Eight Perfect Hours

Dear Readers, Last year I read Lia Louis's debut novel Dear Emmie Blue and loved it (you can read my review here...). So I was super excited to discover that this summer brings her second novel, Eight Perfect Hours. Another heart-warming romance about finding love where you least expect it and the beautiful magic of …

Monthly Wrap-Up: July 2021

Another great few weeks of reading... can't wait to share them with you! Books I Have Finished This Month The Summer Book by Tove Jansson: Back at the start of the year I had a delve into the work of Jansson; reading some of her short stories, correspondence and of course her iconic Moomin adventures! …

The Appeal

One Murder. Fifteen Suspects. Can You Uncover The Truth? Written by Janice Hallett Crime | Thriller | Mystery In a town full of secrets... Someone was murdered. Someone went to prison. And everyone's a suspect. Can you uncover the truth? Dear Reader - enclosed are all the documents you need to solve a case. It …

Outraged

Dear Readers, This book was brought to my attention due to it being selected as Waterstones Non-Fiction Book of the Month for July. I was immediately intrigued by it's premise - the idea that Outrage is a seriously over-saturated market, with social media adding fuel to the flames and, in consequence, limited actual action... Mmm …

Charity Shop Book Haul!

Dear Readers, The other week I really enjoyed reading Em's post about her recent purchases from the charity shop. You can check out the post here... I too had been lucky on a recent second hand book haul and so was inspired to share them with you today - thanks Em! I always talk about …

Miss Benson’s Beetle

Dear Readers, If you are a regular follower (sending my love to you!) then you will already know how much I adored this book since I mentioned it last week in my June Wrap-Up post. But I ask you, who can resist a book that opens with the words... When Margery was ten, she fell …

The Feast

Dear Readers, I have already mentioned this latest read of mine in some of my recent round-up posts, but it is so brilliant that today I am dedicating a whole post to my love for this book! The Feast by Margaret Kennedy, foreword by Cathy Rentzenbrink Cornwall, Midsummer 1947. Pendizack Manor Hotel has just been …

Monthly Wrap-Up: June 2021

Dear Readers, Welcome to my first Monthly Wrap-Up here on my blog! June has just been such an amazing month for reading with me that I was inspired to do a wrap up basically just so I can talk about all the brilliant books I have read even more! So what books have I read …

Venetia

Dear Readers, I really am just loving Georgette Heyer at the moment - despite Venetia being only the second of her novels that I've read so far - I just can't get enough of her! (Read my review of my first Heyer, April Lady, here...) But onto Venetia... Venetia by Georgette Heyer, read by Gemma …

Mid Year Classics Wrap-Up

Dear Readers, Summer Solstice completely passed me by this year! Usually I love to acknowledge the longest day, and celebrate in some small way. I will confess that the seed of this idea was planted back when I was 13 and first read Dodie Smith's I Capture the Castle... My imagination was captivated by the …