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 … Continue reading Catch-Up Quickies 48
*I received a free ARC of this book with thanks to the author, Voyager – Harper Collins UK, NetGalley and Anne Cater of Random Things Blog Tours. The decision to review and my opinions are my own.* Blurb: Brimming with romance, betrayal, and enchantment, The Embroidered Book reveals and reimagines a dazzling period of history as you have never seen … Continue reading Blog Tour: The Embroidered Book – Kate Heartfield
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 … Continue reading Catch-Up Quickies 15
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 … Continue reading Catch-Up Quickies 6
*I received a free copy of this book with thanks to the author. The decision to review and my opinions are my own.* Blurb: Blois, 1705. The château of Duc Hugo d'Amboise simmers with rivalry and intrigue. Henriette d'Augustin, one of five mistresses of the duc, lives at the chateau with her daughter. … Continue reading The Orange Grove – Kate Murdoch
*I received a free ARC of this book with thanks to the author, World Editions, and Anne Cater of Random Things Blog Tours. The decision to review and my opinions are my own.* Blurb: Based on the author’s true story, this is the account of Iraqi refugee Samir, who spends nine years in an asylum … Continue reading Blog Tour: Two Blankets, Three Sheets – Rodaan Al Galidi (translated by Jonathan Reeder)
I have a treat for you all today! I had the opportunity to put a few questions to the author of The Orange Grove and Stone Circle, Kate Murdoch. First, here’s a bit about her latest book: Blurb: When status is survival, every choice has its consequence. Blois, 1705. The chateau of Duc Hugo d’Amboise simmers with … Continue reading Q&A with author Kate Murdoch – The Orange Grove
*I received a free ARC of this book with thanks to the authors, NetGalley and Bloomsbury. The decision to review and my opinions are my own.* Blurb: This enthralling novel, inspired by the 2006 film, illustrates that fantasy is the sharpest tool to explore the terrors and miracles of the human heart 'You shouldn't come … Continue reading Pan’s Labyrinth – Guillermo del Torro & Cornelia Funke
*I received a free ARC of this book, with thanks to NetGalley and Hodder & Stoughton. The decision to review and my opinions are my own.* Blurb: If Stella Fortuna means 'lucky star,' then life must have a funny sense of humour. Everybody in the Fortuna family knows the story of how the beautiful, fiercely … Continue reading The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna – Juliet Grames
*I received a free copy of this book, with thanks to the author. The decision to review and my opinions are my own.* RECIPIENT OF THE B.R.A.G. MEDALLION Blurb: Stay or flee? Life or family? An impossible choice. It's Aug 13, 1961, in Berlin Germany. Nationale Volksarmee soldiers roll barbed wire across the … Continue reading Berlin Butterfly: Ensnare – Leah Moyes
Bookshine And Readbows 