Category: Books
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Leigh Bardugo – Crooked Kingdom
Unfortunately, like the first book in this Duology, this book was a book of two halves for me. I started reading it in September, and have only just finished reading it now in December. The first half felt soooooo slow for me and I just wasn’t feeling any compulsion to keep reading, but I wanted…
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Matt Haig – A Boy Called Christmas
An audio-book narrated by Stephen Fry? Glorious! Matt Haig takes on this story of a young boy called Nikolas who finds himself on a wild adventure with his mouse friend Mika for a companion, and ends up blossoming into someone quite familiar. We start the book as Nikolas’ father leaves him to go on a…
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Giovanna Fletcher – Walking on Sunshine
Disclaimer: I was given this book before publication in exchange for a review from NetGalley. I also don’t need to add a disclaimer for this, but it’s probably worth mentioning that Giovanna is one of my favourite authors so I was pretty convinced that I was going to love this book before I read it.…
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Anita Rani – The Right Sort of Girl
I’ve come to the realisation that my favourite kind of audio books are auto-biographies, particularly when they’re read by the author. I don’t know what drew me to this one, I think it was partly because Anita is from Bradford, and partly the picture on the front cover where she looks so joyous. Coming myself…
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Maisie Hill – Period Power
Oh how I wanted to love this book. The first section of the book was great, a detailed look at the female body and reproductive system and menstruation. It felt like all the information I needed (and didn’t get) when I was 13, and although it’s almost 20 years too late, it was great to…
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Camille Fournier – The Manager’s Path
I was recently promoted to team lead (yay me!) and I was recommended this book by a couple of people to learn more about being a leader in tech. It was such a useful book to read – it starts off talking about mentoring, then progressing to team lead and continues all the way up…
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John Mark Comer – God Has a Name
I bought this book from the bookstall at a recent New Wine women’s day. The cover immediately stood out to me, and then when I read the blurb it felt like it was talking directly to me. “Many of us ache for relationship with God, yet feel distant and disconnected from him. As if he’s…
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Milly Johnson – I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day
When this book came out in hardback last year, I waited eagerly but patiently for the paperback release (to complete my collection of Milly’s paperbacks). And what a perfect time of year to read it. Not only is it the perfect Christmas book, but I also happened to read most of it over the weekend…
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Kiley Reid – Such a Fun Age
I’ve had this book on my radar for a long time, and decided to pick it up with my latest Audible credit. Let’s just say that some of my dog walks went on for longer than usual because I didn’t want to stop listening! Fast paced in terms of plot, but also full of characterisation,…
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Muthuraj Swamy – Reconciliation
I feel like I can’t really give this book a fair review (and it’s all my fault). The book was the Archbishop of Canterbury’s lent book for 2019, and as it’s currently October 2021, you can probably see I wasn’t very timely with reading it. The book is designed to be read daily over the…
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James Acaster’s Classic Scrapes
I listened to this book in audio format and I’m so pleased I did because I don’t know if it would have been quite so laugh-out-loud funny if I wasn’t hearing the tales of all these ‘classic scrapes’ in James’ own voice. When we talk about scrapes, we talk about silly situations that James has…
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Sarah Turner – Stepping Up
Disclaimer – I received this book in exchange for a review from NetGalley. I had no idea what to expect from this book other than I have read some of Sarah Turner’s other books as The Unmumsy Mum. The cover looked intriguing but I went in completely blind as to the plot. So by page…
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Robert Webb – How Not To Be a Boy
I’ve come to the realisation that auto-biographies are perfect for audio format, especially when they’re read by the author, and this one was no exception. I’ve been a fan of Robert Webb for many years, back to Peep Show and Mitchell and Webb, and I think it’s very easy to fall into the trap of…
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Rachael Newham – And Yet
Disclaimer; I was given this book in exchange for a review on NetGalley. From the blurb: “In a life full of highs and lows, choice and challenges, the words ‘and yet’ can change everything. We are surrounded by darkness and yet there is light. We feel we are lacking and yet God provides. We are…
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Ruby Wax’s No Brainer
This was my latest Audible purchase – a book I chose because Ruby Wax came and gave a lunchtime talk to our company in July around the topic of mental health awareness and I found her both passionate and incredibly knowledgeable, along with just being very easy to listen to. This ‘book’ was all about…
Louise Douglas 