I might not have been reading much but boy have I been binge watching True Crime Documentaries! Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel 2021 β Netflix β 1 Season β 15 and over As soon as I knew there was going to be a documentary released on the above subject, I knew it…
π3π Charlotte Says by Alex Bell
Letβs play a gameβ¦ What fun it is to be monstrous? Tormented by memories of the fire that destroyed her home, Jemima flees to the remote Isle of Skye. But her role as assistant mistress at Dunvegan School for Girls is far from the fresh start she so desperately needs. Then Jemima receives a box…
Life Update
Hellooooo! Everyone. As we approach the end of January, I’m using this time to reflect on how crap January has been. January is usually the most hated month of the year. It’s long, it’s a financial nightmare, the weather is always gloomy, people usually get a cold and overall there is a sense of combined…
π2π Shadow Sands by Robert Bryndza
When Kate Marshall finds the body of a young man floating in the Shadow Sands reservoir, the authorities label it a tragic accident. But the details don’t add up: why was he there in the middle of the night? If he was such a strong swimmer, how did he drown? As Kate and her assistant…
π1π The Ickabog by J.K. Rowling
The kingdom of Cornucopia was once the happiest in the world. It had plenty of gold, a king with the finest moustaches you could possibly imagine, and butchers, bakers and cheesemongers whose exquisite foods made a person dance with delight when they ate them. Everything was perfect β except for the misty Marshlands to the…
End of 2020
So, it’s been a rough year for everyone. COVID changed all our plans and some of us managed to ride the wave through to the end and some of us drowning in the flowing water. I feel like I got through this year in a rowboat that had a leak and was missing one oar…
Top Ten #2020
So, I may not have made my goal of reading 130 books this year, but reading 70 isn’t that bad either. Here are my top ten reads of 2020! 1 – Nine Elms by Robert Bryndza I still remember how excited I was to find out that Bryndza had released a new book series. This…
#70 Kindle Journey – 1st Case by James Patterson & Chris Tebbetts
When Angela Hoot is kicked off her graduate programme at MIT for hacking into the computer of a fellow student, she fears she’s blown her chances of a glittering career. Angela is wrong: instead, she’s offered a dream internship with the FBI. She jumps at the chance, and is thrown straight into her first case…
#69 Kindle Journey – The Crossing by Matt Brolly
In a small town full of secrets, everyoneβs a suspect. When a body is discovered, bled dry on a beach, the sleepy seaside town of Weston-super-Mare wakes up to a nightmare. For Detective Inspector Louise Blackwell, recently transferred to the town she last saw as a child, itβs her first case on the job. The…
8 Week Kindle Journey – Week 2
Honestly, I’m mega surprised that I managed to make it through week 1! It looks like I’m the only one doing my made up challenge – which is fine! I’m having fun and this is definitely getting me back into reading regularly, which I had hoped it would do. The three books this week are:…