Many thanks to NetGalley and Bookouture for my advance copy of this book in return for my honest review. Picking up a Kim Stone book is like catching up with an old friend who you haven’t seen for a while. You’re immediately comfortable with each other, and you pick up right where you left off.... Continue Reading →
BOOK REVIEW – The Scattering by Lauri Kubuitsile
At the dawn of the 20th century Tjipuka and Ruhapo begin their journey as newly-weds in Okahandja, German South-West Africa. Filled with excitement and happiness, as they should be at the life that awaits them, there are storm clouds hovering that threaten to invade their comfortable, familiar world. For some time now, the Germans have... Continue Reading →
BOOK REVIEW – The Second Chance Shoe Shop by Marcie Steele (Mel Sherratt)
Many thanks to NetGalley and the fabulous folks at Bookouture for my advance copy of this in return for my honest review. So, as most of you know, this is not my normal type of read lately. I’m more prone to the dark, twisty side. Occasionally though, I do venture back to the bright and... Continue Reading →
BOOK REVIEW – See How They Run by Tom Bale
Thanks so much to NetGalley and Bookouture for my copy of this book, received in return for an honest review. Right from the very first line, Tom Bale wastes absolutely no time in alerting his readers to the fact that this is going to be an edge-of-your seat roller-coaster ride of a book! Harry and... Continue Reading →
BOOK REVIEW – Don’t You Cry by Mary Kubica
Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher, Harlequin UK for my advance copy of this book in return for an honest review. Quinn Collins is at a bit of a loss when she realises that her reliable, dependable flatmate, Esther, seems to have inexplicably disappeared from their Chicago apartment one Saturday night. Quinn, being slightly... Continue Reading →
BOOK REVIEW – Somewhere Inside of Happy by Anna McPartlin
Thank you to NetGalley and Random House UK for my advance copy of this book in return for an honest review. Anna McPartlin has a unique way of taking an absolutely devastating topic, and writing about it with such unique warmth and vitality that her readers just cannot help smiling through the bittersweet tears that... Continue Reading →
BOOK REVIEW – When I Lost You by Kelly Rimmer
Many thanks to NetGalley and Bookouture for my advance copy of this book in return for an honest review. Molly is in Italy, anxiously waiting by her husband Leo’s bedside where he’s recovering from a critical injury. While she’s relieved that he’s woken up and is seemingly on the mend, she’s anxious because he’s lost... Continue Reading →
BOOK REVIEW – In Too Deep by Samantha Hayes
Many thanks to THE Book Club (specifically Tracy Fenton) and NetGalley for my advance copy in return for an honest review. Forget everything you’re expecting when you pick up this book – it’s just completely unexpected from every aspect! It’s about Gina’s lovely husband Rick, who goes out one afternoon to get a newspaper and... Continue Reading →
BOOK REVIEW – Garage Band by Adam Rabinowitz
Adam Rabinowitz presents us with a raw, gutsy and thoroughly entertaining caper, carried out by the most unlikely protagonist. Lanthus Trilby, our hero, represents Everyman: every man (and of course, when I say man, I mean woman too) who has ever been put down, belittled, demeaned, ignored and unappreciated. Over the last 17 years, Trilby... Continue Reading →
BOOK REVIEW – A Mother’s Secret by Renita D’Silva
Many thanks to NetGalley and Bookouture for my advance copy of this book in return for an honest review. It is due for publication on 7 April 2016. This is a beautifully written book that takes you on a journey into India both past and present, and into the intricacies and complexities of traditions and... Continue Reading →