Blog Tour: It Started With A Secret by Jill Mansell

January 23, 2020.Reading time 4 minutes.

Welcome to my stop on this blog tour which has the honour of being able to wish Happy Publication Day to It Started with a Secret as it’s hitting shelves on this very day! I think everyone can agree that some sort of strange time-warp takes place around this point in January – you cannot […]

Little Bandaged Days by Kyra Wilder

January 21, 2020.Reading time 4 minutes.

Little Bandaged Days Kyra Wilder Book Review

Opening sentence: “It wasn’t true, what my mother said, when I called to show her the apartment, about the light.” Reading this book stressed me out. I mean that in both a good and bad way. Good in the sense that if I have a real, solid reaction to a book then it’s connected with […]

Blog Tour: Pine by Francine Toon

January 19, 2020.Reading time 3 minutes.

Opening sentence: “They are driving out for guising when they see her.” Welcome to my stop on the Pine blog tour! Written by Francine Toon, this is an atmospheric little gem that keeps you guessing until the end. It is an addictive blend of the Gothic and crime fiction genres – two of my favourites […]

What I’m Reading – WWW Wednesday: 15th January 2020

January 15, 2020.Reading time 3 minutes.

Hello from my inaugural WWW Wednesday post of 2020! This is a weekly meme hosted by Sam over at Taking on a World of Words. If you’re curious about what other people are reading right now too, join in! All you have to do is answer the three bookish questions below and pop your blog link […]

Review: The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read (and Your Children Will Be Glad That You Did) by Philippa Perry

January 13, 2020.Reading time 8 minutes.

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Opening sentence: “This is not a straightforward parenting book.” Parenting is not easy. I’ve never felt such a mass of contradicting emotions or been in situations that were so wildly out of my control (I’m talking toddler logic and tantrums…) At the moment I have two pre-school boys; the youngest is two so we have […]

Review: The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman

January 9, 2020.Reading time 4 minutes.

Opening sentence: “Imagine you’re a bird.” This book gave me one of my, ‘I’m so glad I read this’ moments. I’d heard a few mixed reviews about The Bookish Life of Nina Hill over on Bookstagram and almost didn’t read it, but the gorgeous cover illustration and lure of finding out more about Nina’s (anyone’s, […]

My 2020 Reading Goals?

January 2, 2020.Reading time 2 minutes.

Oh, hey 2020! There is something so joyful about the repetition in this number that it’s got to be a great and prosperous year for us all, right? I’d popped this theme into my blog calendar, as I’ve always done for my first post of the year, but as I sit here to write it, […]