Category: Books
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Nancy Naigle – Sweet Tea and Secrets
Well this book was most definitely not what I expected, but it was enjoyable nonetheless. When I downloaded it, I was thinking it would be something like Charlaine Harris’ Lily Bard series, a southern murder mystery kind of novel. I guess I didn’t really read the description too well, as there were no murders of
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Hans Christian Andersen – The Tinder Box
When I saw that for Penguin’s 80th birthday they were releasing 80 books for 80p each, it was all I could do to restrain myself and not immediately buy all of them! I chose this one as I remembered reading Hans Christian Andersen fairy tales when I was younger and I thought it would be
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C.S. Lewis – The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
Well after reading this book, I’ve come to the conclusion that I can never have read it before (even though I thought I had), because it was just not familiar to me at all! I would imagine that most people have read the book, so there’s no need for a full in depth review of
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Jane Austen – Pride and Prejudice
I think it’s no secret that I love love love this book, and as I’ve read it many times before, I won’t be reviewing the actual book. It’s a work of genius and we all know it, I’ve read it so many times that I find myself anticipating the words that are coming. Rather than
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C.S. Lewis – The Magician’s Nephew
I’m almost ashamed to admit that I’ve never read the Chronicles of Narnia. I’ve had the entire set of books on my shelf for as long as I can remember, and just checking the front of the book now, I can see that this edition was purchased for me more than 20 years ago, definitely
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Gillian Flynn – Gone Girl
I’ve been meaning to read this book ever since I found out the film was being released, but other books kept leap-frogging it on my to-read pile, to the point where the film has been and gone and everyone has stopped talking about it and I’ve only just got around to reading it. And now,
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Graeme Simsion – The Rosie Effect
I first read The Rosie Project about 2 years ago, as an advance reading copy won through the Goodreads First Reads program. And immediately I fell in love with Don Tillman. At the end of my review of The Rosie Project, I expressed my wish for more Don, and I was delighted when I heard
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Iain Banks – The Wasp Factory
If I could have one word to describe this book, it would be weird. Two words? Seriously weird. I was recommended this book by someone I used to work with a few years ago, and I just have never got around to reading it, but I’m now seriously questioning the mental health of that colleague,
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Jo Baker – Longbourn
After my last disastrous foray into alternative Pride and Prejudice interpretations, I swore I wouldn’t try another one for a long while! However, when I was trying to decide what to read, I saw this one sitting on my shelf since I bought it probably over a year ago, and the cover just drew me
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Jane Hawking – Travelling to Infinity
Wow, this book was an absolute joy to read. When you think of Stephen Hawking, you immediately think of how brilliant his mind is, and how strong he must be to have coped with Motor Neuron Disease for so long. What you don’t immediately think about is his first wife Jane, who was with him
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Nick Spalding – Fat Chance
This book looked like a light hearted bit of fun, following a couple through a biggest loser style contest to lose as much weight as possible. As I’ve just started back at the gym again in a bid to get healthier, I thought it might be a bit of motivation, but I don’t think the
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Ron Blomberg – Designated Hebrew: The Ron Blomberg Story
Still needing a healthy baseball fix until spring training starts very shortly, I decided to download this on a whim from Amazon since it was included for free with audio in my Kindle Unlimited subscription. If I’m honest, I’d never heard of Ron Blomberg when I downloaded the book, and after reading the book, I
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Frank Nappi – Sophomore Campaign
Another great book from Frank Nappi, alleviating my baseball withdrawal symptoms in the long wait until spring training. In this book, we meet back up with Mickey and Murph, struggling to come to terms with what happened to Mickey at the end of the last book and get back to playing ball. Mickey has decided
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Anna McPartlin – The Last Days of Rabbit Hayes
I don’t think a book has ever left me crying at my desk within the first 20 pages, but this one did. And it didn’t stop after that. I probably should have guessed that a book about a woman dying with cancer was going to be emotional, but I didn’t expect it to be quite
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Jessie Burton – The Miniaturist
It took me a little while to get into this book, but once I did, it was magical. I wasn’t really sure what to expect, I pretty much only bought it because it was the Waterstones book of the year last year, and so I assumed it must be good. It also helped that it
Louise Douglas 