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LATEST ARTICLES ( 1511 )
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You Should Have Known – Jean Hanff Korelitz #20booksofsummer
Psychological Thriller4*s Grace Sachs, a marriage counsellor has written a book to warn women to pay attention to the clues the men they meet give them. Read more
Posted on 15 August 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Weekly Wrap Up (August 14)
Life in Jersey has continued apace over the last week with plenty of work, a mixture of weather and our very special Battle of Flowers which is like entering a... Read more
Posted on 14 August 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Lie In Wait – G.J. Minett
Crime Thriller5*s There are times when I’m reading that I just know that I’m in a pair of safe hands and this is exactly what I felt when I opened the first pag... Read more
Posted on 12 August 2016 BOOKS -
Cleopatra Loves Books is Three Today
Yes that’s right, three whole candles on my birthday cake to celebrate Cleopatra Loves Books birth three whole years ago! Who could have predicted that when I... Read more
Posted on 11 August 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE -
This Week in Books (August 10)
Lypsyy Lost Found my Wednesday post gives you a taste of what I am reading this week. A similar meme is run by Taking on a World of Words At the moment I’m... Read more
Posted on 10 August 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE -
First Chapter ~ First Paragraph (August 9)
Welcome to another Tuesday celebrating bookish events, from Tuesday/First Chapter/Intros, hosted by Bibliophile by the Sea Every Tuesday, Diane at Bibliophile b... Read more
Posted on 09 August 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Did She Kill Him? – Kate Colquhoun #20booksofsummer
Non-Fiction5*s Florence Maybrick is fast becoming the specialist subject I would choose for Mastermind as she has popped up in several of the books I’ve read... Read more
Posted on 08 August 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Weekly Wrap Up (August 7)
Nothing exciting to report from the ranch this week all fairly normal except I managed to smash my phone’s screen which resulted in it having to be fixed –... Read more
Posted on 07 August 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Rat Run – Caro Ramsay
Crime Fiction4*s In an insular community just seven miles from Glasgow the shadow of the murder of Sue Melrose and her two young sons back in 1992, still casts... Read more
Posted on 06 August 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Book Endings
Imagine the scene, it won’t be hard, you’ve turned the last page of your book and you settle down to write your review. How much do you say about the ending? Read more
Posted on 05 August 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE -
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd – Agatha Christie #20booksofsummer
Classic Crime Fiction 5*s Well this is fairly widely regarded to be the best of all Agatha Christie’s books and having just finished it I can definitely see why... Read more
Posted on 04 August 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE -
This Week in Books (August 3)
Lypsyy Lost Found my Wednesday post gives you a taste of what I am reading this week. A similar meme is run by Taking on a World of Words I am currently... Read more
Posted on 03 August 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE -
First Chapter ~ First Paragraph (August 2)
Welcome to another Tuesday celebrating bookish events, from Tuesday/First Chapter/Intros, hosted by Bibliophile by the Sea Every Tuesday, Diane at Bibliophile b... Read more
Posted on 02 August 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE -
I See You – Clare Mackintosh
Psychological Thriller5*s I loved Clare Mackintosh’s debut novel I Let You Go I really did wonder whether her second book would reach anywhere near the same... Read more
Posted on 01 August 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Weekly Wrap Up (July 31)
Well there was no wrap up post last week because I was in Copenhagen meeting Hans Christian Anderson as part of a trip with my daughter and her two bridesmaids. Read more
Posted on 31 July 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Truly Madly Guilty – Liane Moriarty
Contemporary Fiction4*s I have loved in varying degrees the five other books I’ve read by this author with last year’s offering, Little Lies being one of my... Read more
Posted on 30 July 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE -
The Shrimp and the Anemone – L.P. Hartley #20booksofsummer
Classic Fiction 4*s Having absolutely adored The Go-Between last year I eagerly sought out another book by this twentieth century author. The Shrimp and the... Read more
Posted on 29 July 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE -
The Beauty of the End – Debbie Howells
Psychological Thriller3*s After her debut novel The Bones of You this author has chosen to provide us with another original idea as a premise for her second... Read more
Posted on 28 July 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE -
This Week in Books (July 27)
Lypsyy Lost Found my Wednesday post gives you a taste of what I am reading this week. A similar meme is run by Taking on a World of Words Still struggling wit... Read more
Posted on 27 July 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Blind Side – Jennie Ensor **Blog Tour**
Psychological Thriller4*s I’m going to start this review by stating that there was far more to this psychological thriller than I anticipated. Read more
Posted on 26 July 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE