Author: Adam Kay Publisher: Pan Macmillan # of Pages: 160 Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Having previously read Kay’s previous book The Diaries Of A Junior Doctor and enjoyed the frank recount of a junior doctor working on the front line in our NHS. With all of the festive spirit that was happening between Christmas and New Year … More Book Review: Twas The Nightshift Before Christmas
I had really hoped to surpass my reading challenge in 2019 but so much cake up and I switched off from reading a little over the summer. I can’t wait to see how many books I read this year!! What was your favourite book in 2019? Did you have any 5 star reviews that you’d … More My Year In Books: 2019
Author: Sara Gruen Publisher: Algonquin Books # of Pages: 421 Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ For sometime I had heard the most amazing reviews of this book! I got a copy in December but I wanted to wait until the new year so that I could start January off in style (you can see how far behind I … More Book Review: Water For Elephants
Author: Louise Jensen Publisher: Bookoture Number of Pages: 324 Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ I’ll be honest here….the majority of the reason for reading this book is that it was on offer in the Kindle store. Other than that the cover intrigued me and sometimes that’s enough of a reasons to read something different, I’m a simple creature! … More Book Review: The Surrogate
Author: Suzy Quinn Publisher: Motherhood Fiction Number of Pages: 320 Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I read the blurb and it made me chuckle. Holiday reading can’t all be crime and thrillers! Juliette had a baby with Mr Not-Quite-Right. Now what? So I’ve had a baby. But motherhood isn’t quite how I imagined.I don’t live in a lovely … More Book Review: The Bad Mother’s Diary
Author: Amanda Prowse Publisher: Lake Union Publishing Number of Pages: 330 Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Just before I left to spend 10 days laying in the sun, exploring and reading I asked my family and friends for some book recommendations. This one was recommended to me by my Mum who is a bit of an avid reader … More Book Review: The Coordinates of Loss
Author: Heather Morris Publisher: Harper Paperbacks 2018 # of Pages: 272 Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (I’d give it even more if I could!) I am fascinated by books based on the war, daily lives and hardships of people, particularly in Germany. So when this book came out it appealed to me. I heard and read a range of … More Book Review: The Tattooist Of Auschwitz
Author: Paula Hawkins Publisher: Riverhead Books 2017 # of Pages: 386 Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Simply it was a book written by Paula Hawkins and I read the girl in the train and enjoyed 🙂 it also was spoken about in the media last year so ended up in my TBR list. In the last days before … More Book Review: Into The Water
Author: Lisa Jewell Publisher: Century 2017 Number of Pages: 426 Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I had heard lots of good things about it and I had read some pretty cool reviews and it sounded like a book I would enjoy! She was fifteen, her mother’s golden girl. She had her whole life ahead of her. And then, … More Book Review: Then She Was Gone
I have dusted off my apron, found my whisk and turned on the scales! I haven’t baked in such a long time, a mixture of laze and being slightly fat has kept me out of the kitchen. But…This week it is my turn to bring the cake/bakes so there is literally no better excuse.after much … More Lemon Bakewell Slice
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