My reading has been so sloppy so far in 2021, which is terrible considering how many books I have to read at the moment. I think my life is just more busy than it was in 2019 when I was able to read 130 books in the year. I have more commitments at the moment…
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📚3📚 Charlotte Says by Alex Bell
Let’s play a game… 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…
📚2📚 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…
📚1📚 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 – except for the misty Marshlands to the…
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, everyone’s 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, it’s 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:…
#68 Kindle Journey – The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
This chance for us Howards comes once in a century… 1521. Henry VIII rules over a fashionable court alive with pageant and celebration, the lack of a son his only threat. When young Mary Boleyn arrives at court, she becomes his new mistress, an unwitting pawn in the ambitions of the powerful Boleyn and Howard…
#67 Kindle Journey – Last Resort by Susi Holliday
Seven strangers. Seven secrets. One perfect crime. When Amelia is invited to an all-expenses-paid retreat on a private island, the mysterious offer is too good to refuse. Along with six other strangers, she’s told they’re here to test a brand-new product for Timeo Technologies. But the guests’ excitement soon turns to terror when the real…
At the End of the World is a Book 