Title: Secrets of the Homefront Girls Author: Kate Thompson Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Publication Date: 25th July 2019 Cover: Summary: Stratford, 1939. Britain may be at war, but on the home front keeping up morale and keeping up appearances go hand in hand. For the young women working on the lipstick production … Continue reading Secrets of the Homefront Girls by Kate Thompson – Blog Tour Review
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Top Ten Tuesday: Unpopular Bookish Opinions
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Hello! Welcome to another Top Ten Tuesday and this week we are … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Unpopular Bookish Opinions
The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri – Review
Title: The Beekeeper of Aleppo Author: Christy Lefteri Genre: Fiction Publisher: Zaffre Publication Date: 2nd May 2019 Cover: Summary: Nuri is a beekeeper; his wife, Afra, an artist. They live a simple life, rich in family and friends, in the beautiful Syrian city of Aleppo - until the unthinkable happens. When all they care for … Continue reading The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri – Review
The Devil Aspect by Craig Russell – Review
Title: The Devil Aspect Author: Craig Russell Genre: Psychological Thriller Publisher: Little Brown Publication Date: 7th March 2019 Cover: Summary: from Amazon 1935. As Europe prepares itself for a calamitous war, six homicidal lunatics - the so-called 'Devil's Six' - are confined in a remote castle asylum in rural Czechoslovakia. Each patient has their own … Continue reading The Devil Aspect by Craig Russell – Review
The Versatile Blogger Award
Hello lovely readers! I hope you are all having a relaxing end to the week. I was on holiday this week with my extended family on the West Coast of Scotland (I live in Edinburgh which is in the east so it wasn't too long a journey) and there wasn't much to do there so … Continue reading The Versatile Blogger Award
The Gilded King: Sovereign Book I by Josie Jaffrey – Review
Title: The Gilded King Author: Josie Jaffrey Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy Publisher: Self-Published Cover: Summary: from Amazon In the Blue, the world’s last city, all is not well. Julia is stuck within its walls. She serves the nobility from a distance until she meets Lucas, who believes in fairytales that her world can’t accommodate. The … Continue reading The Gilded King: Sovereign Book I by Josie Jaffrey – Review
The Incendiaries by R. O. Kwon – ARC Review
Title: The Incendiaries Author: R. O. Kwon Genre: Literary Fiction Publisher: Virago Cover: Summary: from Goodreads Phoebe Lin and Will Kendall meet their first month at prestigious Edwards University. Phoebe is a glamorous girl who doesn't tell anyone she blames herself for her mother's recent death. Will is a misfit scholarship boy who transfers to … Continue reading The Incendiaries by R. O. Kwon – ARC Review
Mid-Year Book Freak Out Tag!
Hello everyone! So I was tagged by the amazing Siobhan to do this fun tag which is great for having a think about the 62 books I've read so far this year! I cannot actually believe it's mid-July already, this year is going way to fast for my liking! Best Book You've Read So Far This … Continue reading Mid-Year Book Freak Out Tag!
The Mercy Seat by Elizabeth H. Winthrop – Review
Title: The Mercy Seat Author: Elizabeth H. Winthrop Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Cover: Summary: from Amazon As the sun begins to set over Louisiana one October day in 1943, a young black man faces the final hours of his life: at midnight, eighteen-year-old Willie Jones will be executed by electric chair for raping … Continue reading The Mercy Seat by Elizabeth H. Winthrop – Review
Within The Walls by Dre Keeton – Review
Title: Psycho Infected: Within The Walls Author: Dre Keeton Genre: Dystopian Fiction Summary: from Amazon Perfect opposites in a far from perfect world. Jackson and Lenah are from two different worlds. Lenah is among the elite in Sundale City. Jackson, on the other hand, is broke, Psycho Infected and has a criminal record growing by … Continue reading Within The Walls by Dre Keeton – Review
