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• Weekly Wrap Up (February 18)

  

  Apart from being visited by a sickness bug courtesy of dear old Saint Valentine, this week has been relatively uneventful on any other front so without further... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Last Day – Claire Dyer #BookTour #GuestPost #BookReview

  

  I was delighted to be invited to take part in this blog tour especially as the author generously offered to write an exclusive post. Read what Claire Dyer has t... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books – Martin Edwards

  

  Non-Fiction 5*s There are many of us that are lovers of crime fiction and I’m sure quite a few of us cut our teeth on Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie but di... Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Our Spoons Came From Woolworths – Barbara Comyns

  

  Classic 4*s What a brilliant way to kick off my first read for The Classics Club with the voice of a young woman who tells her story as a young mother in... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• This Week in Books (February 14)

  

  Hosted by Lipsy 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 So onto... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• First Chapter ~ First Paragraph (February 13)

  

  Welcome to another Tuesday celebrating bookish events, from Tuesday/First Chapter/Intros, hosted by Vicky from I’d Rather Be At The Beach who posts the opening... Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• My Life in Houses – Margaret Forster

  

  Non-Fiction – Memoir4*s In hindsight so many of Margaret Forster’s books contain autobiographical detail but it was Hidden Lives which first really opened my... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Weekly Wrap Up (February 11)

  

  This Week on the Blog 8 February 2018 was one of those popular publication days and I had three books read and reviewed in time: the first, The Story of Our... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Bookish Naughty List Tag

  

  Time to confess all of my bookish sins! The tag was originally created by A Page of Jenniely and I was tagged by Minmac Reviews to do it. So, let’s go…... Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Black Rabbit Hall – Eve Chase

  

  Contemporary Fiction 5*s Eve Chase has penned a brilliant story which flips between events at the somewhat dilapidated house Black Rabbit Hall in Cornwall... Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle – Stuart Turton

  

  Crime Fiction4*s I finished this book having realised fairly early on that I had approached what I was about to read from totally the wrong angle. This is one... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• This Week in Books (February 7)

  

  Hosted by Lipsy 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... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• First Chapter ~ First Paragraph (February 6)

  

  Welcome to another Tuesday celebrating bookish events, from Tuesday/First Chapter/Intros, hosted by Vicky from I’d Rather Be At The Beach who posts the opening... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Dark Angel – Elly Griffiths

  

  Crime Fiction5*s Well I just love this series with the balance between the look at old bones, and often new ones too, with the ongoing drama in Ruth Galloway’s... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Weekly Wrap Up (February 4)

  

  This Week on the Blog The week started with my review of a book set in the early Victorian times with plenty of wickedness to entertain its readers: The Wicked... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Story of Our Lives – Helen Warner

  

  Contemporary Fiction4*s How would we survive without friends for support? The Story of Our Lives follows four women; Sophie, Melissa, Emily and Amy over twenty... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• A Patient Fury – Sarah Ward

  

  Crime Fiction5*s I knew from Sarah Ward’s first book featuring Connie Childs that this was going to be a series that had me hooked and I can now safely declare... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Five of the Best – Five Star Reads (January 2014 to 2018)

  

  In 2015 to celebrate reviewing for five years I started a series entitled Five of the Best where I chose my favourite five star reads which I’d read in that... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• This Week in Books (January 31)

  

  Hosted by Lipsy 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... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• First Chapter ~ First Paragraph (January 30)

  

  Welcome to another Tuesday celebrating bookish events, from Tuesday/First Chapter/Intros, hosted by Vicky from I’d Rather Be At The Beach who posts the opening... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE