Category: Book review
Blog Tour: The Ringmaster’s Daughter by Carly Schabowski
Who could resist that gorgeous cover, and the lure of a circus setting in war time Paris. Not me. I’m grateful to Bookoture for allowing me to join the blog tour for The Ringmaster’s Daughter by Carly Schabowski. First Line of The Ringmaster’s Daughter by Carly Schabowski “The streets of… Read more »
Blog Tour : The Silent Wife by Karin Slaughter
I’m super excited to be joining today’s blog tour for The Silent Wife by Karin Slaughter, organised by Anne Cater. Would you believe it, this book marks the milestone of Karin’s 20th book in 20 years. And all I can say is that her writing style gets grittier, even more… Read more »
Blog Tour : Two Kinds of Blood by Jane Ryan
I’m delighted to be joining this blog tour organised by Random Things Tour today with my review of Two Kinds of Blood by Jane Ryan. Last year I devoured 47 Seconds, and this follow up was every bit as good, and kept me up half the night reading. But I’ve… Read more »
Book Review: Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
I flopped around like fish on whether I liked Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng or not. By the end though, I felt very emotional reading the last few chapters so it did reel me in. And left me gasping with feels. First Line of Little Fires Everywhere “Everyone in… Read more »
Book Review: The Island by Ragnar Jónasson
The Island by Ragnar Jónasson is another tense, atmospheric read that sucked me into reading it in a single day. This is book 2 in the Hidden Iceland series, and the books really should be read in order. First Line of The Island “The babysitter was late“ My thoughts on… Read more »
Book Review: Snowblind by Ragnar Jonasson
Oh guys, I’m gushing over Icelandic crime fiction these days. It’s dark and bleak and brutal, but wonderfully engrossing. Snowblind by Ragnar Jonasson is the first in the Dark Iceland series, and it chilled me to my bones from the first chapter. First Line of Snowblind by Ragnar Jonasson “The… Read more »
Book Review: The Darkness by Ragnar Jónasson
This author has been on my must-read radar for some time, but being a mood reader, I had to wait for the right moment to dive in. That moment was yesterday, the book was The Darkness by Ragnar Jónasson. And from the moment I read page one, I was hooked… Read more »
Book Review : The Paper Bracelet by Rachael English
Holy moly, I’m feel twisted and wrung out like a wet rag after reading this. The Paper Bracelet by Rachael English broke my heart with it’s tragic theme of what happened in Irish mother and baby homes in the past. All the more so as it’s many women’s untold story. … Read more »
Book Review: The Holiday by T.M. Logan
The Holiday by T.M. Logan is one of those books that every seemed to be reading and raving about last summer. So I’m a bit late to the party, and I also seem to have gone to a different party to everyone else, as I’m not celebrating this book in… Read more »
Book Review: Nowhere But Here by Katie McGarry
How did I miss out on reading this series up to now. I’ve loved previous books by Katie McGarry, but this one somehow slipped passed me. Then I read a review on UnConventional Bookworms that made me instantly buy and read Nowhere But Here by Katie McGarry. And I’m so… Read more »
Twitteresque Book Reviews – Another Suspense Edition
Back in 2013, I introduced twitteresque book reviews to Between My Lines, as a way to shoot quick and snappy reviews at you. They were 140 characters long, so you could digest them quickly, and get a taste whether of not this was a book for you. But… Read more »
Blog Tour: The Cutting Place by Jane Casey
Welcome to my stop on the blog tour for The Cutting Place by Jane Casey. I have to start with a HUGE confession, I haven’t read a Jane Casey book in years and I’m jumping straight in at book 9 on a well established series. What could go wrong?! Nothing… Read more »