My Reading Life – April 2024
April brought plenty of rainy days so lots of opportunities for reading. I've been a bit busier with work stuff so my reading rate...
Secrets of Starshine Cove by Debbie Johnson
Thanks to Netgalley and Storm Publishing for sharing with me an advance reader copy in return for an honest review.
Debbie Johnson is an author...
Human Traces – Sebastian Faulks
"Every day, my daddy told me the same thing. 'Once a task is just begun, never leave it till it's done. Be the labour...
Roam by C.H. Armstrong
“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view . . . until you climb into his skin...
The Taking of Annie Thorne by C.J. Tudor
“Often the hands will solve a mystery that the intellect has struggled with in vain.” Carl Jung
Joe Thorne receives an email. “I know what...
Crash – JG Ballard
"Perhaps the most distubing book you will ever read"
Well, there is another rather sick piece of fiction that I have read previously (The Fermata) but...
The Girl You Left Behind – Jojo Moyes
"Chastity: I know you can be overwhelmed, and you can be underwhelmed, but can you ever just be whelmed? Bianca: I think you can...
My reading life – January 2024
January is always a two faced Janus of a month. On the one hand I have lots of resolve, a clean slate and a...
My Reading Life – March 2024
Where has April gone? I only just finished March and April is more than halfway gone. I have been much busier with work and,...
A God In Ruins – Kate Atkinson
"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop." - Confucius
I've often thought that I have the attention...