Reading, Reviewing and Recommendations

3 Aug 20174 Aug 2017

For me, The Three Rs are reading, reviewing and recommendations. Books are precious and reading is vital. I enjoy writing book reviews and I like to blog about... um, books,…

Our Endless Numbered days. Claire Fuller

23 Aug 2017

I have just finished reading this book for my work reading group. Judging a book by its cover, it looked like the sort of novel I might pick up for…

Book Beginnings and Friday 56

18 Aug 201717 Aug 2017

I am again participating in two book blog memes today. I hope that they are used for children's books as well as adult fiction! The first meme is Book Beginnings…

Yesterday. Felicia Yap

15 Aug 201712 Aug 2017

Felicia Yap's novel 'Yesterday' was published in the UK last week, on 10 August 2017. I read it as an ebook in June, free from NetGalley. This novel starts with an…

The Explorer. Katherine Rundell

14 Aug 201712 Aug 2017

Katherine Rundell's 'The Explorer' was published in the UK last week, on 10 August 2017, by Bloomsbury. I received this book, free, from NetGalley. I am still trying to decide…

Book Beginnings and Friday 56: The Coffin Path

4 Aug 20174 Aug 2017

I am excited to join in with two book blog memes today. The first is Book Beginnings on Fridays, hosted by Rose City Reader, who asks bloggers to: 'Please join…

The Last Days of Summer. Vanessa Ronan

4 Aug 20174 Aug 2017

The Last Days of Summer is the darkest book I have read in a long time, it charts what happens when a convict is released from prison back to a…

Coffee for Your Heart. Holley Gerth

4 Aug 20174 Aug 2017

I received Coffee for Your Heart as an ebook free from NetGalley. This short book of devotions is explicitly aimed at female readers and is a re-issue of God's Heart for…

The White Bird Passes. Jessie Kesson

4 Aug 20174 Aug 2017

The White Bird Passes is a fine book by Jessie Kesson in which she fictionalises and reworks her childhood into a magical, moving novel. Set in Elgin and Skene in…

Black Cats and Butlers. Janine Beacham.

4 Aug 20174 Aug 2017

Black Cats and Butlers is the first in a series of children's mystery novels and it is a promising addition to the field. Set in Victorian times in a fictionalised York(e),…

A Thousand Paper Birds. Tor Udall

4 Aug 20174 Aug 2017

I received an ebook of A Thousand Paper Birds free from NetGalley. It was published by Bloomsbury on 15 June 2017. This is *the* most beautiful novel of 2017 as far…