356 pages ~ ★★★★★ ~ Kindle As I mentioned when I reviewed The Prison Doctor earlier this year my husband has discovered that one category of book he can't put down is a medical memoir so I'm continually on the look out for another one to force into his hands. I'd previously seen this… Continue reading Hard Pushed ~ Leah Hazzard
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Bird Brain ~ Chuck Mullin
144 pages ~ ★★★★☆ ~ Netgalley eARC The tag line for this graphic novel is "Comics About Mental Health, Staring Pigeons"; I could not hit request quick enough. I'm not normally one for graphic novels but the premise of this sounded so different and made me really want to read it. The author speaks about… Continue reading Bird Brain ~ Chuck Mullin
October 2019 ~ Wrap Up
October turned into an extension of the reading slump I fell into post-honeymoon; I think I'm starting to make my way out of it but I've been spending a lot more time knitting and a lot less time reading. Send me your tips for getting back into the swing of things please! So Lucky* ~ The… Continue reading October 2019 ~ Wrap Up
So Lucky ~ Dawn O’Porter
400 pages ~ ★★★★☆ ~ Netgalley Arc Dawn O'Porter's latest release So Lucky makes you think about everytime you've looked at a snippet of someone else's life and decided they're just "so lucky" based on your assumptions. We follow three women; Ruby, Beth and Lauren, three different lives brought together by one event, the wedding… Continue reading So Lucky ~ Dawn O’Porter
Can’t Judge A Book By Its Murder ~ Amy Lillard
320 pages ~ ★★★★☆ ~ Netgalley Arc Sugar Springs is a sleepy town in Mississippi and the setting for Amy Lillard'd newest book Can't Judge a Book by its Murder, everybody knows everyone and exciting untoward events rarely occur so when Books & More owner Arlo receives a phone call informing her the dead body… Continue reading Can’t Judge A Book By Its Murder ~ Amy Lillard
Beautiful, Complicated Family ~ Rosey Lee
50 pages ~ ★★★★☆ ~ Netgalley eARC Beautiful, Complicated Family are a collection of Flash Fiction works by Rosey Lee; I'm fairly new to flash fiction but as the name suggests they're extremely short and you get a very slim snippet of the characters and story. The description suggests you can read each story in around 5… Continue reading Beautiful, Complicated Family ~ Rosey Lee
September 2019 ~ Wrap Up
September has been very much a story of two halves; the first two weeks were spent off work and mainly in Crete on our honeymoon where I had all the time in the world for reading. Then back down to reality with a bump, life taken over by the pile of paperwork needed to update… Continue reading September 2019 ~ Wrap Up
Tell Me Another Story ~ Emmy Marucci
240 pages ~ ★★★☆☆ ~ Netgalley eARC Split into two section 'me' and 'you', the first half of this poetry collection focuses on experiences close to Emmy while 'you' looks at more disconnected people, like people you might meet in passing or sit near to in a restaurant. Part one, was particularly emotional and focuses mainly… Continue reading Tell Me Another Story ~ Emmy Marucci
The Confession ~ Jessie Burton
464 pages ~ ★★★★☆ ~ Netgalley eARC Well known for her historical fictions Jessie Burton's new release The Confession is set in slightly more recent times as we alternate between the 1980s and the late 2010s. I requested this from Netgalley as soon as I spotted the author's name and got very excited when I got that approval… Continue reading The Confession ~ Jessie Burton
The Prison Doctor ~ Dr Amanda Brown
272 pages ~ ★★★★☆ ~ Paperback I actually picked this up for my fiancé back in July after seeing it on Hannah Gale's Instagram. He doesn't read a lot but earlier this year he loved This is Going to Hurt and When Breath Becomes Air and much prefers a physical books to using his kindle,so I… Continue reading The Prison Doctor ~ Dr Amanda Brown
