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! …

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 …

Cunning Women

Dear Reader, Happy Monday 🙂 I've got a particularly brilliant book to share with you today! If you follow me on Twitter you may know that I recently attended the virtual event #MythsMadamsandMurder in which, authors Jennifer Saint, Lucy Holland, Phoebe Wynne and Elizabeth Lee were in conversation with book vlogger and podcast host Jean …

Mrs England

Dear Reader, Another compelling historical novel from the fantastic pen of Stacey Halls! I was so excited to be given access to an advanced reading copy of Mrs England, having loved both of her previous books; The Familiars and The Foundling. Added to this, I was lucky enough to share the excitement of Stacey's new …

Victoria’s War

Dear Reader, Hope you had a lovely Bank Holiday weekend and were able to spend lots of time reading 🙂 Today I am writing to you about a truly incredible story, the characters of which will stay with me forever. Firstly, thank you to Net Galley, Listen Up Audiobooks and Catherine A. Hamilton for providing …

Sistersong

Dear Reader, Something a bit different today... I'm not much of an adult fantasy reader. I've nothing against it, I just don't seem to read much in that particular genre. That is until I read Sistersong by Lucy Holland last week. Lucy's writing and character portrayal were so brilliant that I surprised myself by finding …