Title: The Hottest Girl at Burn Camp Author: Krystal Evans Genre: Memoir Publisher: Octopus Publication Date: 19th June 2025 Rating: 4.5/5 Cover: Summary: When Krystal Evans was 14, the house that she shared with her mother and little sister burned down. Narrowly escaping by breaking a window and jumping out head-first Krystal suffered burns, smoke … Continue reading The Hottest Girl at Burn Camp by Krystal Evans – Blog Tour Review
Category: Memoir
Consent by Vanessa Springora – Book Review
Title: Consent Author: Vanessa Springora Genre: Memoir Publisher: Harper Collins Publication Date: 18th February 2021 Rating: 4.5/5 Cover: Summary: Thirty years ago, Vanessa Springora was the teenage muse of one of France’s most celebrated writers, a footnote in the narrative of an influential man. At the end of 2019, as women around the world began … Continue reading Consent by Vanessa Springora – Book Review
Strong Female Character by Fern Brady – Blog Tour Review
Title: Strong Female Character Author: Fern Brady Genre: Memoir/Nonfiction Publisher: Brazen Publication Date: 16th February 2023 Rating: ✶✶✶✶✶ Cover: Summary: A summary of my book:1. I'm diagnosed with autism 20 years after telling a doctor I had it.2. My terrible Catholic childhood: I hate my parents etc.3. My friendship with an elderly man who runs … Continue reading Strong Female Character by Fern Brady – Blog Tour Review
My Favourite Books of 2022!
I have read so many books that I loved this year and of the 133 that I have read, I have finally managed to narrow it down to a top 25! So, numbers 25-6 are in no particular order but I did manage to pick a top 5 after much deliberation! I wholeheartedly recommend every … Continue reading My Favourite Books of 2022!
A Gypsy in Auschwitz by Otto Rosenberg – Blog Tour Review
Title: A Gypsy in Auschwitz Author: Otto Rosenberg Genre: Memoir Publisher: Monoray Publication Date: 4th August 2022 Cover: Summary: Otto Rosenberg is 9 and living in Berlin, poor but happy, when his family are first detained. All around them, Sinti and Roma families are being torn from their homes by Nazis , leaving behind schools, … Continue reading A Gypsy in Auschwitz by Otto Rosenberg – Blog Tour Review
I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy – Book Review
Title: I’m Glad My Mom Died Author: Jennette McCurdy Genre: Memoir Publisher: Simon & Schuster Publication Date: 15th September 2022 Rating: 5/5 Cover: Summary: A heartbreaking and hilarious memoir by iCarly and Sam & Cat star Jennette McCurdy about her struggles as a former child actor—including eating disorders, addiction, and a complicated relationship with her … Continue reading I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy – Book Review
Shape of a Boy by Kate Wickers – Blog Tour Review
Title: Shape of a Boy Author: Kate Wickers Genre: Travel/Memoir/Narrative Nonfiction Publisher: Aurum, Quarto Publication Date: 5th July 2022 (paperback) Rating: 5/5 Cover: Summary: ‘Have kids, will travel’ is veteran travel journalist Kate’s mantra. Her intrepid spirit is infectious in this warm, engaging account of her family’s adventures and misadventures. She shares the life lessons … Continue reading Shape of a Boy by Kate Wickers – Blog Tour Review
Millennial Love by Olivia Petter – Book Review
Title: Millennial Love Author: Olivia Petter Genre: Nonfiction Publisher: 4th Estate Publication Date: 8th July 2021 Rating: 5/5 Cover: Summary: In Millennial Love journalist Olivia Petter explores the questions, quirks and anxieties that consume the contemporary dating landscape. Olivia scrutinises the myths surrounding modern romance and asks why, despite having endless technology designed to aid … Continue reading Millennial Love by Olivia Petter – Book Review
Self-Contained by Emma John – Blog Tour Review
Title: Self-Contained Author: Emma John Genre: Memoir Publisher: Cassell Publication Date: 6th May 2021 Rating: 4.5/5 Cover: Summary: There is a piece of cod-wisdom regularly dispensed to single women: romance will arrive when you least expect it. I had assumed it would also make its own travel arrangements too. Emma John is in her 40s; … Continue reading Self-Contained by Emma John – Blog Tour Review
Coming Undone: A Memoir by Terri White – Book Review
Title: Coming Undone Author: Terri White Genre: Memoir Publisher: Canongate Publication Date: 15th April 2021 Rating: 5/5 Cover: Summary: To everyone else, Terri White appeared to be living the dream - living in New York City, with a top job editing a major magazine. In reality, she was struggling with the trauma of an abusive … Continue reading Coming Undone: A Memoir by Terri White – Book Review
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