Audiobook Review: The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

December 7, 2019.Reading time 4 minutes.

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 […]

Audiobook Review: Everything You Ever Wanted by Luiza Sauma

December 3, 2019.Reading time 4 minutes.

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 […]

Monthly Review: November 2019

November 30, 2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

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 […]

Review: The Truth Pixie by Matt Haig

August 17, 2019.Reading time 4 minutes.

I follow Matt Haig on Twitter and on there he is a huge advocate of mental health issues. He is very open about his own and has written two brilliant adult bestsellers on mental health: Reasons to Stay Alive and Notes on a Nervous Planet. He also writes fiction for both adults and children and […]

Review: The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie

July 27, 2019.Reading time 3 minutes.

Opening sentence: “The intense interest aroused in the public by what was known at the time as ‘The Styles Case’ has now somewhat subsided.’ The Mysterious Affair at Styles has its place in literature history as not only the first Hercule Poirot story, but as the first novel ever published by Agatha Christie. Set in 1917, […]

What I’m Reading – WWW Wednesday: 17th July 2019

July 17, 2019.Reading time 3 minutes.

It’s July WWW Wednesday time! This is 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 […]

Review: The Carer by Deborah Moggach

July 5, 2019.Reading time 4 minutes.

Opening sentence: “The first thing she noticed was her skin.” I knew nothing about this book when I started it, it popped through my letterbox just as I’d finished my current read, so it felt right to dive straight in. My other half saw the cover and said, “that looks a bit creepy” – (apparently […]