Conversations With Friends By Sally Rooney Faber & Faber Rating: **** Synopsis: Frances is a cool-headed and darkly observant young woman, vaguely pursuing a career in writing while studying in Dublin. Her best friend and comrade-in-arms is the beautiful and endlessly self-possessed Bobbi. At a local poetry performance one night, Frances and Bobbi catch the … Continue reading Book Review – Conversations With Friends
Stories - Finding Your Wings By Heidi Allen Wintertickle Press Rating: ***** Synopsis: This incredible anthology is sure to inspire! The stories are simple—yet powerful—vignettes of Heidi’s life that perfectly illustrate the magnitude of results when one chooses positivity. The beauty of these relatable snippets of real-life is the amplified way it resonates with everyday … Continue reading Book Review – Stories, Finding Your Wings
Hello everyone, I have decided to choose 5x big books that I would like to read this year. I am trying to think more about quality than quantity. The idea came to me when I picked up a copy of Les Miserables the other night... that book is just a challenge in itself! Anyway here's … Continue reading Five For Friday – I Like Big Books And I Cannot Lie
Hello everyone. The first Reading In Heels box of 2019! Very exciting stuff! Obviously don’t read any further if you don’t want spoilers! READING IN HEELS BOX JANUARY WHAT’S INSIDE THIS MONTH? This box contains: - Skin Tonic Rose Lipbalm - The NU company Vegan chocolate - Small Notebook - 2x sachets of Super Tea … Continue reading Reading In Heels – January Unboxing
Bird Box By Joshua Malerman Harper Collins Rating: ***** Synopsis: IF YOU’VE SEEN WHAT’S OUT THERE…IT’S ALREADY TOO LATE Malorie raises the children the only way she can: indoors, with the doors locked, the curtains closed, and mattresses nailed over the windows. The children sleep in the bedroom across the hall, but soon she will … Continue reading Book Review – Bird Box
Last week I shared my digital books haul, and this week I am sharing the paper back haul. I don't think I need to haul anymore books for quite a while now. (who am I kidding there are always more books to buy) These are 5 paperback books I have purchased since the start of … Continue reading Five For Friday – A January Book Haul Part 2 Paperback
Where The Crawdads Sing By Delia Owens Little Brown Book Group UK Release Date: Rating: ***** Synopsis: For years, rumours of the "Marsh Girl" have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh … Continue reading Book Review – Where The Crawdads Sing
Reasons To Stay Alive By Matt Haig Canongate Books Rating: **** Synopsis: Like nearly one in five people, Matt Haig suffers from depression. Reasons to Stay Alive is Matt’s inspiring account of how, minute by minute and day by day, he overcame the disease with the help of reading, writing, and the love of his parents and … Continue reading Book Review – Reasons To Stay Alive
So it's only been a couple of weeks since the start of 2019 and I already have quite a big book haul... OPPS! Even though I got a lot of books for Christmas I just couldn't resist certain bargains. I have bought enough books to do a part 1 and 2 for this book haul. … Continue reading Five For Friday – A January Book Haul Part 1 Digital
2019 has started so I wanted to re-fresh my TBR pile, I have got rid of lots of books over the Christmas period that I know I won't read and I received presents and I obviously bought lots more books. My goal for this year is to read 80 books so I've got to crack … Continue reading A New Year and a Fresh TBR Pile
