Hello everyone, At the beginning of 2018 I decided to take part in the Goodreads challenge for the first time, having recently set up an account. I set myself a target of 45 books, which felt quite ambitious considering I had never read more than 25 in a year before. I began steadily, aiming to … Continue reading 2018 Goodreads Challenge Summary and Stats
Hello everyone, It is that time where I look back on the most outstanding books I read in 2018. This has been an excellent reading year, where I have enjoyed an increasingly wide range of genres, but some books in particular left me feeling mesmerised. So here are my top 10, in no particular order. … Continue reading Top 10 Books I Read In 2018
Hello everyone, I think we can all agree that this year has flown by so quickly! Overall for me it was a bit hit and miss, but looking back, it was a very decent year in several areas. I became a book blogger and connected with an amazing online community, I read more than I … Continue reading Review of 2018
Hello everyone, Today I would like to share some more of the best quotes that I came across in the books I have read on my Kindle in 2018. One of my favourite things about a Kindle is the ability to highlight passages and make notes, which are then automatically saved on Goodreads as part … Continue reading Top Kindle Highlights of 2018 – Part Two
Thank you so much to Darina for nominating me for this award. I always love to read her wonderfully written posts, so do check out her blog. Rules Thank the blogger who nominated you; Write a post to show your award; Give a brief story of how your blog started; Give two pieces of advice … Continue reading The Blogger Recognition Award
Hello everyone, It is only six days until Christmas, and I hope you are all having an excellent week! Today I would like to share some of my favourite quotes that I came across in the books I have read on my Kindle in 2018. There are a fair few, so I have decided to … Continue reading Top Kindle Highlights of 2018 – Part One
Hello everyone, For me, the ending is one of the most important parts of a book. It helps form my lasting impression of a book and it should fit well with everything that has happened already. Today I have picked out five books I read in 2018 that all contained memorable endings, which felt ideal … Continue reading Top Five Memorable Endings I Read In 2018
Hello everyone, I have tried to think of as many categories as I can to review my year of avid reading, and this one is definitely one of my favourites! Of all the different book genres, the one I read most frequently is mystery/thriller. They are the kind of books I am immediately drawn to, … Continue reading Top Five Most Dramatic Twists I Read In 2018
Hello everyone, It is time for my next top five list as I take a look back at the books I have read in 2018. Some of these books have been incredibly powerful, and what helped to make them so powerful were the issues they explored, and the events they depicted. These things were also … Continue reading Top Five Powerful Books Read In 2018
Pages: 260Published: 4th June 2015Genre: General Fiction/MysteryContent warnings: Suicide, drug use John Venton's drunken fall from a Devon cliff leaves his family with an embarrassing ghost. His twin children, Morwenna and Corwin, flee in separate directions to take up their adult lives. Their mother, enraged by years of unhappy marriage, embraces merry widowhood. Only their grandfather … Continue reading Book Review – The House At The Edge Of The World by Julia Rochester
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