Reviews and ramblings from my pages…
Jón Eiríksson buried one wife this year.But how long can his secrets remain hidden? 1686, Iceland. A wild, isolated landscape that can swallow a man without so much as a volcanic gasp, where superstitious Icelanders are haunted by all-too-recent memories of witch trials. Rósa is leaving her home in Skalholt. Betrothed unexpectedly to the mysterious … Continue reading Blog Tour | Book Review: The Glass Woman by Caroline Lea
I won a copy of this book in a giveaway hosted by Jo’s Book Blog, and I’m kicking myself for not reading it sooner! Oh, I loved it, The Bear and the Nightingale is a wonderful, magical book. Beware the evil in the woods. . .In a village at the edge of the wilderness of … Continue reading Book Review: The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden (Winternight Trilogy #1)
“To anyone who feels lost” – I don’t know if I’ve ever read a better dedication in a self-help book. Hello and welcome to your quarter-life crisis.Let me guess: you’ve dyed your hair purple and can’t decide how to ask your boss for a ‘find yourself’ sabbatical. No purple hair? Good. I got here just … Continue reading Nonfiction Book Review: How to Survive Your Quarter-Life Crisis by Jodanna Bird
Dirty Little Secrets is one not to be missed, my first five star read of 2019. And I had so much fun reading this one with Eva @ Novel Deelights. Six neighbours, six secrets, six reasons to want Olive Collins dead.In the exclusive gated community of Withered Vale, people’s lives appear as perfect as their beautifully … Continue reading Book Review: Dirty Little Secrets by Jo Spain
My Instagram book club, @criminallygoodbookclub, voted on The Au Pair as our January book - a brilliant book choice to kick off the year! Seraphine Mayes and her brother Danny are known as the summer-born Summerbournes: the first set of summer twins to be born at Summerbourne House. But on the day they were born … Continue reading Book Review: The Au Pair by Emma Rous
I've had my eye on The Last ever since I first heard about it back in June 2018, it was advertised as an Agatha Christie-style murder mystery set at the end of the world. It sounded amazing, and it did not disappoint! BREAKING: Nuclear weapon detonates over Washington BREAKING: London hit, thousands feared dead. BREAKING: Munich … Continue reading Book Review: The Last by Hanna Jameson
My Stephen King journey continues, with the approaching movie adaptation, it was the turn of Pet Sematary. 'SOMETIMES...DEAD IS BETTER' The house looked right, felt right to Dr Louis Creed. Rambling, old, unsmart and comfortable. A place where the family could settle; the children grow and play and explore. The rolling hills and meadows of Maine … Continue reading Book Review: Pet Sematary by Stephen King
