The aforementioned book buying may account for a small amount of the books incoming (ahem). As for outgoing, I found my attention wandering so not as many were read as could have been. No matter, even reading a page, or…
– The Big Chill by Doug Johnstone (Orenda Books) – Remain Silent by Susie Steiner (HarperCollins Publishers, The Borough Press) The longlist also features several previously nominated authors hoping to go one step further and clinch the trophy with Elly…
Pinterest: I started this book before my already released novel, Maybe Baby, and I have always known how I wanted to celebrate its release. Sadly, current circumstances make the charity shop ball I so wanted to have impossible. But watch…
In London, newspapers describe Nell as the eighth wonder of the world. Figurines are cast in her image, and crowds rush to watch her soar through the air. But who gets to tell Nell’s story? What happens when her fame…
Buy Notes on a Scandal from Bookshop.org, Book Depository, Waterstones, Amazon or Amazon AU. Love this post? Click here to subscribe. Historically, I am terrible at making decisions (I wrote a whole book about learning to get better at them, Leap Year).…
Sebastian James Murphy is twenty years, six months and two days old. He loves swimming, fried eggs and Billy Ocean. Sebastian is autistic. And lonely. My thanks to THE Book Club Reviewer Group for the e-copy to review. Violetta is…
Fluttering – only one man was giving Fliss those butterflies in her tummy and it was so lovely to read about their attraction to each other. Heidi Swain certainly knows how to write a romantic hero who sounds just irresistible.…
This first book in the trilogy concentrates on the very beginning of the war, as men are called up and women learn to cope without them. I really felt for Nancy, Betty and Patty as they learned a new way…
Fourteen years ago, the police caged a notorious serial killer who ritually murdered two women every February. One of the victims was the sister of Kyra Sullivan, a neuropsychologist who works for a technology company. Overcome – when I find…
I loved this article on Stylist about how weight training helped Poorna find inner strength after her husband’s suicide. Whether you’re into weightlifting, running, swimming, yoga or don’t consider yourself to be sporty at all, Poorna shows how finding strength…
