Balancing the Books – May 2021
Until next month, happy reading! Here’s what arrived. I also posted out six books and gave…
Shame by Elizabeth Forbes | Book Review | #Shame
At their twins’ Fred and Delilah’s twenty-first birthday party events conspire to uncover disturbing emotional connections,…
#AuthorInTheSpotlight – Margaret Moore – From Sri Lanka with Love, a tapestry of travel tales – @MARGARE10188266
Writing a book is not something I ever yearned to do or envisaged myself doing. It’s…
Pet Book Review
9.1Poignant, Unique, Inspiring If you think the synopsis sounds a little strange, then don’t worry just…
The Pact by Sharon Bolton | Blog Tour Book Review | #ThePact
Let the games begin . . . MY THOUGHTS It probably says a lot about me…
Good Evening Mrs Craven: The Wartime Stories of Mollie Panter-Downes by Mollie Panter-Downes – review
Mollie Panter-Downes was noted for her wit, perception and incisiveness thanks to her reflections on English…
Cooking, A Culinary Adventure – Guest Post and Recipe – Ilse Dumont and Yannick Tirbois
We selected for you a popular recipe from our book. Bon appétit! Ilse was a tour…
#AuthorInTheSpotlight Catherine McCullagh #SecretsAndShowgirls @lovebooksgroup #lovebookstours
I edit for my publisher, so I consider myself rather fortunate in already having publishing contacts…
ShortBookandScribes #BookReview – Where We Belong by Anstey Harris
Welcome to Hatters Museum of the Wide Wide World. This rather dishevelled museum is where Cate…
You Need to Know – Nicola Moriarty | Spotlight Feature | Blog Tour | #YouNeedtoKnow
Publisher: Michael Joseph Format: Ebook, Audio & Paperback (27 May 2021) Pages: 400 The crash happens…
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides A Perfect book club read. Mini Review.
Like Loading… Description:The Silent Patient is a shocking psychological thriller of a woman’s act of violence…
Hannah Fielding – Q&A
5. Who would be at your dream literary dinner? I read French Literature at university, so…
ShortBookandScribes #BookReview – Nighthawking by Russ Thomas
RUSS THOMAS was born in Essex, raised in Berkshire and now lives in Sheffield. After a…
Lost Property by Helen Paris – review
Dot feels like she has little left to lose. Her beloved father died many years ago…
#TenThings about @M_L_Rayner #EchoesofHome @QuestionPress @zooloo2008 #QuestionMarkPress #ZooloosBookTours
Page Count : 262 pages I love to read. There are so many fantastic authors out…
Lillian and the Italians by David Gee | Blog Tour Extract | #LillianandtheItalians
Part One VENICE: August, 1966 David Gee was born and raised in Sussex. After attending Birmingham…
The Cherry Tree Summer by Kate Glanville | Publication Day | Extract | #TheCherryTreeSummer @AccentPress @kittyglanville
Calon lân yn llawn daion. A thin mist swirled ahead of her, thicker at the end…
#SavingTheDay by Katie Fforde | Book Review | Celebrating the 15th Anniversary of Quick Reads | Publication Day | @readingagency @midaspr #QuickReads
This year Quick Reads is celebrating its 15th Anniversary, which means that over five million copies…
Yours, Trudy by Gina Hollands #bookreview @RubyFiction @ChocLitUK @GinaHolls
How many positive words and exclamation marks can you fit into the space of one email?…
The Secret Bridesmaid by Katy Birchall – review
Highly recommended. Sophie Breeze is a brilliant bridesmaid. So brilliant, in fact, that she’s made it…
ShortBookandScribes #BookReview – The Skylight by Louise Candlish #QuickReads
– an introduction to Khurrum Rahman’s dope dealer Javid Qasim (The Motive), who previously found the idea…
Yours Cheerfully by A J Pearce – review
Emmy does what she does best. She gets involved, she becomes personally attached to the women…
#AuthorInTheSpotlight Margaret Skea – Katharina: Fortitude – @margaretskea1
I grew up in Ulster in the period of unrest known (euphemistically) as ‘The Troubles’, so…
ShortBookandScribes #BookReview – The Kingdoms by Natasha Pulley
Natasha Pulley studied English Literature at Oxford University. After stints working at Waterstones as a bookseller,…
On the bittersweet joy of two more years down under
And so, while I continue to count down the days until I see my family again,…
Quick Reads 2021 – Saving the Day by Katie Fforde – review
Then one day she sees as advert on the door: assistant wanted. But before she can…
#TenThings about #author Chris Penhall – Finding Summer Happiness – @ChrisPenhall @RubyFiction @ChocLitUK
I’ve had great fun coming up with ten things. Once I got going I could have…
ShortBookandScribes #BookReview – The Pact by Sharon Bolton
Bolton is such a brilliant writer. I’d read any of her books without a thought. The…
Kate Sawyer – Q&A
My debut novel, The Stranding, is about Ruth Lancaster, a British woman in her late thirties….
Three Weddings and a Proposal by Sheila O’Flanagan – #bookreview – @sheilaoflanagan @randomttours @headlinepg
I enjoyed too the way the author explored friendships between women and the way they can…