ShortBookandScribes #BookReview – Duckling by Eve Ainsworth #BlogTour
When Lucy’s neighbour asks her to look after her little girl for a couple of hours…
The Wednesday Morning Wild Swim by Jules Wake | #bookreview | @JulesWake @0neMoreChapter_
After reading English at the University of East Anglia, Jules Wake worked in PR where she…
ShortBookandScribes #PublicationDay #BookReview – What Time is Love by Holly Williams
The premise of the story is one of meeting the right person but at the wrong…
The Dark by Sharon Bolton | Book Review | #TheDark #LaceyFlint
There are times when Lacey seems to be her own worst enemy by going it alone…
The Storytellers by Caron McKinlay | #bookreview | @CaronMcKinlay @BloodhoundBook @lovebookstours | #TheStorytellersTour
About the book There is great storytelling as all the women look back on their lives…
Box Hill Book Review
When I initially started reading, I really wasn’t sure if I liked it, but the more…
The Orphanage Girls by Mary Wood | Blog Tour Extract | @Authormary @panmacmillan | #TheOrphanageGirls
Chapter One 1910Bett keeps order in this unruly part of the East End – and takes…
Lorraine Turnbull is my #AuthorInTheSpotlight today | Mum’s The Word | @LorraineAuthor
You can follow me on Amazon too https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lorraine-Turnbull/e/B07RYW3XJ1/ Mum’s the Word is, on the face of…
Jinny Alexander – Q&A
When her friend Isobel suggested she take on a new job in their tiny rural community,…
Summer Fever by Kate Riordan #bookreview #SummerFever @KateRiordanUK @MichaelJBooks
No-one is quite who they say they are and who do you believe?! Each of the…
Read an #excerpt from THE COCOA GIRLS by ANNIE DOYLE | @lovebookstours @AnnieDAuthor
The Cocoa Girls is Annie Doyle’s debut novel. The story is based on her nana’s life…
ShortBookandScribes #BlogTour #Extract from The Midnight House by Amanda Geard
People disappear. My Dearest T, Whatever you hear, do not believe it for a moment… An unforgettable…
When Breath Becomes Air Book Review
A book that is ironically, more about life and human connection than any memoir I’ve read,…
Tell Me Your Lies by Kate Ruby | Blog Tour Extract | @katerubybooks @midaspr @simonschusterUK | #TellMeYourLies
My thanks to Midas PR for the tour invitation and extract for Kate Ruby’s debut novel,…
Mother’s Boy by Patrick Gale | #bookreview #historicalfiction | @TinderPress
Laura, an impoverished Cornish girl, meets her husband when they are both in service in Teignmouth…
20 Books of Summer 2022 – the choices
5. Duckling by Eve Ainsworth, sent for review by Penguin. Because I’m a mood reader I…
Gideon Burrows #author of Locked In is today’s #AuthorInTheSpotlight | @gideonburrows
I tend to read stand alone novels, rather than series, so I can’t point to a…
ShortBookandScribes #BookReview – The Daughter by Liz Webb #BlogTour
Hannah Davidson has a dementia-stricken father, an estranged TV star brother, and a mother whose death…
Desert Island Books: Jane Green
There is something about reading books as a teen, or a young woman, at a time…
A Tidy Ending by Joanna Cannon | Book Review | #ATidyEnding
The pretty yellow cover is totally at odds with the story within. More than once I…
Jane’s Country Year by Malcolm Saville – review
Jane is a delight to read. Her cheery nature shines through. She marvels at the differences…
Escape to Darling Cove (part 1): New Horizons by Holly Hepburn | #bookreview | @SimonSchusterUK @TeamBATC @HollyH_Author
As well as the main protagonists of Eve and Logan, there are some great minor characters…
Don’t miss this #Edinburgh book event on 30th May – Mick Herron, #author of Bad Actors, in conversation with Val McDermid | @portybooks @valmcdermid
In a world where lying, cheating and backstabbing is the norm, bad actors are bending the…
The Hidden Child by Louise Fein | Blog Tour | Louise’s Top 5 Historical Films | @FeinLouise @Gray_Books @HoZ_Books
Eleanor Hamilton is a dutiful mother, a caring sister and an adoring wife to a celebrated…
Lonely Castle in the Mirror Book Review
All in all I think this had a unique premise and I have to commend the…
The Good Left Undone by Adriana Trigiani | #bookreview | @AdrianaTrigiani @PenguinUKBooks @MichaelJBooks
I loved this multi-generational book and all the characters who it focussed on. Matelda is an…
ShortBookandScribes #BookReview – Young Women by Jessica Moor #WeAreYoungWomen
A very relevant book in the MeToo era, this is a story of abuse and power,…
A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder Book Review
9.4Exciting, Fast-paced, Original With dark and light moments weaving their way throughout this novel, it had…
Dear Little Corpses (Josephine Tey Series #10) by Nicola Upson | Book Review | #DearLittleCorpses | Historical Crime Fiction | Paperback #Giveaway #TheDeadofWinter
In the chaos and uncertainty of war, Josephine struggles with the prospect of change. As a…
Carys Jones – Q&A
2. What inspired the book? 3. Are you a plan, plan, plan writer or do you…