continue reading New Release Book Review: Shell by Kristina Olsson
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