Image credit: BBC/Bronte Film and Television Ltd I really liked the TV adaptations of the first two Cormoran Strike books; so I was very much looking forward to seeing Career of Evil, the latest book in the series by Robert Galbraith to be made into a two-part drama by the BBC. This time, I absolutely loved it. … Continue reading TV Adaptation Review – Career Of Evil
Pages: 288Published: 5th June 2014Genre: General Fiction This is another book I came across in the library and decided it was worth a read. It took me a few weeks to get round to starting on it, but thanks to its relatively short length and with a little help from all the snow we've had … Continue reading Book Review – The Living by Lean Cullinan
This is the first year where I have set myself a reading target. I thought long and hard before choosing how many books I would try and get through in 2018, knowing that whatever number I decided on would be the most books I would try to read in a single year. At first I … Continue reading My Reading Target Rules
A few days ago I finished reading An Abundance of Katherines, the third book I have read by John Green. It took me a long time to actually get started on his work, but ever since I have he has become one of my top authors. Whenever I read a book by John Green, it acts … Continue reading Author Analysis – John Green
Pages: 368Published: 7th January 2016Genre: Thriller One word to describe this book? Wow. I picked it up almost randomly from a library one day, thinking that it simply looked like the kind of book that I normally like to read. It turned out (for me, at least), to be the very definition of a thriller; … Continue reading Book Review – Dead Secret by Ava McCarthy
This book was right near the top of my TBR list. All the reviews I had seen for it were positive, and it had the look of a riveting, truly edge-of-the-seat domestic thriller, so I had pretty high expectations when I began to read it at the start of this week. Did it meet my … Continue reading Book Review – Friend Request by Laura Marshall
Pages: 290Published: 10th October 2017Genre: Young Adult Contemporary Aza Holmes never intended to pursue the disappearance of fugitive billionaire Russell Pickett, but there’s a hundred-thousand-dollar reward at stake and her Best and Most Fearless Friend, Daisy, is eager to investigate. So together, they navigate the short distance and broad divides that separate them from Pickett’s … Continue reading Book Review – Turtles All The Way Down by John Green
According to pretty much everybody, January 2018 seemed to last forever, so I have decided to write a poem that I hope captures those feelings. And for once, I actually thought of some adequate metaphors! Hope you like it! The sand sprinkles slowly downwardsAs if suspended in a tired hourglassThe days sidle by in a … Continue reading Flickering Time
Pages: 390Published: 4th June 2015Genre: Psychological Thriller What Is It About? Professional photographer Tess has just moved to the United States with her American husband Greg, who had been offered a job as a leading paediatric surgeon in Boston. She is pregnant, and her son Joe, from a previous relationship, has moved with them. Greg … Continue reading Book Review – The Other Child by Lucy Atkins
Pages: 390Published: 19th October 2017Genre: Paranormal Thriller This is my review of Anything You Do Say by Gillian McAllister. A gripping and thought-provoking novel, it will be released on paperback this week, and it comes highly recommended! I was lucky enough to be able to read it on my Kindle, and it was definitely 99p … Continue reading Book Review – Anything You Do Say by Gillian McAllister
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