What I Read This Month | October 2020

So when I began writing my monthly TBR last month, I thought I was being a bit too confident. I felt like even aiming for 5 books was a bit too much, but then I whizzed through a couple of Ebooks and a short story and well, here we are. 5 books for October! (Although …

A Magical Book | A Discovery of Witches | A Review

This is my last review before my 'What I've Read This Month' post and it is actually for a book I've read this month. I was planning on taking part in the read-a-long, which I found out from Jodie but got halfway through and ended up blitzing through the second half. Oops. Blurb A richly …

The Statues Are My Only Friends | Piranesi | A Review

I've spent the second half of this year trying to catch up with new releases. Working as a bookseller, I have a rough idea about what's being published, when and what the book's about but never really find the time to give the new book a read before publication date. I didn't quite read it …

The Truth? | The Killings at Kingfisher Drive | A Review

Slightly later than expected, but here's my review for The Killings at Kingfisher Drive by Sophie Hannah. Recently I've been on a crime fiction binge and this is well worth a read. Blurb Hercule Poirot is travelling by luxury passenger coach from London to the exclusive Kingfisher Hill estate, where Richard Devonport has summoned him …

A Sweet Shop Owners Nightmare | I Quit Sugar | A Review

Something I bit different today. Since March, there was an increase in takeaways eaten and alcohol drunk UK wide. I, however, seemed to increase my sugar intake. I'd recently read Sarah Wilson's book on Anxiety and was super interested by her 'I Quit Sugar' series, so much so that I bought 2 of her cookbooks. …