Month: May 2022
The Reluctant Rebel by Barbara Henderson | #guestpost | The Day Two Old Highlanders Sparked a Story | @scattyscribbler @LuathPress
The Reluctant Rebel is published in paperback by Luath Press andavailable now from all good book shops. We agreed a date. It was only slightly overcast, and my husband, three children and dog joined us …
The Weight of Water Book Review
As with most middle grade/young adult books, this does a great job of tackling some important themes and trying to convey an important message to its reader. From the bullying and xenophobia Kasienka faces in …
Melt My Heart Book Review
4.6Empowering, Predictable, Underwhelming And then there’s the romance… on the one hand, I commend it for communicating the coming-of-age nature of the story and Lily’s own journey to discover her sexuality, on the other hand …
The Great Mistake by Jonathan Lee | #bookreview | @jonleewriter @grantabooks
My Thoughts Born to a struggling farming family in 1820, Andrew Haswell Green was a self-made man who reshaped Manhattan, built Central Park and turned New York into a modern metropolis. Now, at eighty-three, when …
ShortBookandScribes #BookReview – Thea and Denise by Caroline Bond
Caroline is a trained volunteer for Victim Support and is currently the Chair of Weekenders, a charity that runs youth schemes and social events for disabled children and teenagers. It’s the ideal read for women …
Bitter Book Review
Title: BitterAuthor: Akwaeke EmeziType: FictionPublished: 2022Pages: 261TW: Death, Homophobia Like Pet there were so many great moments about identity, sexuality, and what I liked in particular was the discussion on disability. Despite my comments earlier …
The Goldhanger Dog by Wanda Whiteley | Blog Tour Author Q&A | #TheGoldhangerDog
In addition to her role as founder and Editor-in-Chief of Manuscript Doctor, she is an independent consultant for Writers and Artists, and previously worked as a Publishing Director at HarperCollins for over a decade. This …
Desert Island Books: Joanne Harris
One of my perennial comfort reads. After all these years in print, still as surprisingly witty and fresh as a Noel Coward musical. A vibrant and wonderful short story collection from one of the 20th century’s …
Cleopatra and Frankenstein: A beautiful debut by Coco Mellors
And, now that my boyfriend has moved in with me, long and lazy evenings curled up on my sofa with a book have been replaced with night, after night, after night glued to Breaking Bad …
Only May by Carol Lovekin | Book Review | #OnlyMay
On May’s seventeenth birthday, a casual evasion from her employer hints at a secret hiding at the heart of the family. Determined to discover the truth, May starts listening at doors… She begins watching the …