A couple of weeks ago I received an email offering me a copy of Reality Rehab for review. With Big Brother and Love Island all over the TV at the moment, this humorous novel about reality TV stars seemed quite apt so I thought I would give it a go! Read more…
I was pleased to be sent a copy of Marked for Life by Emelie Schepp for review. I love a good crime fiction book and Nordic crime is really big at the moment so I was intrigued to see how this one stood up. This is the story of a series Read more…
I love Kerry Fisher’s books. I reviewed her first book, The School Gate Survival Guide back in 2014, and also reviewed The Island Escape when it came out, and thoroughly enjoyed After the Lie. I was excited then, to discover that The Silent Wife had been released. This is the story of a Read more…
I was absolutely delighted to receive a pre-release copy of Ginny Moon by Benjamin Ludwig for review last month. I had been asked to publish my review on the release date. When the book arrived and was quite thick, I panicked; how would I read this before the review was due? Read more…
I was excited to receive a copy of The Teacher’s Secret by Suzanne Leal for review. I’d already heard good things about it – but also, I just enjoy finding new authors and new books to read. I enjoyed this book, not only because of the storyline but also for the Read more…
I have had a copy of Liane Moriarty’s The Husband’s Secret sitting on my shelf for months, but for some reason I had never picked it up. The other week, I decided to give it a go… and I couldn’t put it down! In the space between reading this book and writing Read more…
I was sent a copy of The Trap by Melanie Raabe for review, as part of Mumsnet Book Club. This is Raabe’s debut novel. The Trap is written from the perspective of Linda, a successful and reclusive novelist whose sister Anna was murdered twelve years ago. Although Linda Read more…
I was sent a copy of The Fire Child by SK Tremayne to review as part of Mumsnet Book Club. I was excited to get my hands on it, because I reviewed SK Tremayne’s The Ice Twins last year and loved it… This is the story of Rachel, who has grown Read more…
I was sent a copy of Missing, Presumed for review by Mumsnet. When it arrived, it came with a miniature bottle of Southern Comfort, which was nice! My first thought when I saw this book was oh crikey, it’s a massive book and I have to read it all within a week! Read more…
I received a copy of Pretty Is in my goodie bag from Mumsnet Blogfest last year. It languished in my “to be read” pile for quite some time, until a couple of weeks ago when I picked it up, wondering what it was actually about… and then I found I couldn’t quite Read more…
I was sent a copy of The Forgetting Time by Sharon Guskin by Mumsnet for review. The blurb on the back of the book says: Noah is four and wants to go home. the only trouble is, he’s already there. There’s also a quote from Jodi Picoult on the front, calling Read more…
Regular readers of this blog will know that I’m a big fan of Kerry Fisher. I reviewed The School Gate Survival Guide when it was originally released as The Class Ceiling and more recently, I’ve thoroughly enjoyed reading The Island Escape. I’m really excited to be part of the cover reveal for her Read more…
When I’d finished reading the book I reviewed last week, I had that feeling you get when you finish a book and feel a bit like “oh, what should I read now…” While searching for another book to read, I stumbled upon Dark Places by Gillian Flynn and thought I’d Read more…
A little whil ago, I was contacted on Twitter and asked if I would review Coal House by WS Barton. I’ll be honest; this is not my usual type of story… but the blurb on Amazon had me hooked. It’s the story of a man named Finn and his wife Read more…
At the end of 2015, Crystal Paine did a Periscope where she listed her top 10 books of the year, and one of those books was What Alice Forgot by Liane Moirarty. It sounded intriguing, and I was looking for something to read at the time so I got it Read more…
I read Jane Cable’s first novel, The Cheesemaker’s House in January this year, and couldn’t put it down – so I was really excited to find her next book, The Faerie Tree had been released, and bought it without reading any reviews beforehand. I was not disappointed! In her Read more…