Hello everyone, This feels like the year where everyone is finally turning their reading priorities to their long-term TBR and taking part in #BeatTheBacklog. I am the same, although to be honest it is a terminally ongoing battle, especially as more books continue to be added to the list! In this post I am taking … Continue reading Five Books On My TBR – February 2022
Pages: 232Published: 13th April 2021Genre: Young Adult FantasyContent warnings: Violence/injury detail, misognyny I recently took part in the blog tour for this book, but was not able to read it at the time. Now I have, and I am excited to share my review! Thank you very much to Dave @ The Write Reads and Kristin Ward - two … Continue reading Book Review – The Girl Of Dorcha Wood by Kristin Ward
Hello everyone, We have reached the end of the first month of 2022! I feel like January has a bit of a bad reputation that it does not necessarily deserve. We see and hear a lot of people complain in a light-hearted way about how long it apparently goes on for, but for me it … Continue reading Monthly Wrap-Up – January 2022
Pages: 327Published: 16th February 2021Genre: Historical FictionContent warnings: Strong sexual references, misogyny, allusions to rape London, 1841. The Rajah sails for Australia. On board are 180 women convicted of petty crimes, sentenced to start a new life half way across the world. Daughters, sisters, mothers - they'll never see home or family again. Despised and damned, all they have now … Continue reading Book Review – Dangerous Women by Hope Adams
Hello everyone, It is my first tag post of 2022 and this is one that I found on Livy's blog just the other day. As soon as I saw the questions and prompts, I knew that I wanted to have a go at answering them myself, so let's get straight on with it! Your go-to … Continue reading Bookish Boxes And Buzzwords Tag
Pages: 361Published: 4th May 2021Genre: Historical FictionContent warnings: Racism, attempted rape Valora Luck has two things: a ticket for the biggest and most luxurious ocean liner in the world, and a dream of leaving England behind and making a life for herself as a circus performer in New York. Much to her surprise, though, she's turned away at … Continue reading Book Review – Luck Of The Titanic by Stacey Lee
Hello everyone, It is my first discussion post of 2022 and today I am talking about themed months in book blogging, where you publish blog posts more frequently than normal, or even every day. We recently reached the end of the most well-known of these, which is called Blogmas, and I take part in that … Continue reading Discussion – Seasonal Book Blogging Themes And How I Approach Them
Image credit: Netflix Hello everyone, Back in November I read The Chestnut Man by Soren Sveistrup, an absolutely gripping Nordic crime novel which was the very definition of a thriller. It was an easy five stars, and I was totally on the edge of my seat for most of the way. It had been on … Continue reading TV Adaptation Review – The Chestnut Man
Hello everyone, It is the final day of this blog tour and I am delighted to be sharing my thoughts on the debut novel by my book blogging friend NS Ford. Ever since I found out that this book was being published I have been looking forward to reading it, and this tour was the … Continue reading Blog Tour + Review – We Watch You by NS Ford
Pages: 304Published: 13th January 2022Genre: Historical FictionContent warnings: Child death, sexual references I received an advanced review copy of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review, so my thanks go to the author and publisher for providing that. This was a buddy read with the wonderful Pauliina @ The Bookaholic Dreamer, and we had … Continue reading ARC Review – The Key In The Lock by Beth Underdown
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