Opening sentence: “Love is fragile, my mother once said.” Since I discovered Laura Purcell’s books earlier this year, I have become quite the fan. She has her signature tone and style locked down and if you too adore Gothic novels that are written in an engaging, clever, sophisticated way, then you’d better pick up a […]
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It’s my last WWW Wednesday post of the year – of the decade, in fact! 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 […]
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Much hyped on Twitter, I’d read only positive reviews of The Silent Patient, so was looking forward to reading it. I love a great psychological thriller and have found they really work for me as audiobooks and as an audiobook, I have to say, this was great. It actually brought to mind a famous book from […]
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Opening sentence: “Iris first heard about life on Nyx on a freezing winter’s night.” If you were offered the opportunity to live on another planet, that is ‘a genuine alternative to life on Earth’ would you take it? That is what Everything You Ever Wanted asks. There is a caveat though… you can’t ever come […]
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I KNOW everyone is probably thinking it, but I really can’t get my head around the fact there is now only one month left in 2019?? November has zipped by and I’ve felt so busy; something that’s reflected in my reading (i.e: I’m doing less of it). So yes, I only posted four reviews this […]
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Once, Twice, Three Times an Aisling is (funnily enough) the third book in the Aisling series, but it’s the first time I’ve listened to Aisling’s story on audiobook and I have to say, it was a pure delight. The narrator, Amy McAllister, was just perfect, she sounded exactly how you’d want Aisling to; it’s basically like […]
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Welcome to the latest Books on the 7:47 author interview with the fantastic Elly Griffiths! Born as Domenica de Rosa, she has written four books under her real name and uses the pen name Elly Griffiths to write her very successful Dr. Ruth Galloway crime series and the Detective Inspector Edgar Stephens and Max Mephisto mystery […]
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