It's the first day of the blog tour for Say Goodbye, which is being published by Headline on 5 August. So ... I started reading this and was a few chapters in and floundering a bit. I loved the premise - I don't know what it is about cults, but there's just something about them... Continue Reading →
Book festivals are their own little universes - and we all know that battles are won and lost over who rules the universe! Does that sound a bit extreme? When you attend a book festival, it's as if you've entered a type of bubble where only the events and people within it are of any... Continue Reading →
If only we all had a fearless team of feisty old biddies to cheer us on and to have our best interests at heart, then I think we'd all be doing just fine! Lucky for Tessa Archer, she's 'adopted' by the elderly Winnie while on a weekend away in Cornwall, but that's only the start... Continue Reading →
I fell in love with this book on the first page. There's something about the way that Sue Monk Kidd writes that lulls and soothes you. Her writing flows in a lyrical, magical, poetic dance as she weaves a magical spell around the reader with a story created from a Biblical, historical, factual past, intertwined... Continue Reading →
The Rose Code begins in 1947 in post-war Britain's frenzy leading up to the marriage of Princess Elizabeth to Prince Philip. We first meet society-girl, Osla who's in the enviable position of being a columnist for Tatler, with invitations to all the 'right' parties and places. But this is a wedding that she has absolutely... Continue Reading →
When Ada Howell is 13 years old, her father dies and her mother wastes no time selling the crumbling family home in Wales and moves them into far less salubrious lodgings in Brockley with little care as to how Ada feels about it. Upon leaving school it's assumed that Ada will move on to study... Continue Reading →
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 →
I'm not sure that any review could do true justice to this book, but I'll do my best! The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot is one of those special books that comes around every once in a while that you just know is a little piece of magic; one of those life-changing stories... Continue Reading →
This one goes on my 'Must Read' list for 2020!! It's not an easy read, in fact, quite the opposite. It's heartbreaking and will shatter more sensitive readers into a million pieces. I can't even promise that it will put you back together. Even those less sensitive will surely not be able to help themselves... Continue Reading →
