133. The Night I Met Father Christmas by Ben Miller

Jackson knows all about the flying reindeer, he knows about the elves and the secret North Pole workshop, he knows about the magic that allows Father Christmas to deliver presents around the world in just one night, but there’s one thing he doesn’t know …  how did Father Christmas become Father Christmas? That all changes when, one Christmas…

132. The Girl Who Saved Christmas by Matt Haig

WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BELIEVE IN MAGIC? It is Christmas Eve and all is not well. Amelia Wishart is trapped in Mr Creeper’s workhouse and Christmas is in jeopardy. Magic is fading. If Christmas is to happen, Father Christmas knows he must find her. With the help of some elves, eight reindeer, the Queen…

131. A Boy Called Christmas by Matt Haig

BELIEVE IN THE IMPOSSIBLE You are about to readTHE TRUE STORY OF FATHER CHRISTMAS If you are one of those people who believe that some things are impossible, you should put this book down right away.(Because this book is FULL of impossible things.)Are you still reading?Good. Then let us begin… Paperback | 272 pages Publisher:…

Book Haul

I’ve been trimming the fat again and adding more books to the pile. I’ve now split my tbr shame list to represent kindle books, children’s and young adult books and crime/thrillers. Only because my tastes have changed dramatically this year and I wanted to see what I had on my shelves in a clearer way….

October Round Up

I wish I had read more books this month. It seems silly when you take into account that I read 12 books this month, but, I feel I should have read more. My head space has been all over the place this month, between having a head cold, having intense air pressure migraines and just…

125. The Secret Child (DI Amy Winter Book 2) by Caroline Mitchell

Kindle – 330 Pages Published by – Thomas & Mercer March 7th 2019 DI Amy Winter knows evil. She’s lived through it. Four-year-old Ellen is snatched by a stranger in the dead of night. Her devastated mother, Nicole, receives four identical phials and a threatening note in a familiar scrawl that chills her to the…

122. The Perfect Stranger by Megan Miranda

Synopsis (as taken from Amazon) is as follows: Confronted by a restraining order and the threat of a lawsuit, failed journalist Leah Stevens needs to get out of Boston when she runs into an old friend, Emmy Grey, who has just left a troubled relationship. Emmy proposes they move to rural Pennsylvania, where Leah can…

121. The Last Guest House by Megan Miranda

Synopsis (as taken from Amazon) is as follows: Littleport, Maine, has always felt like two separate towns: an ideal vacation enclave for the wealthy, whose summer homes line the coastline; and a simple harbor community for the year-round residents whose livelihoods rely on service to the visitors. Typically, fierce friendships never develop between a local…

Crime Obsession Part 2

A continuation of my crime obsession ramble, it has come to my realization – and honestly, I don’t know how I didn’t notice before – that I have an abundance of crime novels in both my paperback and kindle library and now gravitate towards them when I am out shopping for books. I don’t necessarily…

117. Max Kowalski Didn’t Mean It by Susie Day

Synopsis (as taken from Amazon) is as follows: The problem with Wales, he thought, was that it was too far away.But that was the point. To leave Southend behind. To get so far that no one would think to look for them there. Max wants to be just like his dad – fun, loud and…