Review: One Little Lie by Sam Carrington

October 13, 2018.Reading time 3 minutes.

Published by Avon September 2018 / 384 pages Opening sentence: “It took approximately eight hours for Sean Taylor to die.” One Little Lie is a pacy thriller told by three women: Alice, Deborah and Connie. Alice’s son, Kyle, murdered Deborah’s son, Sean, and now Alice thinks reaching out and befriending Deborah is a good idea. The […]

Review: The Wisdom of Sally Red Shoes by Ruth Hogan

October 4, 2018.Reading time 4 minutes.

Published in 2018 by Two Roads / 326 pages Opening sentence: “The old woman fills her lungs with the crisp autumn air, throws open her arms and exhales a flawless top C.” The Wisdom of Sally Red Shoes is Ruth Hogan’s second book. Having read – and loved – her debut, The Keeper of Lost […]

September Wrap Up / October TBR

October 1, 2018.Reading time 3 minutes.

I’ve had a bit of a reading lull over the past few weeks, I’ve enjoyed books but haven’t adored them. (Disclaimer about that sentence, the books I’ve read over the past few weeks are not necessarily the ones that I’ve posted about over the last few weeks – due to scheduling in advance and publishing […]

Review: The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory

September 25, 2018.Reading time 6 minutes.

Audiobook narrated by Pippa Bennett-Warner, Georgia Maguire and Cathleen McCarron / Running time: 17:12:04 / Published by HarperCollins August 2018. Opening sentence: “It is hot today, the wind blows over the flat fields and marshes with the stink of the plague.” I’m a recent historical fiction convert. After reading (well, listening to) and loving The Other […]

Review: Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie

September 15, 2018.Reading time 3 minutes.

Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie Opening sentence: “‘Do I remember the Crale case?’ asked Sir Montague Depleach. Today would have been Agatha Christie’s 128th birthday, so it’s only fitting that I post about one of her marvelous books! Five Little Pigs sees legendary detective Hercule Poirot take on an interesting case. He gets a visit from Carla […]

WWW Wednesday: 12th September 2018

September 12, 2018.Reading time 2 minutes.

Welcome to WWW Wednesday! Hosted by Sam over at Taking on a World of Words, if you’d like to join in just answer the three questions below and pop your blog link on Sam’s weekly post in the comments. So, this week… What are you currently reading? One Little Lie by Sam Carrington. I felt in […]

August Wrap Up / September TBR

September 1, 2018.Reading time 3 minutes.

So, somehow it’s September?? This year is whizzing by, isn’t it? I have had a cracking string of reads through August, I’m so glad these brilliant books have found their way to me and they are quite a varied bunch: Never Greener by Ruth Jones The Rules of Seeing by Joe Heap The Mystery of […]