Category: Books
Review: The Girl Who Couldn’t Say No
The Girl Who Couldn’t Say No by Tracy Engelbrecht My rating: 3 of 5 stars I enjoyed this Kindle book about the life of a girl who got pregnant at 14, but I would have liked it to go a little dee... Read More
Review: Into the Darkest Corner
Into the Darkest Corner by Elizabeth Haynes My rating: 5 of 5 stars Picked this up as a freebie on Kindle ages ago, stuck it in my “freebies I may or may not get round to reading one day” ... Read More
Review: Nemesis
Nemesis by Jo Nesbø My rating: 3 of 5 stars Harry Hole is back, this time investigating a bank robbery where the clerk was killed despite handing over the money. Along the way he finds himself involv... Read More
Review: Are We Nearly There Yet?
Are We Nearly There Yet? by Ben Hatch My rating: 3 of 5 stars Very enjoyable tale of a family’s trip round Britain. Ben is commissioned to write a travel guide about travelling round Britain wit... Read More
Review: Eleven
Eleven by Mark Watson My rating: 5 of 5 stars Picked almost at random as something that looked good to read on holiday. Wow. This is one of the best books I’ve read this year. Xavier Ireland is ... Read More
Review: The Redbreast
The Redbreast by Jo Nesbø My rating: 4 of 5 stars I’ve only recently discovered Jo Nesbo (thanks to special offers on Kindle!) and this is the second book of his I’ve read, though I belie... Read More
Review: William’s Progress
William’s Progress by Matt Rudd My rating: 3 of 5 stars Follow up to William Walker’s First Year of Marriage and a very enjoyable tale. At the end of the first book William’s marriag... Read More
Review: Matchmakers 2.0
Matchmakers 2.0 by Debora Geary My rating: 3 of 5 stars Short, enjoyable read about an internet dating company, the annual “match up the sad people” competition and the employees’ ow... Read More
Review: How To Be a Woman
How To Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran My rating: 4 of 5 stars Billed as “The Female Eunuch” for the 21st century, it doesn’t really live up to that claim, but it is an entertaining and ... Read More
Review: House of Silence
House of Silence by Linda Gillard My rating: 5 of 5 stars Really enjoyed this tale of dysfunctional families, secrets and intrigue. Difficult to say much about it without giving things away, but it... Read More
Review: Are You My Mother?
Are You My Mother? by Louise Voss My rating: 3 of 5 stars Enjoyable story – with plenty of sad moments – about an adopted woman’s search for her birth mother.Strong believable charac... Read More
Review: Mums@Home
Mums@Home by Sophie King My rating: 3 of 5 stars An entertaining read about four parents in very different situations whose lives become entwined when the join the mums@home website. A lot of the stor... Read More
Review: Last Letter from Your Lover
Last Letter from Your Lover by Jojo Moyes My rating: 5 of 5 stars I was lent this book by a neighbour last autumn and I actually accepted it out of politeness rather than because I wanted to read the ... Read More