My Valentines 2017: Eight Books I Love
It's February 14th and love is in the air! Chocolates have been lavished on Mr R and a very large lunch, which will have done nothing at all for my weight loss plans, has been lavished upon me, Mrs R, ...
Putting Down Roots: Book Review of At the Edge of the Orchard by Tracy Chevalier
A Christmas present - in hardback, no less. The first of my Christmas books to be devoured. About the Author Abridged from her site: Tracy Chevalier was born in October 1962 and grew up in Washington, DC, moving to England ...
Six Stories to Send A Shiver Up Your Spine
If you're suffering from Halloween withdrawal symptoms, why not spend the rest of the month indulging your spooky 'n spiritual side with some thrillers and spookers. Arm yourself with a cuddle blanket and decide which one of these six chilling ...
Book Review: Ivy Lane by Cathy Bramley
Another Quick Pick from the library. About the Author From her site: Cathy is the author of the best-selling romantic comedies Ivy Lane, Appleby Farm, Conditional Love, Wickham Hall and The Plumberry School Of Comfort Food. She lives in a ...
Book Review: The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George
A library borrow from the Quick Pick section. About The Author (abridged from her author bio on her site) Born 1973 in Bielefeld, Germany, Nina George is a prize-winning, bestselling author and freelance journalist who has published 26 books (novels, ...
Book Review: The Silent Sister by Diane Chamberlain
A library borrow. 🙂 About the Author (abridged version of her official bio): Diane Chamberlain is the  bestselling author of 24 novels including Necessary Lies, The Silent Sister, The Secret Life of CeeCee Wilkes, and TheKeeper of the Light Trilogy ...
Book Review: Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult
A library borrow 🙂 About the author (from official bio): Jodi Picoult is the author of twenty-four internationally bestselling novels, including My Sister's Keeper,  and The Storyteller. She has also co-written two YA books with her daughter Samantha van Leer. She ...
Book Review: Moth Girls by Anne Cassidy
This one was a library borrow. 🙂 About the Author (official bio): Anne Cassidy was born in London in 1952. She was an awkward teenager who spent the Swinging Sixties stuck in a convent school trying, dismally, to learn Latin ...
Book Review: Doubting Abbey by Samantha Tonge
About the Author: Samantha Tonge lives in Cheshire and writes rom-com novels and short fiction. Doubting Abbey was her debut novel, published in 2014 by Carina. She has since written From Paris With Love ('the fun, standalone sequel to Doubting Abbey'), Mistletoe Mansion, Game of ...
Book Review: The Taxidermist’s daughter by Kate Mosse
I’ve read all of Kate Mosse’s fiction (with the exception of Eskimo Kissing). I borrowed Crucifix Lane from the library years ago, yet didn’t put two and two together when I was hooked by the blurb of Labyrinth. It was only when I ...