I simply cannot list my best reads for 2019 until the end of the year. What if I finish a really great book on December 29? (Plus, today is my birthday so I can do anything I want). Traditionally, I try to cull my list to ten but then I remembered that this is my... Continue Reading →
REVIEW: The Confession by Jessie Burton
In brief: Connie and Elise meet in 1980 and Elise immediately falls under her spell. But thirty years later, Elise's daughter Rose wants to find out what happened to her mother. Does Connie know? The good: It's riveting. The not-so-good: These characters know how to hurt each other. Why I chose it: Thank you to... Continue Reading →
Mailbox Monday and What I’m Reading: 16/9/19
A busy week as always. It wasn't great for football, but on the upside it means I'll have more time to read (plus a functional voice). I was lucky to receive some books in the mail this week! A Single Thread by Tracy Chevalier (available now, RPR $32.99) arrived thanks to Harper Collins (how did... Continue Reading →
Mailbox Monday and What I’m Reading 14/11/16
This week is going to be very busy, so I'm crossing my fingers that I'll have some time to read anything! I have bought a few books in preparation (thanks Dymocks!), all new releases: Lab Girl by Hope Jahren is a memoir, of growing up in her father's lab, then having a laboratory of her... Continue Reading →
Mailbox Monday 25/5/15
I'm very jealous of many of you this morning, having the Memorial Day holiday or a Bank Holiday in the UK! (Think of me shivering over my desk, won't you?) It was a bit of a miserable week here on and off – cold or rainy or both, so it was a bit lucky that... Continue Reading →