Hello everyone, I hope you are having a good week so far. It is time for my second Goodreads Challenge of the year! Just to recap, I set my target for 2022 at a total of 55 books, a number that I have surpassed in each of the past four years. Therefore, it seemed like … Continue reading Goodreads Challenge Update – August 2022
Pages: 548Published: 5th August 2021Genre: Young Adult CrimeContent warnings: Injury detail/gore, drug use, allusions to rape Pippa Fitz-Amobi is haunted by the way her last investigation ended. Soon she’ll be leaving for Cambridge University but then another case finds her. . . and this time it’s all about Pip. Pip is used to online death threats, but there’s one … Continue reading Book Review – As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson
Hello everyone, Would you believe it, we have reached the end of July! For me it was a busy month of fluctuating emotions, but it had some real high points. Another memorable aspect of it was the heat, where the UK recorded its highest ever temperatures - those were a few very uncomfortable days! Although … Continue reading Monthly Wrap-Up – July 2022
Pages: 498Published: 11th January 2022Genre: FantasyContent warnings: Injury detail This was a buddy read with Pauliina @ The Bookaholic Dreamer, and it was our best one yet! As always I really enjoyed our discussions, and it was wonderful how enthralled we both were by this book. Growing up on the moon, Xingyin is accustomed to solitude, unaware that she … Continue reading Book Review – Daughter Of The Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan
Hello everyone, I was tagged by the wonderful Amy @ The Shelf Of Unread Books for this one, which made me extremely happy as the post combines two of the absolute best things in the world - books and tea! I love an afternoon tea, preferably with some cake. In fact, it is a fixed … Continue reading Afternoon Tea Book Tag
Pages: 309Published: 27th June 2019Genre: Domestic ThrillerContent warnings: Child death, sexual references, homophobia Over thirty years ago Vivienne's pregnant sister Ruby was murdered by her boyfriend Jack. It was an open and shut case, as Vivienne heard him commit the crime and the evidence of other witnesses placed Jack at the scene. Vivienne still has awful nightmares where she … Continue reading Book Review – Who Killed Ruby? by Camilla Way
Hello everyone, I hope you are having a nice week so far. I am barely coping with the heat wave we have been experiencing here in the UK - it is hard to remember a time where I have had to actively take shelter from the sun! Today I have one of my list posts … Continue reading My Favourite Books With Multimedia Formats
Pages: 372Published: 6th February 2020Genre: Historical FictionContent warnings: Discrimination/bullying, injury detail When should my story begin? Not when I was born, a butcher's son, in a tiny cottage just like all the other tiny cottages in Oakham. Who'd have thought then that I'd ever have much of a story to tell? Perhaps it starts when people began to nudge … Continue reading Book Review – The Smallest Man by Frances Quinn
Hello everyone, Would you believe we are already over halfway through 2022?! That means it is time for the mid-year check-in, the fun tag where I look back at some of my reading highlights of the year so far and what lies ahead in the months to come. What I love about this tag and … Continue reading The Mid-Year Check-In 2022
Pages: 375Published: 13th May 2021Genre: Historical FictionContent warnings: Discrimination, animal death/cruelty, attempted rape, sexual references 1866. In a coastal village in southern England, Nell lives set apart by her community because of the birthmarks that speckle her skin. But when Jasper Jupiter’s Circus of Wonders arrives in the village, Nell is kidnapped. Her father has sold her, promising Jasper Jupiter … Continue reading Book Review – Circus Of Wonders by Elizabeth Macneal
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