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
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Enjoyed But Rarely Talk About
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. I've missed the las few Top Ten Tuesday's because the themes just … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Enjoyed But Rarely Talk About
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
Wild Dog by Serge Joncour – Book Review
Title: Wild Dog Author: Serge Joncour Translator: Jane Aitken & Polly Mackintosh Genre: Literary Fiction Publisher: Gallic Books Publication Date: 2nd April 2020 Rating: 4/5 Cover: Summary: Franck and Lise, a French couple in the film industry, rent a cottage in the quiet hills of the French Lot to get away from the stresses of … Continue reading Wild Dog by Serge Joncour – Book Review
My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell – Book Review
Title: My Dark Vanessa Author: Kate Elizabeth Russell Genre: Fiction Publisher: Fourth Estate Publication Date: 10th March 2020 Rating: 5/5 Cover: Summary: ALL HE DID WAS FALL IN LOVE WITH ME AND THE WORLD TURNED HIM INTO A MONSTER. Vanessa Wye was fifteen-years-old when she first had sex with her English teacher. She is now … Continue reading My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell – Book Review
Keeper by Jessica Moor – Review
Title: Keeper Author: Jessica Moor Genre: Psychological Thriller Publisher: Penguin, Viking Publication Date: 19th March 2020 Rating: 5/5 Cover: Summary: He's been looking in the windows again. Messing with cameras. Leaving notes. Supposed to be a refuge. But death got inside. When Katie Straw's body is pulled from the waters of the local suicide spot, … Continue reading Keeper by Jessica Moor – Review
Rules For Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson – Review
Title: Rules For Perfect Murders Author: Peter Swanson Genre: Mystery/Thriller Publisher: Faber & Faber Publication Date: 5th March 2020 Rating: 4.5/5 Cover: Summary: Eight classic murders. One killer thriller fan... The gripping new thriller from the master of psychological suspense. A series of unsolved murders with one thing in common: each of the deaths bears … Continue reading Rules For Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson – Review
The Temple House Vanishing by Rachel Donohue – Review
Title: The Temple House Vanishing Author: Rachel Donohue Genre: Literary Fiction, Mystery Publication Date: 20th February 2020 Publisher: Corvus, Atlantic Books Rating: 4/5 Cover: Summary: Twenty-five years ago, a sixteen-year-old schoolgirl and her charismatic teacher disappeared without trace... In an elite Catholic girls' boarding-school the pupils live under the repressive, watchful gaze of the nuns. … Continue reading The Temple House Vanishing by Rachel Donohue – Review
What Kind of Girl by Alyssa Sheinmel – Review
Title: What Kind of Girl Author: Alyssa Sheinmel Genre: Young Adult Publisher: Little Brown UK Publication Date: 6th February 2020 Rating: 4/5 Cover: Summary: 'He said we'd go to the same college, that we'd live in the same dorm, that we'd end up working in the same city after graduation. Doesn't every girl dream that … Continue reading What Kind of Girl by Alyssa Sheinmel – Review
The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave – Review
Title: The Mercies Author: Kiran Millwood Hargrave Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Pan Macmillan, Picador Publication Date: 7th February 2020 Rating: 5/5 Cover: Summary: On Christmas Eve, 1617, the sea around the remote Norwegian island of Vardø is thrown into a reckless storm. As Maren Magnusdatter watches, forty fishermen, including her father and brother, are lost … Continue reading The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave – Review
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