Oh my goodness! I was so enthralled by and engrossed in this book that I had several very late nights when I kept reading instead of going to sleep! Patch and Saint are best friends from the poor end of town, and although Saint has feelings for Patch, he has a secret crush on richContinue reading “All the Colours of the Dark – Chris Whitaker – 17.08.25”
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Elsewhere – Gabrielle Zevin – 13.08.25
This was a sweet readable book offering a novel suggestion for the afterlife – the recently deceased wake on a type of cruise ship headed for Elsewhere where they might meet friends and relatives who predeceased them. In Elsewhere you arrive the age you were when you died, and then age backward – ie. getContinue reading “Elsewhere – Gabrielle Zevin – 13.08.25”
A Cast of Falcons – Sarah Yarwood-Lovett – 10.08.25
I liked the first book in this series, about Dr Nell Ward, the expert in bats who stumbled across a crime scene and was implicated in a murder, because it was quirky and I enjoyed the bat ecology facts. This second book is more like murder at Downton Abbey, as Nell (who also happens toContinue reading “A Cast of Falcons – Sarah Yarwood-Lovett – 10.08.25”
Like a Bullet: The Paperback Sleuths, Book 3 – Andrew Cartmel (Audiobook) Narrated by: Olivia Dowd – 07.08.25
After not really liking the first book in the paperback sleuth series, I find for me at least that it has found its feet a bit and books two and three are pretty fun. I still prefer the vinyl detective series, but I quite like how Eric Make Loud and Tinkler appeared in this book.Continue reading “Like a Bullet: The Paperback Sleuths, Book 3 – Andrew Cartmel (Audiobook) Narrated by: Olivia Dowd – 07.08.25”
The Forty Rules of Love – Elif Shafak – 06.08.25
I found this book interesting and strangely compelling. It follows dual stories – modern day American, Ella, who has been a relatively happy homemaker, wife and mother, even knowing that her husband regularly cheats on her with other women, until her children are grown and her daughter announces her engagement and she strongly advises herContinue reading “The Forty Rules of Love – Elif Shafak – 06.08.25”
The Pull of the Stars – Emma Donoghue (Audiobook) Narrated by: Emma Lowe – 03.08.25
From the writer of Room this is a very different (although, now that I think about it, similarly claustrophobic) novel. It’s historical fiction set in Dublin during WWI when a deadly flu epidemic ravages the city and people die within hours of contracting it. The novel takes place over just two days and mostly inContinue reading “The Pull of the Stars – Emma Donoghue (Audiobook) Narrated by: Emma Lowe – 03.08.25”
The Great Alone – Kristin Hannah (Audiobook) Narrated by: Julia Whelan – 29.07.25
Oh, I was really gripped and totally invested in the lives of Leni Allbright and her troubled family – dad, Ernt, returned from time in Vietnam including time as a prisoner of war and totally wrecked with PTSD and Mum, Cora, who does her best and stands by her man even as he gets moreContinue reading “The Great Alone – Kristin Hannah (Audiobook) Narrated by: Julia Whelan – 29.07.25”
Murder on Line One – Jeremy Vine – 28.07.25
Well, they say you should write what you know, so it makes sense that radio talk show host Jeremy Vine would write a whodunnit set in and around a local radio station with the main character a talk show host. There were many things that I liked about the book – I liked the pathosContinue reading “Murder on Line One – Jeremy Vine – 28.07.25”
Hagseed – Margaret Atwood – 22.07.25
I had this book on my kindle for quite a while before I got around to reading it, thinking it would be a bit of a chore, like reading Shakespeare, but actually, when I finally got around to it, it was very readable and fun. It is a modern retelling of Shakespeare’s The Tempest (aContinue reading “Hagseed – Margaret Atwood – 22.07.25”
Just One Thing: How simple changes can transform your life (Audiobook) – Dr Michael Mosley – 23.07.25
I listened to this series of short ‘things’ that you should do to make yourself a bit healthier (according to the sadly deceased Michael Mosley) while out walking my dog or running so I could feel quite smug whenever the ‘thing’ involved being outside or exercising! I’m writing this about two weeks after I finishedContinue reading “Just One Thing: How simple changes can transform your life (Audiobook) – Dr Michael Mosley – 23.07.25”
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