Author: Lisa Jewell Publisher: Century 2017 Rating: 4/5 Why I Read This Book A friend gave me a copy of this book to borrow as she had enjoyed it so much that she read it in a weekend. I love a book that takes over my life for a short period of time! The Blurb … More Book Review: Then She Was Gone
After having wondered about joining goodreads for some time, I have finally done it! I have set myself, what may seem like, a relatively modest 2018 reading challenge of 36 books which equates to 3 per month. I know it doesn’t sound like many but this will be a challenge for me! As always, I … More Goodreads
Author: Jodi Picoult Publisher: Laura Gross Literary Agency Rating: 3.5/5 So, if you read my post Audiobooks you will know that earlier this week I discovered and have found a love of audiobooks! This is the first audiobook I haven’t listened to so I went for a book with 3 short stories, and boy am I glad … More Book Review: Leaving Home & other short stories
Top Ten Tuesday is an original weekly feature created at The Broke and the Bookish but this month, Jan 2018, it has moved over to That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week they post a new Top Ten list that one of the bloggers will answer. Everyone is welcome to join in. I had a little dig … More Top Ten Tuesday #3: Books I meant to read in 2017
This is my second top ten Tuesday (October 17th) better late than never, right?! It seems like a slightly more unusual one. It does however combine 2 of my very favourite things, food and books (yay!) Top Ten Tuesday is an original weekly feature created at The Broke and the Bookish. Each week they post … More Top Ten Tuesday #2: Yummy Foods Mentioned In Books
Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton 1905 Rating: 4/5 A good friend gave me this book to read as its a ‘classic’. They picked it up in the Bookbarn where you can pick books up for next to nothing which is perfect when you read as many books as I do! ‘Where Sara … More Book Review: A Little Princess
Author: Mark Haddon Publisher: Vintage 2004 Rating: 5/5 Okay so I’m going to try setting this review out in a slightly different way so please let me know what you think in the comments section below! Why I read this book This is a book I remember fondly from when I was a teenager as … More Book Review: The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time
Author: Susan Lewis Publisher: Cornerstone 2015 Rating: 3.8/5 Previously I have read Too Close To Home and Behind Closed Doors and enjoyed both of them. No Place to Hide is a powerful, emotional, and stunning novel. Justine has moved from England to Culver, Indiana, a place where her grandmother once owned a lake house. Justine … More Book Review: No Place To Hide
Author – Vikas Swarup Publisher – Black Swan 2006 Rating – 4.5/5 Many of you may know this book without even realising it as it was the inspiration behind the hit film, slumdog millionaire. Ram Mohammad Thomas has just got twelve questions correct on a TV quiz-show to win a cool one billion rupees which … More Book Review: Q&A
Author: Jojo Moyes Publisher: Michael Joseph 2012 Rating: 5/5 I was so excited with this book after seeing how much a couple of my friends adored it, and a long time has gone by with this book constantly on my to be read piles each – yet every month for some reason I never quite got … More Book Review: Me Before You
