Hello! I really hope you're all doing OK! I cannot believe April is already over and that I've spent the entire month without leaving my house and garden. It feels really strange but it's been necessary and I really hope that everyone here in the UK can manage to put up with this a little … Continue reading April Wrap-Up!
Tag: 2020 Books
What’s Left Of Me Is Yours by Stephanie Scott – Blog Tour Review
Title: What's Left Of Me Is Yours Author: Stephanie Scott Genre: Fiction Publisher: W&N Publication Date: 21st April 2020 Rating: 5/5 Cover: Summary: In Japan, a covert industry has grown up around the wakaresaseya (literally "breaker-upper"), a person hired by one spouse to seduce the other in order to gain the advantage in divorce proceedings. … Continue reading What’s Left Of Me Is Yours by Stephanie Scott – Blog Tour Review
He Started It by Samantha Downing – Book Review
Title: He Started It Author: Samantha Downing Genre: Thriller Publisher: Michael Joseph, Penguin Publication Date: 30th April 2020 Rating: 4/5 Cover: Summary: No-one knows you better than your family. They know the little things that make you smile. Your proudest achievements. Your darkest secrets. Sure, you haven't always been best friends. But if it seemed … Continue reading He Started It by Samantha Downing – Book Review
Valentine by Elizabeth Wetmore – Book Review
Title: Valentine Author: Elizabeth Wetmore Genre: Fiction Publisher: 4th Estate Publication Date: 31st March 2020 Rating: 5/5 Cover: Summary: Mercy is hard in a place like this. I wished him dead before I ever saw his face… Mary Rose Whitehead isn’t looking for trouble – but when it shows up at her front door, she … Continue reading Valentine by Elizabeth Wetmore – Book Review
Separation Anxiety by Laura Zigman – Blog Tour Review
Title: Separation Anxiety Author: Laura Zigman Genre: Fiction Publisher: Doubleday Publication Date: 16th April 2020 Rating: 4/5 Cover: Summary: Life hasn’t gone according to Judy’s plan. Her career as a children’s book author has taken an embarrassing nose dive. Her teenage son Teddy treats her with a combination of mortification and indifference. Her best friend … Continue reading Separation Anxiety by Laura Zigman – Blog Tour Review
The Switch by Beth O’Leary – Book Review
Title: The Switch Author: Beth O'Leary Genre: Fiction Publisher: Quercus Books Publication Date: 16th April 2020 Rating: 5/5 Cover: Summary: Eileen is sick of being 79. Leena's tired of life in her twenties. Maybe it's time they swapped places... When overachiever Leena Cotton is ordered to take a two-month sabbatical after blowing a big presentation … Continue reading The Switch by Beth O’Leary – Book Review
Wow, No Thank You by Samantha Irby – Review
Title: Wow, No Thank You Author: Samantha Irby Genre: Memoir, Humour Publisher: Faber & Faber Publication Date: 2nd April 2020 Rating: 5/5 Cover: Summary: Staring down the barrel of her fortieth year, Samantha Irby is confronting the ways her life has changed since the days she could work a full 11 hour shift on 4 … Continue reading Wow, No Thank You by Samantha Irby – Review
We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker – Book Review
Title: We Begin at the End Author: Chris Whitaker Genre: Thriller/Mystery, Literary Fiction Publisher: Bonnier Books, Zaffre Publication Date: 2nd April 2020 Rating: 5/5 Cover: Summary: For some people, trouble just finds them. Thirty years ago, Vincent King became a killer. Now, he's been released from prison and is back in his hometown of Cape … Continue reading We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker – Book Review
March Wrap-Up
So this has been a pretty awful month for the world in general and I've been struggling with my health issues flaring up and heightened anxiety due to Coronavirus as I'm sure many of you have been. Despite the very difficult times, March has actually been a month that I have enjoyed an unprecedented number … Continue reading March Wrap-Up
Thorn by Intisar Khanani – Book Review
Title: Thorn Author: Intisar Khanani Genre: YA Fantasy Publisher: Hot Key Books Publication Date: 24th March 2020 Rating: 4/5 Cover: Summary: Princess Alyrra has always longed to escape the confines of her royal life, but when her mother betroths her to a powerful prince in a distant kingdom, she has little hope for a better … Continue reading Thorn by Intisar Khanani – Book Review
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