‘This is a story that begins with a barbecue’ Due to the fact that I have so many books to be read before publication date, this book kept getting moved to one side….. I recently saw the award it received from Goodreads and immediately decided it was time to give it a heave-ho up my…
‘Curl up by the fire and fall in love…’ Today I have a review of my first Christmas book ever!!!!!! I received an unexpected parcel one day from publisher Bonnier Zaffre and, to my absolute surprise, inside was a very sparkly book Christmas at Lilac Cottage. Written by well renowned author Holly Martin and originally published in…
‘Only one woman can save her world from barbarian invasion but to do so will mean sacrificing everything she holds dear – love, loyalty and maybe life itself . . .’ – The Shogun’s Queen The Shogun’s Queen from Lesley Downer is a very special book. Published by Bantam Press November 2016, I was honoured…
Preparation for The Next Life is a novel written by Atticus Lish. Published to great acclaim by One World Publications, it is a novel I approached with trepidation as I knew it was a novel that had achieved numerous awards. I received my copy from Tripfiction in return for my honest review……. Read on to hear…
‘I will make myself of life here for life is this place and would be start of mine.’ The Lesser Bohemians is a novel achieving great notoriety in the book world at the moment. Published in September 2016 by Faber & Faber, Eimear McBride has written a novel, I feel, will appeal to a certain few.…
Two women, separated by years, tied by secrets untold and haunted by tragedies that could not be foreseen The Last Night by Cesca Major is her latest novel, following on from the wonderful The Silent Hours. Published by Corvus (3rd November 2016), Cesca Major has written a fictional novel based around true events that took place in…
‘CHAOS ~ A vast chasm or void Anarchy The science of unpredictability’ No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Cornwell delivers her twenty-fourth thriller starring medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta, CHAOS. Published by Harper Collins, on 20th October, I was delighted to be invited to hop on the CHAOS blogtour bus!! Please read on to…
‘Maybe they are not gone, those stars. Maybe they’re just lost… Maybe they’re just trying to find their way home.’ Lost Stars or what Lou Reed taught me about Love is the latest novel from NY writer Lisa Selin Davis. Author of the grown-up novel Belly, this is Lisa’s debut YA novel set in the 1980s and…
[ This review has been updated with the recent re-release of this novel ] The Mysterious Bakery on Rue de Paris is a book written by Irish writer Evie Woods (Gaughan). ‘An enchanting and escapist novel for 2025 from the internationally bestselling author of The Lost Bookshop‘ A little escapism to a world where good…
‘A sensitive woman fearing insanity……’ Fear Dreams is written by American author J.A. Schneider. A former staffer of Newsweek, Joyce Schneider is the author of the Embryo series of books and the soon to be published ‘Her Last Breath’. I am delighted to be on tour with Joyce for her new release later in the month with…