Once in a while, a book comes along that's just completely different from anything else. It can't be classified into any genre, or have any sort of label slapped on it. But it makes the reader think, and smile, shed a tear or two, possibly spend some time reminiscing on their own life, trying to... Continue Reading →
BOOKS ON TOUR – The Do-Over by Sharon M. Peterson
Meet Perci (Persephone, actually, but only her mother calls her that - more about her later!)... she's really quite lovely, but for some reason the universe isn't exactly stacking the odds in her favour lately. The story opens on New Year's Eve (well, the afternoon of it), and Perci finds herself at the dentist (yuk!).... Continue Reading →
BOOKS ON TOUR – The Ex-Husband by Samantha Hayes
Ooooooh ... a new Samantha Hayes book! And it's as much of a roller-coaster ride as you'd expect from the Thriller Queen! Leah is finally free of her manipulative, controlling husband Craig. She's moved into her new home with her two children, Zoey and Harry (Sprat), and her priority now is to keep them secure,... Continue Reading →
BOOK REVIEW – Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
I thoroughly enjoyed this - Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson. Her style of writing in short, sharp chapters makes it so easy to keep reading and virtually impossible to put down! I'm astounded that this is the author's debut novel because it's just superb. It's a 5-star read that encompasses all that it means to... Continue Reading →
BOOK REVIEW – The Arctic Curry Club by Dani Redd
It was the title that attracted me to this before anything else! I mean .... you don't really imagine the words 'arctic' and 'curry' as being comfortable bedfellows, do you? So I was intrigued to find out just what was going on here.The story revolves around Maya, a young woman without a lot of self... Continue Reading →
BLOG TOUR – Mrs Narwhal’s Diary by S.J. Norbury
When I started this book, I was a tad confused. It seemed to instantly run away with me. I couldn't seem to fathom what on earth was going on, who all the characters were and why there seemed to be so many of them (there weren't as many as I imagined), and why I just... Continue Reading →
BLOG TOUR – Friends and Neighbours by Ruth Torjussen
Jenny is in a bit of a rut, but oh my word, she is the most self-absorbed, miserable, judgemental so-and-so I've ever come across. I think that if I'd come face to face with her in the beginning of this book, I'd probably have wanted to slap her, or shake her very hard!! Yes, it's... Continue Reading →
BLOG TOUR – A Family Reunion by Patricia Scanlan
This is storytelling at its best, something that Patricia Scanlan excels at! Taking readers through 70 years of Irish history and giving a fascinating look at the emancipation of women in the Catholic faith, I thoroughly enjoyed and was intrigued by facts and issues that were dealt with here that I knew nothing about, especially... Continue Reading →
BLOG TOUR – An Ordinary Life by Amanda Prowse
Congratulations to Amanda on the publication of An Ordinary Life, this week! I'm absolutely thrilled to be participating in this blog tour of an author who I particularly admire and whose books I never fail to thoroughly enjoy and am able to highly recommend. An Ordinary Life tells the story of Molly, who actually lives... Continue Reading →
BLOG TOUR – The Boy Between by Josiah Hartley & Amanda Prowse
This book absolutely devastated and shattered me ... into about a million pieces. In fact at one point I couldn't even read it with my family around. I went out and sat in a coffee shop and read it there. I needed some anonymity around me to ground me and to remind me to breathe... Continue Reading →