I hope you are all well! As my first week in self isolation draws to a close, a vital delivery arrived just before the weekend: Quaran-TEA! And you thought I got all of my jokes from the internet... ~~~ Speaking of... Joke of the week: ~~~ What I've been reading: ~~~ A new series for … Continue reading The Week That Was…
Author Talks: Natasha Lester on The Amazing Women Who Ruled the Skies in The Paris Secret
I’ve talked a lot on social media about the Dior gowns that form a big part of the story in The Paris Secret. But there’s another really important side of the book: a group of female pilots who were some of the bravest women working for the war effort in England during the 1940s. Imagine … Continue reading Author Talks: Natasha Lester on The Amazing Women Who Ruled the Skies in The Paris Secret
Book Review: The Animals at Lockwood Manor by Jane Healey
The Animals at Lockwood Manor... About the Book: Some secrets are unspoken. Others are unspeakable . . . August 1939. Thirty-year-old Hetty Cartwright is tasked with the evacuation and safekeeping of the natural history museum's collection of mammals. Once she and her exhibits arrive at Lockwood Manor, however, where they are to stay for the … Continue reading Book Review: The Animals at Lockwood Manor by Jane Healey
Book Review: My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell
My Dark Vanessa… About the Book: An era-defining novel about the relationship between a fifteen-year-old girl and her teacher. ALL HE DID WAS FALL IN LOVE WITH ME AND THE WORLD TURNED HIM INTO A MONSTER. Vanessa Wye was fifteen-years-old when she first had sex with her English teacher. She is now thirty-two and in … Continue reading Book Review: My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell
Book Review: Sheerwater by Leah Swann
Sheerwater… About the Book: Emotional, powerful, unforgettable. From a stunning new literary talent, you won't be able to put down this novel about a mother's love for her children - it will break your heart. Ava and her two young sons, Max and Teddy, are driving to their new home in Sheerwater, hopeful of making … Continue reading Book Review: Sheerwater by Leah Swann
The Week That Was…
What a week! We now have a 14 year old and a 16 year old in the house. It's been a good week for cake. Not such a good week for humanity though. I am still at work: public education. I really wish those making the decisions to keep schools open would come in for … Continue reading The Week That Was…
Book Review: Truths I Never Told You by Kelly Rimmer
Truths I Never Told You… About the Book: It begins with the discovery of a tattered letter in the attic ... A heart-tugging story of family secrets by the Top 10 bestselling Australian author 1959: Grace is a young mother with four children under four. All she ever wanted was to have a family of … Continue reading Book Review: Truths I Never Told You by Kelly Rimmer
Book Review: Wolfe Island by Lucy Treloar
Wolfe Island… About the Book: Kitty Hawke, the last inhabitant of a dying island sinking into the wind-lashed Chesapeake Bay, has resigned herself to annihilation... Until one night her granddaughter blows ashore in the midst of a storm, desperate, begging for sanctuary. For years, Kitty has kept herself to herself - with only the company … Continue reading Book Review: Wolfe Island by Lucy Treloar
Book Review: The Art of Dying by Ambrose Parry
The Art of Dying... About the Book: The second gripping historical crime novel set in 19th century Edinburgh, co-written by bestselling author Chris Brookmyre and consultant anaesthetist Dr Marisa Haetzman. Edinburgh, 1850. Despite being at the forefront of modern medicine, hordes of patients are dying all across the city, with doctors finding their remedies powerless. … Continue reading Book Review: The Art of Dying by Ambrose Parry
Book Review: Where the Sun Will Rise Tomorrow by Rashi Rohatgi
Where the Sun Will Rise Tomorrow... About the Book: It's 1905, and Japan’s victory over the Russians in the Russo-Japanese War has shocked the British and their imperial subjects. In India, 16-year-old Leela and her younger sister, Maya, are spurred on to wear homespun as a sign of protest to show the British that the … Continue reading Book Review: Where the Sun Will Rise Tomorrow by Rashi Rohatgi
