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I loved this book! I had wondered about buying it for a while, then I saw an ad on Instagram which persuaded me (yes, sometimes ads on social media do work!) I am very pleased I chose to purchase this novel, it was just brilliant. How to describe this book…it wasn’t as I expected. I […]
I finished this book last night and I can’t decide what I thought about it 🧐 I haven’t read a book like it. It is raw, sad and eye-opening. It’s not a comfortable read. I found myself dreading what awful things I was about to read about. I am glad it wasn’t graphic, and that […]
Hello, and welcome to October! September has been a fab month for reading… The Friend by Dorothy Koomson I loved this novel! I listened to the audiobook version, and I was gripped from the start. I didn’t see the twist at the end at all! For me, this is one of Koomson’s best novels […]
Synopsis: Somewhere between a car accident and a divorce, Annie Applegate stopped believing in happy endings. Now, she just wants to disappear. And the tiny town of Promise fits the bill. With its winding streets and melting-pot of residents, it’s the perfect place for Annie to hide away and open the bookshop she always dreamed […]
Title: After You Author: Jojo Moyes Published: 2015 Genre: Fiction Rating: 2 out of 5 Synopsis: How do you move on after losing the person you loved? How do you build a life worth living? Louisa Clark is no longer just an ordinary girl living an ordinary life. After the transformative six months spent with Will Traynor, she is struggling […]
Title: The Magician’s Nephew Author: C. S. Lewis Published: 1955 Genre: Children’s novels Rating: 4 out of 5 Synopsis: The adventure begins… On a daring quest to save a life, two friends are hurled into another world, where an evil sorceress seeks to enslave them. But then the lion Aslan’s song weaves itself into the […]
Happy New Year! Welcome to 2016! I hope you had a good Christmas and new year. Here are my reading goals for 2016: Goodreads Challenge Last year I completed my Goodreads challenge, to read 50 books, so I am aiming for the same again! Mount TBR Challenge This year, I am only aiming to read […]
Addition: E-book and audiobook Genre: Classics Rating: 5 out of 5 Synopsis: Ebenezer Scrooge has always hated Christmas, but in this particular Eve, he’s given another reason to be wary of the holiday: the ghost of Jacob Marley comes to visit! Clad in heavy chains and burdensome weights, Marley’s ghost warns Scrooge that three spirits […]
Addition: Audiobook Genre: Chick-lit, Christmas Rating: 4 out of 5 Synopsis: Issy Randall, proud owner of The Cupcake Cafe, is in love and couldn’t be happier. Her new business is thriving and she is surrounded by close friends, even if her cupcake colleagues Pearl and Caroline don’t seem quite as upbeat about the upcoming season […]
Addition: Audiobook Genre: Historical fiction Rating: 3 out of 5 Synopsis: Why would a woman marry a serial killer? Because she cannot refuse… Kateryn Parr, a thirty-year-old widow in a secret affair with a new lover, has no choice when a man old enough to be her father who has buried four wives – King […]