I just realised today that it was March and I hadn't written up my reading post for February. What a busy last couple of weeks! So, February. It looked like this... Total books read: 6 Review books: From the tbr: I was reading a lot on my Kobo this month, and those books are ones … Continue reading A Month of Reading – February
Book Review: Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan
About the Book: Olivia McAfee and Ava Campanello have each had a change of life forced upon them. Olivia never dreamed that after her messy divorce she would find herself back in her sleepy New Hampshire home town, living in the house she grew up in and taking over her father's beekeeping business. Ava is … Continue reading Book Review: Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan
The Week That Was…
It's been a couple of weeks, but first, let's start with a joke: Highlight of my week *year* **possibly next year too**: Yes, I saw Ed. And it was AMAZING!! Who said dogs can't smile? What I've been watching: M and I started watching this. Neither of us quite know what's going on yet but … Continue reading The Week That Was…
Book Review: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
About the Book: Your ability to change everything - including yourself - starts here... Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing. But it's the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute take a very … Continue reading Book Review: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Book Review: Tuesday Evenings with the Copeton Craft Resistance by Kate Solly
About the Book: A heartwarming story of friendship in an imperfect world, this is binge-worthy, feel-good fiction at its best. Meredith established the Copeton Crochet Collective (no knitters please) because it would be like having friends, only with her in charge, and because there would be no men. It comes as a nasty shock, then, … Continue reading Book Review: Tuesday Evenings with the Copeton Craft Resistance by Kate Solly
Book Review: Someone Else’s Shoes by Jojo Moyes
About the Book: Nisha Cantor and Sam Kemp are two very different women. Nisha, 45, lives the globetrotting life of the seriously wealthy, until her husband inexplicably cuts her off entirely. She doesn't even have the shoes she was, until a moment ago, standing in. That's because Sam - 47, middle-aged, struggling to keep herself … Continue reading Book Review: Someone Else’s Shoes by Jojo Moyes
Book Review: The Soulmate by Sally Hepworth
About the Book: He said she jumped. He wouldn't lie. Before the woman went over the cliff, Pippa and Gabe were happy. They had the kind of marriage that everyone envies, as well as two sweet young daughters, a supportive family, and a picturesque cliff-side home - which would have been idyllic had the tall … Continue reading Book Review: The Soulmate by Sally Hepworth
Pre-Release Book Review: The Fancies by Kim Lock
About the Book: A story about stories: those we tell, those we believe and those we make into a reality, whether true, murky or not true at all. Port Kingerton: the insular cray-fishing town at the butt-end of South Australia, where everyone knows everyone. And everyone knows too that when Abigail Fancy left town at … Continue reading Pre-Release Book Review: The Fancies by Kim Lock
The Week That Was…
Joke of the week: ~~~ What Zeus has been up to: Somebody dropped bacon... ~~~ What I've been watching: It's back! Youngest son and I are unavailable Sunday, Monday and Tuesday nights for the foreseeable future. This was perfect for a midweek date night. Utterly delightful, we both enjoyed it. ~~~ What I've been reading: … Continue reading The Week That Was…
A Month of Reading – January
A solid start to the reading year with 9 books read in January. No reading challenges this year, just letting myself follow whatever path my reading mood takes me down. Review Books: Off the TBR: Until next month! Yours, in good reading x