Desert Island Books: Briony Benjamin
I was introduced to the wonderful Briony Benjamin by the fiancé of my best friend Jordan…
Six Degrees of Separation – from Postcards from the Edge to This is Going to Hurt
The Phone Box at the Edge of the World by Laura Imai Messina tells a fictionalised…
Hope and Happiness in Bluebell Wood by Ali McNamara #bookreview @AliMcNamara @LittleBookCafe @BooksSphere
It isn’t until Ava meets Callum, the handsome parish priest, that she can’t help but wonder…
Guilty Creatures edited by Martin Edwards – review
A whole host of animals feature in these stories, from slugs to dogs, underwater inhabitants to…
On The Bright Side by Nell Carter – #bookreview @nell_writes @WelbeckPublish @ed_pr
I feel I’m not really explaining my thoughts on this book very well. It’s beautifully written…
A Sky Full of Stars by Dani Atkins | Book Review | Paperback Giveaway | #ASkyFullOfStars
Dani Atkins is an award-winning novelist. Her 2013 debut FRACTURED (published as THEN AND ALWAYS in…
Love, Hope by Juliet Ann Conlin #bookreview @JulietConlin @HodderBooks @LoveBooksGroup @LoveBooksTours
When Hope and Arnold are pushed into writing to one another, neither has any idea how…
Not a Happy Family by Shari Lapena | Book Review | #NotAHappyFamily
In this family, everyone is keeping secrets – even the dead. With many characters that were…
A Narrow Door by Joanne Harris | Book Review | #ANarrowDoor
Rebecca has overcome so many hurdles in her career and indeed in her life generally. From…
The House of Whispers by Anna Kent | Blog Tour QandA | #TheHouseOfWhispers
Are there any authors whose books have made an impact on you? What type of book…
On the Bright Side by Nell Carter – extract
Today I have an extract from the book. The first email arrives on Thursday. Sent to…
Russian Brides by Hugh McNab. Book review.
Thank you to author Hugh Macnab for my copy of this book. I am very honoured…
The Beach Reads Book Club by Kathryn Freeman #bookreview @KathrynFreeman1 @rararesources @0neMoreChapter_
My current book group is just me and my best friends. Obviously we’ve not been able…
ShortBookandScribes #BookReview – Mrs March by Virginia Feito
A creature of routine and decorum, Mrs. March lives an exquisitely controlled existence on the Upper…
When No One is Watching Book Review
If you’ve seen Get Out and liked it, then you will be a fan of this…
My #bookreview of the outstanding novel ‘Of Stone and Sky’ by Merryn Glover – @polygonbooks @MerrynGlover
My thanks to the publishers Polygon for kindly sending me a copy of this book for…
ShortBookandScribes #PublicationDay #BookReview – The Echo Chamber by John Boyne
Like Loading… None of the characters in this book are likeable but I loved reading about…
Her Previous Self by Anne Allen (The Guernsey Novels Book 8) | Book Review | #HerPreviousSelf #Dualtimefiction
Lucy is haunted by Mary’s continued presence in the house and finds herself being pulled more…
The Interview Chain by Lynn Farley-Rose – @treats_and_more @HhouseBooks @zooloo2008 – #TheInterviewChain #ZooloosBookTours
I won’t say much about the content of each interview as that would be to tell…
ShortBookandScribes #BookReview – Lord Seeks Wife by Heather Barnett #BlogTour
What do you do when you’re a Lord who needs a wife and heirs but you’re…
Cecily by Annie Garthwaite | Blog Tour Extract | #Cecily | #HistoricalFiction #CecilyNeville #WarOfTheRoses
It seems an age, but at last the fire is sated, and into the hush it…
Balancing the Books – July 2021
July has been and gone and left us with that most dreaded of occasions. I am…
Bird by Bird Book Review
This post contains affiliate links, which means I receive a small commission, at no extra cost…
#TenThings about #author Helen Buckley – Celebrity SOS – @ChocLitUK @HelenCBuckley
After all, Finn wasn’t just Katerina’s co-star in the school play adaptation of Breakfast at Tiffany’s…
The Fair Botanists by Sara Sheridan #bookreview #HistoricalFiction @SaraSheridan @HodderBooks
From the back of the book Sara Sheridan is passionate about writing women back into history…
The Black Dress by Deborah Moggach – #bookreview – published by @TinderPress
The book however, takes a more contemplative turn when an unexpected love interest or two comes…
ShortBookandScribes #BookReview – Is This It? by Hannah Tovey
But one night, Ivy switches her phone off, peels last night’s drunken pizza off the sofa,…
The Abdication by Justin Newland – extract
“Yeah? Who’s askin’?” one snarled. About the Author They both stood stock still, mouths open. She…
ShortBookandScribes #BookReview – Cecily by Annie Garthwaite #BlogTour
You are born high, but marry a traitor’s son. You bear him twelve children, carry his…
Desert Island Books: Jacqueline Maley
Buy Jane Eyre from Bookshop.org, Book Depository, Waterstones, Amazon or Amazon AU. I was really beguiled…