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• Teaser Tuesday (September 30)

  

  Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: • Grab your current read • Open to ... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• This Little Piggy – Bea Davenport

  

  Crime Fiction 4*’s This is the second book I’ve read this year that is set during the miner’s strike in 1984, the first being Your Beautiful Lies by Louise... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Quarter Past Two on a Wednesday Afternoon – Linda Newbery

  

  Contemporary Fiction 4*’s I have to admit I was drawn to this book by the beautiful cover and the intriguing title and these window dressings weren’t false... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Friday Finds (September 26)

  

  Hosted by Should be Reading FRIDAY FINDS showcases the books you ‘found’ and added to your To Be Read (TBR) list… whether you found them online, or in a... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• WWW Wednesday (September 24)

  

  Hosted by Miz B at Should be Reading To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions… • What are you currently reading? • What did you recently... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Teaser Tuesday (September 23)

  

  Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. My teaser this week is from Quarter Past Two on a Wednesday Afternoon by Linda... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Murder on the Orient Express – Agatha Christie

  

  Crime Fiction 5*’s I recently picked up a 1972 edition of Murder on the Orient Express at a book sale for the princely sum of 50p and then spent a very... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Dark Meadow – Andrea Maria Schenkel

  

  Crime Fiction5*’s This slim novel packs a mighty punch which is going to linger in this reader’s mind with some powerful issues covered under the guise of a... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• One Last Dance – Judith Lennox

  

  Historical Saga4*’s I had forgotten how enjoyable a well-written saga can be, that feeling of enormous satisfaction of following a family through their ups and... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Friday Finds (September 19)

  

  Hosted by Should be Reading FRIDAY FINDS showcases the books you ‘found’ and added to your To Be Read (TBR) list… whether you found them online, or in a... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Rosie Effect – Graeme Simsion

  

  Contemporary Fiction4*’s This is what happens to Rosie and Don almost a year after we last met them in The Rosie Project, you really do need to have read that... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• WWW Wednesday (September 17)

  

  Hosted by Miz B at Should be Reading To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions… • What are you currently reading? • What did you recently... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Secret Wife – Linda Kavanagh

  

  Psychological Thriller3*’s Laura Thompson is getting married. The university lecturer has got her man, her dress and her hopes of a long and happy life with... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Teaser Tuesday (September 16)

  

  Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. My teaser this week is from The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion which is the seque... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Trust in Me – Sophie McKenzie

  

  Psychological Thriller 4*’s This is a psychological thriller that certainly kept me guessing, one of those books where there appears to be a plethora of suspect... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Stolen Girl – Renita D’Silva

  

  Contemporary Fiction4*’s Ever since reading Renita D’Silva’s debut novel Monsoon Memories I have been a firm follower of this author with her tales across the... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Friday Finds (September 12)

  

  Hosted by Should be Reading FRIDAY FINDS showcases the books you ‘found’ and added to your To Be Read (TBR) list… whether you found them online, or in a... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• WWW Wednesday (September 10)

  

  Hosted by Miz B at Should be Reading To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions… • What are you currently reading? • What did you recently... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Tuesday Teaser (September 9)

  

  Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. My teaser this week is from The Stolen Girl by Renita D’Silva Blurb For as long a... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• A Trick of the Mind – Penny Hancock

  

  Psychological Thriller 2*’s An old house with secrets and a need to atone at the heart of Penny Hancock’s new novel. When Ellie is driving along a dark country... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE