I’m not that good with words. I’ve seen a lot of heartfelt messages today. I don’t know what to say. So I give you this. “We don’t read and write poetry because it’s cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race And… Continue reading
Publication Date: 21st August from Little Brown UK/Sphere. Source: Publisher Review copy – Thank you. Nothing would make me keep a diary.Except for one thing.The realisation that soon there won’t be anyone around to read it.William Sandberg. A broken genius, snatched from his home.Christina Sandberg, his ex-wife. She does not… Continue reading
Thanks to Quercus I was recently lucky enough to receive a beautiful little hardback copy of “The Dark Meadow” by Andrea Maria Schenkel, which was an emotional and intriguing story of murder and the killer that got away… I asked the author some questions and here is what she had… Continue reading
So here we are again – Part two of three looking at everyones favourite read of the last six months, and during the post you can find the next 20 titles that made the list. The main problem I’ve had with this list is there are MANY books on… Continue reading
Publication Date: Available now from Headline Thank you to the author and publisher for the review copy via Netgalley. In this tale of passion and obsession, Diana Bishop, a young scholar and the descendant of witches, discovers a long-lost and enchanted alchemical manuscript deep in Oxford’s Bodleian Library. Its reappearance… Continue reading
U.S. Publication Date: August 26th 2014 from St Martins Press. UK – Available now from Corvus. Thank you to the author and to St Martins Press for the netgalley review copy. When Alex Morris loses her fiancé in dreadful circumstances, she moves from London to Edinburgh to make a break… Continue reading
A Mountain of Books…. …you guys have all been reading for the last 6 months, and a couple of days ago I stupidly, erm I mean with great interest, asked you all to pick just ONE book, the one that stayed with you, your favourite read of the last little… Continue reading
Publication Date: 31st July 2014 from Headline. Thank you to the author and publisher for the review copy via Bookbridgr. This is a novel about a woman. About a mother. About a marriage. About a murder. In the brightly lit public pool the killer swims and watches. Amongst the mothers… Continue reading
Publication Date: 14th August 2014 from Penguin. Thank you for the advance copy via netgalley. When Leonard Franks and his wife Ellie leave the clamor of London for a dream retirement on the seclusion of Dartmoor, everything seems perfect. But then the dream shatters. Late on a January afternoon, only… Continue reading
So I was thinking about what I might talk about in today’s post and the lovely Liz Nugent (author of Unravelling Oliver, a fantastic book for any time of the year) suggested Summer Reading. I mean what is that exactly? We see it all the time “Beach reads” and its… Continue reading
