About the Book: Meet Mercy Blain, whose house has just burnt down. Unfortunately for Mercy, this goes beyond the disaster it would be for most people: she hasn't been outside that house for two years now. Flung out into the world she's been studiously ignoring, Mercy goes to the only place she can. Her not-quite-ex-husband … Continue reading Book Review: The Other Side of Beautiful by Kim Lock
Blog Tour Book Review: Catch Us The Foxes by Nicola West
About the Book: Ambitious young journalist Marlowe ‘Lo’ Robertson would do anything to escape the suffocating confines of her small home town. While begrudgingly covering the annual show for the local newspaper, Lo is horrified to discover the mutilated corpse of her best friend – the town's reigning showgirl, Lily Williams. Seven strange symbols have … Continue reading Blog Tour Book Review: Catch Us The Foxes by Nicola West
The Week That Was…
Lockdowns seem to be happening left, right and centre at the moment, so this week's joke of the week goes out to all of you in lockdown... Plus one more, which is more amusing photo than a joke, but it brought a smile to my face: ~~~ What I've been watching: The last fortnight, all … Continue reading The Week That Was…
Blog Tour Book Review: The Eighth Wonder by Tania Farrelly
About the Book: New York, 1897. The richest city in the world. Beautiful, young and privileged, Rose Kingsbury Smith is expected to play by the strict rules of social etiquette, to forfeit all career aspirations and to marry a man of good means. But she has a quietly rebellious streak and is determined to make … Continue reading Blog Tour Book Review: The Eighth Wonder by Tania Farrelly
A Month of Reading: June
Books read in June: 9 Not as many as I would have liked, I'm still aiming to get back to 12 per month, but they were good reads, so that's something. Until next month... 😊☕📚
Blog Tour Book Review: Someone I Used to Know by Paige Toon
About the Book: So much can change in half a lifetime… ThenAt fifteen, George is the foster brother Leah never asked for. As the angry, troubled boy struggles to come to terms with his circumstances, Leah finds herself getting drawn closer to him. Theo’s wealthy family have mysteriously pulled him out of boarding school and … Continue reading Blog Tour Book Review: Someone I Used to Know by Paige Toon
Book Review: Fault Lines by Emily Itami
About the Book: Mizuki is a Japanese housewife. She has a hardworking husband, two adorable children and a beautiful Tokyo apartment. It's everything a woman could want, yet sometimes she wonders whether it would be more fun to throw herself off the high-rise balcony than spend another evening not talking to her husband or hanging … Continue reading Book Review: Fault Lines by Emily Itami
Book Review: Sisters of the Resistance by Christine Wells
About the Book: Paris, 1944: The war is nearly over, but for members of the Resistance in occupied France, it is more dangerous than ever before. Twenty-five-year-old Gabby Foucher loathes the Nazis, though as the concierge of 10 rue Royale, she does her best to avoid conflict—unlike her bolder sister Yvette, who finds trouble at … Continue reading Book Review: Sisters of the Resistance by Christine Wells
The Week That Was…
My week started in a way I never envisaged...with my letterbox being stolen in the night. Isn't that just the most ridiculous thing? And it wasn't a fancy one, just a regular old white letterbox covered in dried moss. All up the street on the same side as my house, at least half a dozen … Continue reading The Week That Was…
Book Review: The Maidens by Alex Michaelides
About the Book: St Christopher's College, Cambridge, is a closed world to most. For Mariana Andros - a group therapist struggling through her private grief - it's where she met her late husband. For her niece, Zoe, it's the tragic scene of her best friend's murder. As memory and mystery entangle Mariana, she finds a … Continue reading Book Review: The Maidens by Alex Michaelides
