Author: Alison
Me, just me. Mum to two lovely frustrating wonderful teenagers. Living in deepest darkest Oxfordshire. Ex Londoner and proud of it - though I don't miss the traffic. Chelsea fan, motorsports fan, avid reader. Love my food, wine and family!
Review: Nobody’s Fault
Nobody’s Fault by Terry Tyler My rating: 3 of 5 stars I have to say that the Kindle is proving an excellent platform for discovering new authors. Having picked up You Wish by Terry Tyler as a fr... Read More
Review: Revenge Of The Tide
Revenge Of The Tide by Elizabeth Haynes My rating: 5 of 5 stars I thought Elizabeth Haynes’ first novel, Into the Darkest Corner, was an amazing achievement for a new author and was even more su... Read More
Review: Cupcake: A Modern Love-Story with a Bigger-Than-Average Waistline
Cupcake: A Modern Love-Story with a Bigger-Than-Average Waistline by Mariah Jones My rating: 2 of 5 stars Freebie for Kindle hat held my attention on a lazy Sunday morning lie in. About a large girl w... Read More
Review: The Heretic’s Treasure
The Heretic’s Treasure by Scott Mariani My rating: 3 of 5 stars Another Scott Mariani book, another love interest for Ben Hope. You’d think the poor guy would be given time to mourn for hi... Read More
I got a tattoo!
About three weeks ago I wrote about why I wanted a tattoo and why I’d finally decided now was the time to get one. Well last Thursday I finally did it – one more thing crossed off the list... Read More
Congratulations Chelsea – and farewell Drogba
This picture makes me very happy 🙂 I’ve been a Chelsea fan for over 20 years now and to see us battlinhg through tough games against Barcelona and Bayern Munich to finally lift the Champions ... Read More
Review: Pear Shaped
Pear Shaped by Stella Newman My rating: 4 of 5 stars At first I was pretty sure I wasn’t going to like this – it just felt Iike your average chick lit book – girl meets boy, girl fal... Read More
Review: You Wish…
You Wish… by Terry Tyler My rating: 4 of 5 stars Very enjoyable intelligent chick lit style novel about a magic stone and what happens when people wish on it. That sounds a bit trite but the boo... Read More
Review: The Diary of a Nobody
The Diary of a Nobody by George Grossmith My rating: 3 of 5 stars Hmm I think I enjoyed this little tale of the rather foolish Mr Pooter, his patient wife Carrie, son Lupin and their mad assortment of... Read More
Why I’m getting a tattoo
A couple of years ago I put together a list of 101 things I wanted to do in 1001 days – things like “see the Northern Lights” and “join a book club” and “dye my hair a mad colour”. There... Read More
Review: The Doomsday Prophecy
The Doomsday Prophecy by Scott Mariani My rating: 3 of 5 stars Another all action thriller from Scott Mariani, this time revolving around the bible and a doomsday prophecy. A bit slow to get going, th... Read More
Gumtree Daily Deals – a warning. Scam?
UPDATE: Amazing what voicing your issues on social media can achieve. I’ve been trying to contact Gumtree for a fortnight about this problem without any success, yet within four hours of me writ... Read More
Review: Every Last One
Every Last One by Anna Quindlen My rating: 4 of 5 stars I think this was another free Kindle book I picked up, and I started reading it solely because the author’s surname begins with Q and I ne... Read More