When the dead cannot cross-over, they become the lost ones. Some houses are never at peace. England, 1917 Reeling from the death of her fiancé, Stella Marcham welcomes the opportunity to stay with her pregnant sister, Madeleine, at her imposing country mansion, Greyswick – but she arrives to discover a house of unease and her sister … Continue reading Book Review: The Lost Ones by Anita Frank
The King journey continues, this month with Duma Key. When Edgar Freemantle moves to the remote island of Duma Key to escape his past, he doesn't expect to find much there. But Duma has been waiting for him, and something in the view from his window urges him to discover a talent he never knew … Continue reading Book Review: Duma Key by Stephen King
I love when a book cover matches the title, and this scrapbook style cover is gorgeous! You’re a 15-year-old schoolgirl who has big dreams of becoming a pop star, and then one day you get your lucky break. Polydor records sends you to Copenhagen to make pop music - to make you a recording artist. … Continue reading Nonfiction Book Review: Scrapbook of an Unfound Songstress by Vicky Nolan
Happy publication day to Sonia Velton, her historical fiction debut, Blackberry and Wild Rose publishes today. WHEN ESTHER THOREL, the wife of a Huguenot silk-weaver, rescues Sara Kemp from a brothel she thinks she is doing God's will. Sara is not convinced being a maid is better than being a whore, but the chance to … Continue reading Book Review: Blackberry and Wild Rose by Sonia Velton
Your favourite bounty hunter is back in this thrilling third instalment of the Lori Anderson series, Deep Dirty Truth by Steph Broadribb A price on her head. A secret worth dying for. Just 48 hours to expose the truth… Single-mother bounty hunter Lori Anderson has finally got her family back together, but her new-found happiness … Continue reading Book Review: Deep Dirty Truth by Steph Broadribb (Lori Anderson #3)
Joyland was my last King book of 2018, and a brilliant choice to close the year with because I thoroughly enjoyed it. Set in a small-town North Carolina amusement park in 1973, Joyland tells the story of the summer in which college student Devin Jones comes to work as a carny and confronts the legacy … Continue reading Book Review: Joyland by Stephen King
The monthly buddy reads with Beth @ Bibliobeth continue; for the month of November, we chose to read The Three by Sarah Lotz, having both enjoyed her novel, The White Road. Black Thursday. The day that will never be forgotten. The day that four passenger planes crash, at almost exactly the same moment, at four different points around … Continue reading Book Review: The Three by Sarah Lotz (The Three #1)
