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BOOK REVIEW: Do Not Disturb by Claire Douglas
Could your dream home be your worst nightmare? After what happened in London, Kirsty needs a fresh start with her family. And running a guesthouse in the Welsh mountains sounds idyllic. But then their first …
Book Review: Last Seen Alive by Claire Douglas
Format: Paperback, ARC Links: Goodreads | Amazon UK Blurb: She can run Libby Hall needs to hide, to escape from everything for a while. Which is why the house swap is a godsend. The chance …
Book Review: The Chalk Man by C.J Tudor
Publication date: 11th January 2018 Publisher: Penguin Michael Joseph Links: Goodreads | Amazon UK Blurb: Looking back, it all started on the day of the fair and the terrible accident. When twelve-year-old Eddie first met …
Quarterly Book Round-up (1/4)
2017 has been a fantastic year for books for me so far. I’ve not picked up a book which I’ve not finished nor have I awarded less than 3 stars to anything I’ve read! With …
Book Review: You Don’t Know Me by Imran Mahmood
Format: Paperback, ARC Links: Amazon UK | Goodreads An unnamed defendant stands accused of murder. Just before the Closing Speeches, the young man sacks his lawyer, and decides to give his own defence speech. He …
Book Review: Dear Amy by Helen Callaghan
Format: Paperback, ARC Links: Amazon UK | Goodreads Blurb: In her guise as ‘Dear Amy’, agony aunt for a local newspaper, Margot Lewis has dealt with all sorts of letters – but never one like …
An Interview With Jane Fallon, (author of My Sweet Revenge)
My Sweet Revenge by Jane Fallon was my first read of 017; and what a read it was! I recently reviewed it here, if you want to check out my review but I am also …
Book Review: My Sweet Revenge by Jane Fallon
Format: ARC, Paperback Links: Goodreads | Amazon Blurb: I want to make my husband fall back in love with me. Let me explain. This isn’t an exercise in 1950s wifeydom. I haven’t been reading articles …
July Wrap-up: Books, Best Friends and Bits & Bobs
Well howdy folks! Hello and welcome to my July wrap-up! I hope you’ve all had a lovely July. I don’t know about you but the weather outside as I’m writing this feels more like Autumn! …
Book Review: The Dead Wife’s Handbook by Hannah Beckerman
Title: The Dead Wife’s Handbook Author: Hannah Beckerman Publisher: Penguin 2015 Reading Challenge Category: A Book That Made Me Cry Blurb: The end was just the beginning… Rachel, Max and their daughter Ellie had the …
Book Review: The Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger
Since his debut in 1951 as The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield has been synonymous with “cynical adolescent”. Holden narrates the story of a couple of days in his sixteen year-old life, just after he’s …
Book Review: The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
Love isn’t an exact science – but no one told Don Tillman. A handsome thirty-nine-year-old geneticist, Don’s never had a second date. So he devises The Wife Project, a scientific test to find the perfect partner. …
Book Review: This Child Of Mine by Sinéad Moriarty
What it’s about: Anna and Laura, Sophie and Mandy – two mothers, two daughters and a story about the bond of motherly love. Anna is proud of the job she has done raising eighteen-year-old Sophie. …
Book Review: The Fault In Our Stars by John Green
What it’s about: Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when gorgeous plot twist named Augustus …