Charlotte Brontë would approve of this novel, which stays true to her classic “Jane Eyre”, only telling the story from Edward Rochester’s viewpoint. As “Jane Eyre” is …

Charlotte Brontë would approve of this novel, which stays true to her classic "Jane Eyre", only telling the story from Edward Rochester's viewpoint. As "Jane Eyre" is a lifelong favourite of mine, I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed revisiting her world. We follow Edward from age seven until his late thirties. I found his childhood years particularly poignant, as he was not a particularly loved child who was sent away to boarding school upon his eighth birthday.

Top 5 Tuesday is a weekly meme created by Bionic Bookworm, now hosted by Meeghan Reads. If you’re interested in participating, check out their blog to get the details and the prompts for each week!…

Top 5 Tuesday is a weekly meme created by Bionic Bookworm, now hosted by Meeghan Reads. If you’re interested in participating, check out their blog to get the details and the prompts for each week!…

Top 5 Tuesday is a weekly meme created by Bionic Bookworm, now hosted by Meeghan Reads. If you’re interested in participating, check out their blog to get the details and the prompts for each week! Like most book bloggers, I read a mixture of new releases and older titles. My top 5 reads of 2025 reflect both old and new.

“Windows” is a charming debut novel featuring vignettes of the shopkeepers of the small Scottish town of Linlithgow. There is to be a competition for window displays in the lead up time…

"Windows" is a charming debut novel featuring vignettes of the shopkeepers of the small Scottish town of Linlithgow. There is to be a competition for window displays in the lead up time to Christmas. We meet several different shopkeepers and get a glimpse of their lives as they plan their displays. An over zealous councilwoman who organizes the competition. An elderly man who runs a toy shop.

Hello bookish friends and welcome to the sleeker, shinier and much more pared-back update of #CaseClosed. Later in the month than usual (a whole two weeks late!) but still as badass as ever! 😂 #Cas…

A review of the haunting and atmospheric new novel from Johanna Gustawsson and Orenda Books

Today I’m sharing the first lines from the prologue of my current audiobook, New Beginnings For Christmas by Sally Page. Sally is a favourite author of mine and I loved the book which this no…

Time for another round of Yvonne’s Shorties! This time around a cozy fantasy that I really enjoyed and my second Spanish read of the year with a YA historical fantasy that was good, but not g…

I do love a book challenge, so I’ve joined in with this one after spotting it on Bluesky. Day 22 – A book with a beautiful cover I loved The Foundling by Stacey Halls and the cover is …

Hosted by Taking on a World of Words, this meme is all about the three Ws: What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? What do you think you’ll read next? Why not join in …

“Burgeoning with dark humour, violence and mystery, The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre is a blood-soaked slasher sure to keep readers flinching, laughing, and guessing until the very…

Today I am absolutely delighted to share my thoughts on the stunning new novel from Johana Gustawsson, Scars of Silence, translated into English by David Warriner. I love Johana’s writing, an…

Ring of Salt by Betsy Cornwell (Renegade/Hachette) is a compelling account of pure tenacity and courage against so many obstacles

On my blog today, I’m sharing my thoughts on the new thriller by Lia Middleton, What the Wife Knew. BLURB ONE MARRIAGE. ONE LIE. TWO SIDES TO THE STORY…FRANK is standing trial for violen…

Another title from my lengthy NetGalley backlist. Perhaps I had an intuition that this would not be a stellar read for me, hence waiting SO long to read it. Perhaps it was because this is the second book in the series and I have not read the first one? Perhaps it lost some essential integrity in the translation from German to English?

I do love a book challenge, so I’ve joined in with this one after spotting it on Bluesky. Day 19 – A book with a name in the title I loved The Songbook of Benny Lament by Amy Harmon, w…

Rhett Davis’s second novel imagines a world where people transform into trees in a process called “arborescence”

Must Get Monday is something I found on Becca’s blog @ The Becca Files (which seems to be gone now), which she was doing for quite a while. I’ve only joined in five times before, but so…

Today Mandie is sharing her review of The Waterfall, the latest novel from Gareth Rubin. With thanks to publisher Simon & Schuster UK who provided a copy of the book via Netgalley. Here’s…

Destiny of the Republic is the story of James Garfield, his tragic death, his assassin, and his short term as President of the United States.

About the Book The road from the Scottish mainland to Kintillo lies across a ridge of craggy and forbidding hills, a natural barrier isolating the peninsular from the rest of the world and making K…

I do love a book challenge, so I’ve joined in with this one after spotting it on Bluesky. Day 13 – A book published in the last 12 months I loved A Week to Remember by Ruth O’Lea…