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• Let the Dead Speak – Jane Casey

  

  Crime Fiction5*s Eighteen year old Chloe Emery left her father’s house and made her way home to her mother and in these earliest scenes I was left in no doubt a... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• This Week in Books

  

  Hosted by Lipsyy 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 March... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• First Chapter ~ First Paragraph (March 7)

  

  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 07 March 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Lie In Wait – G.J. Minett #BlogTour #Author Post

  

  On 9 March 2017 Lie In Wait by G.J. Minett is being published as a paperback and looking inside the front cover I can see that I’m not the only reader to heap... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Weekly Wrap Up (March 5)

  

  Well we’ve now said goodbye to the worst two months of the year and spring will soon be here – in fact walking in Jersey today the roadsides were full of... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Put A Book On The Map #BookOnTheMap #Liverpool

  

  Today The Book on the Map is in Liverpool, a book that once you’ve read it, you will realise couldn’t possibly be set anywhere else. Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Long Drop – Denise Mina

  

  Crime Fiction5*s This is the story of Peter Manuel, not a recreation of his crimes scrawled baldly across the page but a nuanced look at the man, both behind th... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• When the Sky Fell Apart – Caroline Lea

  

  Historical Fiction4*s One June day just two weeks after those who had decided to evacuate had left on a boat to the mainland, the sky in Jersey was ablaze, the... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• This Week in Books (March 1)

  

  Hosted by Lipsyy 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 Well that’... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• First Chapter ~ First Paragraph (February 28)

  

  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 28 February 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Chalk Pit – Elly Griffiths – Blog Tour (#BookReview)

  

  Crime Fiction5*s I am a huge fan of this series which features the down to earth Dr Ruth Galloway and the surprisingly complex DCI Harry Nelson so I was thrille... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Weekly Wrap Up (February 26)

  

  Another week and another the lovely Emma from damppebbles spotted my name in the paperback release of Little Bones by Sam Blake. Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Thirteen Problems – Agatha Christie

  

  Short Stories 3*s So after finally allowing Miss Marple into my life just last year with Murder at the Vicarage, I decided to try another book which featured... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Other Typist – Suzanne Rindell

  

  Historical Fiction5*s The Other Typist is Rose’s tale we hear of her life working as a typist in a Police Precinct in Brooklyn, her shared room in a Boarding... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Trophy Child – Paula Daly

  

  Psychological Thriller4*s Bronte is just ten years old but she has a punishing schedule of piano classes, harp lessons and because her mother Karen Bloom is... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• This Week in Books (February 22)

  

  www. Hosted by Lipsyy 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’ve... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• First Chapter ~ First Paragraph (February 21)

  

  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 21 February 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• My Sweet Revenge – Jane Fallon

  

  Contemporary Fiction4*s This is a light read which was much appreciated and what more appealing subject than laughing at a hapless, and dare I say it,... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Weekly Wrap Up (February 19)

  

  I didn’t post a wrap up last week as I had gone away on a little jaunt, firstly to London where I met up with Bibliobeth to attend a Book Blogger event organise... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Put A Book On The Map #BookOnTheMap #Edinburgh #Portobello

  

  I am thrilled to welcome Joanne who blogs at Portobello Book Blog and Alison Baillie author of Sewing the Shadows Together to put a book on the map in the subur... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE