*Contains Spoilers* Hi, so glad you could join me once again as I go through my favourite books of 2022. You’ve already read (I hope) my favourite books of January through to June, and now you’ll see July through to December. So, without further ado, I present my favourite books for the second half ofContinue reading “My Favourite Books of 2022: Part 2”
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My Favourite Books of 2022: Part 1 😊
*Contains Spoilers* My end of year evaluation 2021 seemed to hit a chord with readers so I’ve decided to repeat it this year. In 2021, I aimed to read 100 books and ended up reading 200; so, not one to back down from a challenge, I made this year’s original target 200, and I haveContinue reading “My Favourite Books of 2022: Part 1 😊”
What Did I Read in 2022?
At the end of 2021, I decided to post a complete list of all the books I had read that year, plus two posts documenting my favourite reads of each month. People seemed to enjoy it, and I found it interesting to revisit the past 12 months, so I’m back doing it again. I thoughtContinue reading “What Did I Read in 2022?”
The Direction of the Wind – Mansi Shah
Published By: Lake UnionPages: 319Released On: 01/02/2023 Sophie Shah was six when she learned her mother, Nita, had died. For twenty-two years, she shouldered the burden of that loss. But when her father passes away, Sophie discovers a cache of hidden letters revealing a shattering truth: her mother didn’t die. She left. Nita Shah had everythingContinue reading “The Direction of the Wind – Mansi Shah”
Heading Home to Lavender Cottage – Alison Sherlock
Published By: BoldwoodPages: 320Released On: 09/01/2023 With nowhere else to go, Harriet Colgan has returned to the sleepy village of Cranfield to sell her beloved aunt and uncle’s cottage, the only place she ever called home. When she arrives at Lavender Cottage, Harriet discovers plans to replace the beautiful lavender fields, her uncle’s pride andContinue reading “Heading Home to Lavender Cottage – Alison Sherlock”
Death Comes to Marlow – Robert Thorogood
Published By: HQPages: 384Released On: 05/01/2023 It’s been an enjoyable and murder-free time for Judith, Suzie and Becks – AKA the Marlow Murder Club – since the events of last year. The most exciting thing on the horizon is the upcoming wedding of Marlow grandee, Sir Peter Bailey, to his nurse, Jenny Page. Sir Peter is having a partyContinue reading “Death Comes to Marlow – Robert Thorogood”
Once Upon a Hillside – Angela McAllister
Illustrated By: Chiara FedelePublished By: Zephyr (Head of Zeus)Pages: 224Released On: 10/11/2022 Once upon a hillside, the hedgerows were loud with sparrows and thick with blossom. Blue butterflies flitted over the anthills, lapwings danced in the big sky. And time passed…’ Beginning with a Neolithic clan, who leave an arrowhead later found by a RomanContinue reading “Once Upon a Hillside – Angela McAllister”
Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries – Heather Fawcett
Published By: Little BrownPages: 336Released On: 19/01/2023 Emily Wilde is good at many things: she is the foremost expert on the study of faeries; she is a genius scholar and a meticulous researcher who is writing the world’s first encylopaedia of faerie lore. But Emily Wilde is not good at people. So when she arrives inContinue reading “Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries – Heather Fawcett”
The Second Stranger – Martin Griffin
Published By: Little BrownPages: 304Released On: 19/01/2023 Remie Yorke has one shift left at the Mackinnon Hotel in the remote Scottish Highlands before she leaves for good. Then Storm Ezra hits.As temperatures plummet and phone lines go down, an injured man stumbles inside. PC Don Gaines was in a terrible accident on the mountain road.Continue reading “The Second Stranger – Martin Griffin”
We All Want Impossible Things – Catherine Newman
Published By: Random HousePages: 224Released On: 12/01/2023 Edith and Ashley have been best friends for over forty-two years. They’ve shared the mundane and the momentous together: trick or treating and binge drinking; Gilligan’s Island reruns and REM concerts; hickeys and heartbreak; surprise Scottish wakes; marriages, infertility, and children. As Ash says, “Edi’s memory is like the back-upContinue reading “We All Want Impossible Things – Catherine Newman”
Books By Your Bedside 