“Can you be a final girl and survive your own horror movie – twice? Almost a year after the horrors of Harrogate, Charley is slowly regaining some semblance of a normal life in a small …

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and now hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. The rules are simple: Each Tuesday, Jana assigns a new topic. Create your own…

Synopsis: “Discover the heartwarming true story of a life-changing friendship between a man and his rescue cat, Nala, as they adventure together on a bike journey around the world — fro…

“Summer 1999. Will joins five other idealistic graduates working for an eccentric psychology professor. They’re going to launch a website to change online dating forever. No-one expects it to…

“You may not know the stranger in room six. But they know everything about you. It’s been fifteen years since Belinda was convicted of her husband’s murder. Now, she’s ready…

“Summer 1999. Will joins five other idealistic graduates working for an eccentric psychology professor. They’re going to launch a website to change online dating forever. No-one expects it to…

Hello lovely book people, how are you doing? It’s August. I’m not entirely sure how that’s happened as it only seems like yesterday we were welcoming in the New Year. It’ll …

Cathy at 746 Books has handed over the baton of the 20 Books of Summer Reading Challenge to two new hosts: Annabel at AnnaBookBel and Emma at Words and Peace. I always enjo…

I've just discovered via Joanne @ Portobello Book Blog that there's a final recap questionnaire for the 20 Books of Summer challenge. In fact Emma @ Words And Peace has posted one every month!   FIRST SOME BASIC QUESTIONS Did you manage to finish all 20 books? If not, what kept you from completing the challenge? I did finish and I really enjoyed it this year!

Happy September, readers! I went back to work in August. It all happened very suddenly. I sent an email to a local principal, and he didn't have an open teaching position but offered to bring me in as an instructional assistant. This would give me experience and a foot in the door when a teaching position opens up. So over a two week period I got fingerprinted, cleared, badged and oriented, bought a used car, and started on the first day of school, August 18.

Cathy at 746 Books has handed over the baton of the 20 Books of Summer Reading Challenge to two new hosts: Annabel at AnnaBookBel and Emma at Words and Peace. I always enjoy taking part in this cha…

“Solving murders. It’s a family business. Steve Wheeler is enjoying retired life. He still does the odd bit of investigation work, but he prefers the pub quiz and afternoons at home wit…

“It was supposed to be paradise. For one group of friends, it’s a study abroad program like no other: a month-long adventure filled with sunshine, whirlwind romances, and all-night parties. B…

As before, Emma has created a questionnaire for us to help share our experience of this summer challenge. You can find the link HERE. The August linky oost will stay open for another full week so y…

Following on from yesterday’s check-in on how I did with my challenge, today I’m answering the questions posed by Annabel and Emma who were hosting this year’s challenge. FIRST SO…

“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 …

“An invisible killer with a 100% success rate. No one is safe. Not even those closest to Washington Poe . . . A shooting at Gretna Green. A bride is murdered on her wedding day, seconds after…

“You wake up in a compound in the middle of the desert, along with nine other women. All of you are young, all beautiful, all keen to escape the grinding poverty, political unrest and environ…

Hello and welcome to damppebbles. It’s September. Can you believe it? It feels like only yesterday we were welcoming in the New Year! The weather has certainly got the message here in the sou…

Why oh why oh why do I do this to myself every year?! Because summer reading IS the #20BooksofSummer challenge of course! That’s why 🤭 Hello and welcome to damppebbles! It’s lovely to s…

Fast-paced and funny, this is a must-read for all fans of a classic murder mystery Welcome to Castle Kidbury – a pretty town in a green West Country valley. It’s home to …

Book Review for “Dear Miss Lake” (The Emmy Lake Chronicles #4) by A.J. Pearce. Summary: "London, July 1944. After nearly five years of war, the readers of Woman’s Friendmagazine are relying on the support of Emmy Lake and her team more than ever. With the city under attack, the magazine staff decamps to the countryside for the summer. Determined to help the women of Britain carry on, Emmy and friends are hard at work finding new ways to inspire resilience.

This book hit disturbingly close to home, as people in the U.S. are being rounded up in airports, courthouses and on the streets. In this dystopian novel, Lalami describes a near future where people are assigned risk scores that indicate their likelihood of committing a crime. These scores are based on social media interactions, criminal records, family issues, health records, and even dreams.