Blog Tour: The Glittering Hour by Iona Grey

October 18, 2019.Reading time 5 minutes.

Opening sentence: “The February dawn crept in slowly, apologetically, as if it sensed how unwelcome it was.” Featuring a dual timeline set in 1925 and 1936, The Glittering Hour tells the story of Selina Lennox, an affluent woman who the newspapers refer to as a Bright Young Thing: they were a real group of rich […]

Review: So Lucky by Dawn O’Porter

October 15, 2019.Reading time 5 minutes.

Opening sentence: “My kid moved out the day she was born.” In a nutshell, So Lucky is about that familiar phrase: ‘Everyone is fighting a battle you know nothing about . . .‘ People might seem like they have it all and are ‘so lucky’ but the reality is quite different. (Coincidently, this is also […]

Blog Tour: Brando’s Bride by Sarah Broughton

October 11, 2019.Reading time 6 minutes.

Welcome to the first stop on the Brando’s Bride blog tour! It’s only fitting that this tour kicks off on a significant day; it was on October 11th 1957 that Marlon Brando and Anna Kashfi – the bride of the title – got married. If that wasn’t serendipitous enough, Anna Kashfi was the stage name […]

What I’m Reading – WWW Wednesday: 9th October 2019

October 9, 2019.Reading time 3 minutes.

Hello, hello from my October WWW Wednesday, a weekly meme (I do it monthly though) 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 […]

Does the length of a book put you off reading it?

October 3, 2019.Reading time 4 minutes.

I randomly came across this interesting little site called ReadingLength.com. It uses 300 words per minute as an average reading speed to calculate how long it will take you to read a book. This interested me as, I have to admit, sometimes if I pick up a book and it’s a hefty tome, I do […]

Monthly Review: September 2019

September 30, 2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

So September went quickly, don’t you think? As well as being my birthday month (which sparked my author birthday sandwich blog post – intrigued?) it can also claim a set of truly cracking reviews. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend all five of these books in a second. And what are they? Well… My September Book […]

Review: Through the Wall by Caroline Corcoran

September 25, 2019.Reading time 4 minutes.

Opening sentence: “I sit, listening to the drip, drip, drip from a shower that only runs for a short time to prevent me from trying to drown myself in it.” I mean it literally when I say I COULD NOT put Through the Wall down. This sophisticated thriller is Caroline Corcoran’s debut and made me want […]