Catch-Up Quickies 6

First a quick explanation! Due to some severe health issues over the last few years, and a lingering chronic condition, my planned review schedule went right out of the window and I have been scrabbling ever since to get it back on track. In my latest attempt to try to regain some lost ground, I …

The Underground Toy Society – Jessica D. Adams

*I received a free copy of this book, with thanks to the author.  The decision to review and my opinions are my own.* Blurb: Do your kids have too many toys and won't clean their rooms? The Underground Toy Society helps lost, lonely, and forgotten toys find new homes while inspiring kids to keep their …

Blog Tour: The Lockdown Diary of Tom Cooper – Spencer Brown

*I received a free ARC of this book with thanks to the author, Marotte Books and Anne Cater of Random Things Blog Tours. The decision to review and my opinions are my own.* Blurb: 2020 was supposed to be a great year. Unfortunately, Tom Cooper, like the rest of the world, is going to be spending the …

Why Mummy’s Sloshed – Gill Sims

*I received a free ARC of this novel, with thanks to the author, Harper Collins UK and NetGalley.  The decision to review and my opinions are my own.* Blurb: Number One bestselling author Gill Sims is back with her eagerly awaited fourth and final Why Mummy novel. I just wanted them to stop wittering at me, eat vegetables without complaining, …

The Push – Ashley Audrain

*I received a free ARC of this book, with thanks to the author, Penguin UK – Michael Joseph and NetGalley. The decision to review and my opinions are my own.* Blurb:  What if your experience of motherhood was nothing like what you hoped for - but everything you always feared? 'The women in this family, we're different . …

The Magic Carpet – Jessica Norrie

  *I won a free copy of this book in an online competition.  The decision to review and my opinions are my own.*     Blurb:  Outer London, September 2016, and neighbouring eight-year-olds have homework: prepare a traditional story to perform with their families at a school festival. But Nathan's father thinks his son would …

In Another Lifetime – Anthony Le Moignan

  *I received a free ARC of this book, with thanks to the author.  The decision to review and my opinions are my own.*   Blurb:  Following his critically acclaimed Amazon #1 debut, A Long Goodbye, Anthony Le Moignan's second novel continues within the romantic fiction genre, the human condition ruthlessly exposed in "another tear-jerking, …

The Ninth Child – Sally Magnusson

  *I received a free ARC of this novella, with thanks to the author, John Murray Press and NetGalley.  The decision to review and my opinions are my own.*   Blurb:  A spellbinding novel combining Scottish folklore with hidden history, by the Sunday Times bestselling author Sally Magnusson. Loch Katrine waterworks, 1856. A Highland wilderness fast becoming an industrial wasteland. No place …

The Foundling – Stacey Halls

  *I received a free ARC of this novel, with thanks to the author, Bonnier Zaffre and NetGalley.  The decision to review and my opinions are my own.*   Blurb:  Two women, bound by a child, and a secret that will change everything . . . London, 1754. Six years after leaving her illegitimate daughter Clara …

Saving Missy – Beth Morrey

  *I received a free ARC of this novel, with thanks to the author, Harper Collins UK and NetGalley.  The decision to review and my opinions are my own.*   Blurb:   Prickly. Stubborn. Terribly lonely. But everyone deserves a second chance… Missy Carmichael’s life has become small. Grieving for a family she has lost or lost touch with, …