320 pages ~ ★★★★☆ ~ Hardback</p> For a longer than I should have younger me lived in completely oblivious that not everyone is off work on Christmas Day, coming from a family of teachers I just assumed everyone had the day off, then one year in response to a comment I can't remember my Aunt… Continue reading Twas the Night Shift Before Christmas ~ Adam Kay
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Christmas Tea O’Christmas Tea
Something a little bit different today, a non-bookish post! Hopefully you'll still find this interesting as if you're anything like me one of the few things better than curling up on the sofa with a book with curling up on the sofa with a book and a cup of tea. Over the last few years… Continue reading Christmas Tea O’Christmas Tea
November 2019 ~ Wrap Up
A bit of a mixed bag this month, I've struggled a little bit with finding time to dedicate to reading but I did listen to three(!!) audiobooks via my library, something I'd forgotten I had access to but I can see becoming a handy way of getting to books I've been putting off. Five Dark… Continue reading November 2019 ~ Wrap Up
Hard Pushed ~ Leah Hazzard
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
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