Author : Laura PurcellTitle : House of SplintersPages : 370Publisher : Raven BooksPublication date : 9th October, 2025Source : Netgalley Belinda Bainbridge has spent her life in the shadow of her a…

Welcome to WWW Wednesdays! hosted by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words. Just answer the three questions below and leave a link to your post in the comments for others to look at. No blog? No problem…

Today I am passing the baton back to Mandie who has her review of The Game Is Murder by Hazell Ward. I’ve had my eye on this one myself so very intrigued to see what Mandie thought. Thanks to…

Welcome to WWW Wednesday. This meme was formerly hosted by MizB at A Daily Rhythm and revived by Sam at Taking on a World of Words. Just answer the three questions below and leave a link to your po…

New from Gigi Pandian in the Accidental Alchemist series. Lots of fun for readers who like non-traditional mysteries. On shelves October 7.

Title: The Caller Author: Chris Carter Genre: Thriller Publisher: Simon & Schuster Rating: 4/5 Cover: Summary: Be careful before answering your next call. It could be the beginning of your…

Today I am sharing my review of Broken by Jón Atli Jónasson, translated to English by Quentin Bates. I picked up a copy of the book after hearing the author on a panel at Capital Crime. I love my t…

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to…

Today on the blog I’m taking a look at a very old novel. Older than me even, which is pretty old. As the follow up novel, Revenge of Odessa, by Frederick Forsyth with Tony Kent, is out in Oct…

On my blog today I’m sharing my thoughts on the debut novel by Nikki Allen, The Hideaway. BLURB THE TRIP OF A LIFETIME?When five strangers are chosen for an all-expenses-paid stay at an exclu…

Fly, Wild Swans by Jung Chang (Sept16th 2025, William Collins) is a remarkable read from a courageous individual unafraid to express her views

The movie “Stand By Me” was brought to mind whilst reading this novel. Only instead of four boys, it was three eleven year old girls. It is a hot and sultry summer in the year 1960. A d…

The movie "Stand By Me" was brought to mind whilst reading this novel. Only instead of four boys, it was three eleven year old girls. It is a hot and sultry summer in the year 1960. A different world indeed. The three best friends spend most summer nights out in their treehouse, their 'hideout'. Because of this, they are called the 'Tree Musketeers'.

Nina and Simon are young and in love. They head off to Simon’s family’s vacation home in Vermont to go climbing. Simon comes home alone… The narrators of this audiobook did a fine…

Nina and Simon are young and in love. They head off to Simon's family's vacation home in Vermont to go climbing. Simon comes home alone... The narrators of this audiobook did a fine job of making the story authentic and mesmerizing. This is essentially the tale of two families - Simon's family and Nina's family. Nina's family are close and run an inn.

An inheritance. An old cottage in North Devon. A fresh start. These are the factors that made me want to read “The Red Chair”. Naomi has had a tumultuous life. Dieter, her only real &#8…

An inheritance. An old cottage in North Devon. A fresh start. These are the factors that made me want to read "The Red Chair". Naomi has had a tumultuous life. Dieter, her only real 'love' turned out to be gay. Wilson, her only real 'relationship' was abusive. Now, two decades have passed since she escaped Wilson's clutches and she learns that he has died and left her the North Devon cottage where they once lived together.

New in the Jimmy Perez series from Ann Cleeves. The Killing Stones delves into the mysteries of life in the Orkney Isles as Perez investigates a crime very close to home.

This month I added 11 new review commitments to my TBR mountain. 9 digital books and 2 audiobooks 5 were offered to me ; 1 was an auto-approval ;  and I requested 5 of them (All book descriptions a…

This month I added 11 new review commitments to my TBR mountain. 9 digital books and 2 audiobooks 5 were offered to me ; 1 was an auto-approval ;  and I requested 5 of them (All book descriptions are linked to Goodreads.) I received SIX titles from NetGalley. I requested this title from Bonnier Books UK after reading a glowing review from my fellow bookblogger…

Venetian Vespers by John Banville publishes September 25th with Faber & Faber and is described as 'this autumn’s eeriest novel'.

My first thought is that this is one of those novels that deserves a whole lot more recognition than it has gotten so far…  I’m so sorry that I didn’t get around to reading it soo…

My first thought is that this is one of those novels that deserves a whole lot more recognition than it has gotten so far...  I'm so sorry that I didn't get around to reading it sooner. Mind you, it is not always an easy book to read. This is a dark tale of a dysfunctional family. Living just above the poverty line (

“If you knew you had fifty-nine minutes until everything and everyone you love would be lost forever, what would you do with that time? It’s an ordinary evening. People are coming home …

“Willow is in need of an escape. A former sitcom star, she’s been publicly shamed on the internet after posting something she really shouldn’t have. She checks in to Camp Castaway, an adults-…