Book Review – The Silence Of The Girls by Pat Barker

February 25, 2023November 9, 2025 ~ Stephen ~ Leave a comment

Pages: 323Published: 30th August 2018Genre: Mythological FictionContent warnings: Misogyny, sexual content, injury detail, animal sacrifice Queen Briseis has been stolen from her conquered homeland and given as a concubine to a foreign warrior. The warrior is Achilles: famed hero, loathed enemy, ruthless butcher, darkly troubled spirit. Briseis's fate is now indivisibly entwined with his. No … Continue reading Book Review – The Silence Of The Girls by Pat Barker

Book Review – The Vanishing Stair by Maureen Johnson

February 18, 2023November 9, 2025 ~ Stephen ~ Leave a comment

Pages: 369Published: 22nd January 2019Genre: Young Adult MysteryContent warnings: Child death All Stevie Bell wanted was to find the key to the Ellingham mystery, but instead she found her classmate dead. And while she solved that murder, the crimes of the past are still waiting in the dark. Just as Stevie feels she’s on the cusp of putting it … Continue reading Book Review – The Vanishing Stair by Maureen Johnson

Five Year Blogging Anniversary – My Favourite Posts

February 15, 2023November 9, 2025 ~ Stephen ~ Leave a comment

Hello everyone, This is the penultimate post in my mini-series marking five years since I began book blogging, and here I am looking back on some of my previous posts. I have published over 600 posts since the beginning of 2018 including over 200 book reviews. When I started and for a long time afterwards, … Continue reading Five Year Blogging Anniversary – My Favourite Posts

Book Review – They Lie Here by NS Ford

February 4, 2023November 9, 2025 ~ Stephen ~ Leave a comment

Pages: 271Published: 4th November 2022Genre: Domestic/Paranormal Thriller This is the second book self-published by my book blogging friend NS Ford. As well as being a creative blogger, she is a very talented author! Kat Green has made a career out of tracking down reclusive former celebrities. When she moves to the quaint English city of Waelminster, she’s on … Continue reading Book Review – They Lie Here by NS Ford

Monthly Wrap-Up – January 2023

February 1, 2023November 9, 2025 ~ Stephen ~ Leave a comment

Hello everyone, Well, we are already one month into 2023. Just 11 to go and they will probably be gone in no time at all...which is a rather scary thought! Anyway, it is time to look back on a January that began a bit unhappily for me but got progressively better towards the end. Nothing … Continue reading Monthly Wrap-Up – January 2023

Book Review – Not A Happy Family by Shari Lapena

January 28, 2023November 9, 2025 ~ Stephen ~ Leave a comment

Pages: 429Published: 27th July 2021Genre: Mystery/CrimeContent warnings: Injury detail, bullying In this family, everyone is keeping secrets--especially the dead. Brecken Hill in upstate New York is an expensive place to live. You have to be rich to have a house there. And they don't come much richer than Fred and Sheila Merton. But even all their money can't protect … Continue reading Book Review – Not A Happy Family by Shari Lapena

My A-Z Of Books – A

January 25, 2023November 9, 2025 ~ Stephen ~ Leave a comment

Hello everyone, To mark the fact I have been book blogging for five years, I have decided to do an A-Z series of posts based on all the books I have read in that time, and about blogging in general. It felt like a fun idea! These posts will include all of the most significant … Continue reading My A-Z Of Books – A

Book Review – Cunning Women by Elizabeth Lee

January 21, 2023November 9, 2025 ~ Stephen ~ Leave a comment

Pages: 382Published: 22nd April 2021Genre: Historical FictionContent warnings: Animal death/cruelty, suicide, allusions to rape, misogyny Lancashire, 1620. Young Sarah Haworth and her family live as outcasts. They are 'cunning folk', feared by the local villagers by day, but called upon under cover of darkness for healing balms and spells. Against the odds, love blossoms when Sarah meets Daniel, the … Continue reading Book Review – Cunning Women by Elizabeth Lee

Five Year Blogging Anniversary – Top 10 Books

January 18, 2023November 9, 2025 ~ Stephen ~ Leave a comment

Hello everyone, This month marks five years since I started book blogging! In January 2018 after I had set myself a Goodreads Challenge for the first time, I decided to repurpose my existing miscellaneous blog and focus primarily on books - which was the right decision for so many reasons. In that time I have … Continue reading Five Year Blogging Anniversary – Top 10 Books

Book Review – The One Hundred Years Of Lenni And Margot by Marianne Cronin

January 14, 2023November 9, 2025 ~ Stephen ~ Leave a comment

Pages: 372Published: 1st June 2021Genre: General FictionContent warnings: Terminal illness storyline, child death Life is short. No-one knows that better than seventeen year old Lenni living on the terminal ward. But as she is about to learn, it's not only what you make of life that matters, but who you share it with. Dodging doctor's orders, she joins an … Continue reading Book Review – The One Hundred Years Of Lenni And Margot by Marianne Cronin