Synopsis: Ageing and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. When she chooses unknown magazine reporter Monique Grant for the job, no one in the journalism community is more astounded than Monique herself. Why her? Why now? Monique is not exactly on top [...]
Synopsis:The case is closed. Five years ago, schoolgirl Andie Bell was murdered by Sal Singh. The police know he did it. Everyone in town knows he did it. But having grown up in the same small town that was consumed by the murder, Pippa Fitz-Amobi isn't so sure. When she chooses the case as the [...]
Synopsis: This is Britain as you've never read it.This is Britain as it has never been told. From the top of the country to the bottom, across more than a century of change and growth and struggle and life, Girl, Woman, Other follows twelve very different characters on an entwined journey of discovery.It is future, [...]
Synopsis: Tiffy and Leon share a flatTiffy and Leon share a bedTiffy and Leon have never met… Tiffy Moore needs a cheap flat, and fast. Leon Twomey works nights and needs cash. Their friends think they’re crazy, but it’s the perfect solution: Leon occupies the one-bed flat while Tiffy’s at work in the day, and [...]
Synopsis: For years, rumours of the "Marsh Girl" have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. She's barefoot and wild; unfit for polite society. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark.But Kya is not what they say. Abandoned at age ten, [...]
In 2020, we're extremely lucky that reading is so accessible. There are several different ways to enjoy a good book and I've tried them all - paperbacks, hardbacks, audiobooks, kindles, Epub files etc. In a world that's becoming increasingly digital, there's honestly nothing I love more than curling up on my sofa with a good [...]
I've recently started reading Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge and, although I'm very early into the book, I've found it absolutely fascinating so far. The book is so thought-provoking and offers some amazing insights into racism and discrimination. It's a book that has been on my TBR [...]
Okay, it's been a little while since my last review, mainly because I've been insanely busy at work, caught a bug and then needed some serious TLC, which resulted in binge-watching ten seasons of Friends! I have managed to make quite a dent in my TBR pile though, which is fantastic. I just haven't quite [...]
A massive thanks to the author, Catherine Taylor, for sending me a copy of Beyond the Moon in exchange for an honest review. Anybody who knows me can tell you that I'm a sucker for a good love story. I'm also a huge history buff, so the concept of Beyond the Moon spoke to me [...]
As the Women's Prize for Fiction winner, I had extremely high hopes for An American Marriage and I'm glad to say it was a glorious read. In fact, it was very nearly perfect. The story is told from multiple perspectives, which is a style that I really enjoy, so much so that I'm trying to [...]
