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What I read- October 2013

Wow… a whole lot of Chick Lit this month. All fun and girly. Perfect for my overly extended back to work brain. The Bride Wore Size 12 by Meg Cabot Longbourn by Jo Baker Secret Shared by L. Marie...

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What I read- November and December 2013

The Hive by Gill Hornby The Bookstore by Deborah Meyler The Midnight Rose by Lucinda Riley (advanced copy via Goodreads contest) Somewhere in France by Jennifer Robson The Island House by Posie...

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Book Review: Traitor’s Blade by Sebastien De Castell

Image c/o Penguin Canada Falcio Val Mond is one of the last of the Greatcoats, a special band of men and women who served as magistrates for the King. When the King is killed, the Greatcoats are...

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What I Read- March 2014

Tempting Fate by Jane Green (via NetGalley Love her books. Funny and honest) The Prime Minister’s Secret Agent by Susan Elia MacNeal (advanced copy via NetGalley One of my fave series. I am a sucker...

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What I Read- April 2014

The Women In Black: Angel of Death by Martyn Waites S.E.C.R.E.T Revealed by L .Marie Adeline (via NetGalley On Sale May 6th) The Dolphin Way: A Parent’s Guide to Raising Healthy, Happy And Motivated...

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Books I Read- May 2014

The Nightingale Nurses series by Donna Douglas (I read first four books in series, first three via Net Galley)  I am a huge Call the Midwife fan so this series about nurses in the East End of London...

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What I Read – June 2014

  Solsbury Hill by Susan M. Whyler – This brooding, gothic novel takes a contemporary look at the life of Emily Bronte and her novel “Wuthering Heights”. Highly recommend! Daring Greatly by Brene...

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What I Read- August 2014

August was an insane month for us! We went on a two-week holiday, I started a new job and we continue to be in the throes of our renovation. This didn’t leave me a lot (by my usual standards) of time...

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Books I Read- November/ December 2014

After a horrendous first trimester of my pregnancy (when I basically existed with my head under a pillow), I have finally got back to reading in a big way- I have been devouring books at a crazy rate!...

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What I Read- March/April 2015

The Royal We by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan – This is SUCH a fun read by the girls behind the site Go Fug Yourself. I am praying for a sequel! The Little Dress Shop of Dreams by Meena Van Praag –...

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Bookworm Monday- What I Read

I am back to reading in a big way! Now that the babies go to bed at a reasonable time I can curl up with a good book and a glass of wine in the evening! Here are some of the books that have made an...

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Bookworm Monday- What I Read in February 2016

After You  by JoJo Moyes– If “Me Before You” broke your freakin’ heart, this book will mend it. It is a wonderful sequel.   The Painter’s Daughter by Julie Klassen– I read this because for some reason...

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What I Read- March 2016

Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld (via Netgalley. Available April 19th)- A Modern retelling of Pride and Prejudice (read full review here) The Ice Child by Camilla Lackberg– I have been reading this...

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What I Read- April 2016

  The Vanishing Year by Kate Moretti– This book hooked me SO fast! I was up until the wee hours reading it because I had to know what happened! So many twists, turns, red herrings… it was fantastic....

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What I Read- February 2017

  The Breakdown by B.A Paris (vis Netgalley. In stores June 20th 2017) – When Cass passed a a broken down car on a forested road in the middle of a driving rainstorm she never imagined that she might...

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What I Read- March 2017

  The Secret Wife by Gill Paul– In this historical novel, one of the Romanov daughters of Russia fell in love with a soldier before the Russian Revolution. As the war intensified, these unlikely...

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What I read- Summer 2017

The Girls by Emma Cline– This book would have been my holy grail as a teenager. I was obsessed with true crime (still am) and this novel about a young girl entangled with a Manson Family- like cult...

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What I read- Autumn 2017

Dangerous Crossing by Rachel Rhys (via Netgally- available  January 9th 2018 in the US and Canada. Available now in the UK)- Traveling from England to Australia in 1939, the inhabitants of a large...

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More Books I read in February 2018

I read a few more books this month!! I Found You By Lisa Jewel- Alice, a single mom of three, finds a man with no memory sitting on the beach outside her house. Miles away, a very young foreign bride...

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What I read- March 2018

  The Guilded Age by Karin Tanabe– Based on the true story of Anita Hemmings, the first African-American woman to graduate from Vassar College in 1897. A brilliant student, Anita had spent a quiet by...

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