The Companion by Lesley Thomson | Book Review | #TheCompanion
‘Like the best of Barbara Vine and Agatha Christie crossed with the unique Lesley Thomson brilliance’…
Sally Emerson #author of Perfect is my #AuthorInTheSpotlight today | @sallyemerson8 @BooksQuadrant @GracePublicity
Perhaps it was a combination of writing shorter pieces for the newspapers and my increasing interest…
ShortBookandScribes #BookReview – The Girl on the 88 Bus by Freya Sampson
Back in 1962 Frank met a girl on the 88 bus. They hit it off and…
Balancing the Books – May 2022
So here we are, half way through the year already. Time seems to be flying. Talking…
Reputation by Sarah Vaughan | #bookreview | @SVaughanAuthor @SimonSchusterUK
Emma Webster is a respectable MP. Emma Webster is a devoted mother. Emma Webster is innocent of the…
ShortBookandScribes #BlogTour #GuestPost by Sally Emerson, Author of Perfect, Stories of the Impossible
Like Loading… Today it’s my stop on the blog tour for Perfect, Stories of the Impossible…
The Slow Lane Walkers Club by Rosa Temple – review
This is a gently paced novel, much like the pace of the walks Daniel and Hazel…
The Master Craftsman by Kelli Stuart | Book Review | #TheMasterCraftsmanTour #HistoricalFiction
Mainly set in St Petersburg, this dual timeline story covers both the period in 1917 leading…
Local Gone Missing by Fiona Barton | Blog Tour Q&A | #LocalGoneMissing (@figbarton @ThomasssHill)
Follow the Author:Local Gone Missing is a departure from your previous 3 books featuring journalist Kate…
365 Cool Ways to Remember Stuff by Lauren Holowaty (Author), Martina Motzo (Illustrator) | #bookreview | @busterbooks @lovebookstours
An enthusiastic fan of imaginary Encyclopedias, Odradeks, and Gonzo from the Muppet show, she is still…
ShortBookandScribes #BookReview – Madwoman by Louisa Treger
“After all, what was sanity, except being able to contain the madness inside yourself?” Related She…
The Goldhanger Dog by Wanda Whitely – review
Dela lives with her guardian Ned, in the fishing village of Blackwater. Her affinity with animals…
Desert Island Books: Sarra Manning
As a teenager, I obsessively reread Jilly Cooper’s early girl’s name novels (and still prefer them…
The Italian Job by Kathryn Freeman | #bookreview | @KathrynFreeman1 @rararesources @0neMoreChapter_
For as long as I can remember, I’ve always wanted to write a book. It may…
A #bookreview of Billy Connolly’s autobiography ‘Windswept and Interesting’ | @tworoadsbooks
In his first full-length autobiography, comedy legend and national treasure Billy Connolly reveals the truth behind…
One True Loves Book Review
I want to start off by saying that I did enjoy this book. It was an…
Half a World Away by Mike Gayle | #bookreview | @MikeGayle @hodderpublicity @hodderfiction
Mike Gayle was born and raised in Birmingham. After graduating from Salford University with a degree…
Edie’s Summer of New Beginnings by Kirsty Ferry | #bookreview | @RubyFiction @Kirsty_Ferry
About the Author Can Edie rediscover her artistic mojo and become a ‘Watercolour Wonder’?Edie Brinkley went…
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…
The Weight of Water Book Review
As with most middle grade/young adult books, this does a great job of tackling some important…
Melt My Heart Book Review
4.6Empowering, Predictable, Underwhelming And then there’s the romance… on the one hand, I commend it for…
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…
ShortBookandScribes #BookReview – Thea and Denise by Caroline Bond
Caroline is a trained volunteer for Victim Support and is currently the Chair of Weekenders, a…
Bitter Book Review
Title: BitterAuthor: Akwaeke EmeziType: FictionPublished: 2022Pages: 261TW: Death, Homophobia Like Pet there were so many great…
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…
Desert Island Books: Joanne Harris
One of my perennial comfort reads. After all these years in print, still as surprisingly witty…
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…
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…
To the Grave by John Barlow – review
Will the truth be buried with the dead? Published by HQ When DS Joe Romano first…
Three’s a Crowd by Simon Booker | #bookreview | @SimonBooker @SimonSchusterE
As well as it being rather unusual for father and son to be dating the same…