Where the Wildness Starts | The Wild Places | A Review

Hello all! After inadvertently taking a few months off I’m back with reviews. I spent the past few months getting the bookshop ready for reopening, getting used to a busy bookshop again and taking some time out to read some previously published books that had been sat on my TBR for a  while. And let …

The Lamplighters by Emma Stonex | Blog Tour

Hello all readers! Today I'm taking part in the blog tour for The Lamplighters by Emma Stonex which was released 4th March this year, with the most fabulous cover I have ever seen! See below! Blurb They say we'll never know what happened to those men. They say the sea keeps its secrets… Cornwall, 1972. …

What I Read This Month | March 2021

I've been a bit quiet on here this month as I took an unexpected break from the blog. However, I've been reading on and off over the past few weeks and so have a bit of a list to share. In total, I read 11 books; both fiction, non-fiction, paperback, and ebooks. So a real …

A Gentle Yet Powerful Toolkit | Self-Care For Tough Times | Review

Hullo and welcome to the last book review of the month! Today I'm doing something a little different and reviewing a non-fiction, Self-Care for Tough Times by Suzy Reading. It was originally released last April on Kindle when the first lockdown was in effect and just this month has been released in paperback. Blurb 'I …

The Gift of Life | Light Perpetual | Review

Something a bit different today as I realised I was reading a lot of Science Fiction and Fantasy books this month. Today I'm reviewing Light Perpetual by Francis Spufford, which I can only describe as historical fiction. Many thanks to Faber for the eproof copy! Blurb November 1944. A German rocket incinerates a South-London household-goods …