Tag: #grief

Catch-Up Quickies 21

Posted on by Steph Warren - Bookshine in Action / Thriller, Books about books, Catch-Up Quickies, Cosy Mystery, Crime / Suspense, Death / Bereavement, Education, Fantasy, Historical fiction, Humour, Knitting, Magical Realism, Memoir, Mental Health, Mystery, Parenting, Psychological, Romance, Series, UK

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 21 →

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Catch-Up Quickies 14

Posted on by Steph Warren - Bookshine in Catch-Up Quickies, Chick Fic, Contemporary Fiction, Death / Bereavement, Family / relationships, Fantasy, Humour, Memoir, Metaphysical, Non-Fiction, Parallel universe, Romance, Self-help, Space

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 14 →

Catch-Up Quickies 6

Posted on by Steph Warren - Bookshine in American, Apocalyptic / Dystopian, Books about books, Catch-Up Quickies, Crime / Suspense, Death / Bereavement, European, Family / relationships, Fantasy, Friendship, Historical fiction, Mental Health, Monsters, Mystery, Parenting, UK, War

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 →

All the Water in the World – Karen Raney

Posted on by Steph Warren - Bookshine in Contemporary Fiction, Death / Bereavement, Family / relationships, Growing Up, Health / Wellbeing, Love, Medical, Parenting, Women's Literature

  *I received a free ARC of this book with thanks to the author and Hodder & Stoughton. The decision to review and my opinions are my own.*   Blurb:  Maddy is sixteen. Deeply curious, wry and vivacious, she's poised at the outset of adulthood. She has loyal friends, a mother with whom she's unusually close, a … Continue reading All the Water in the World – Karen Raney →

Starve Acre – Andrew Michael Hurley

Posted on by Steph Warren - Bookshine in Death / Bereavement, Gothic, Horror, Novella

  *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:  The worst thing possible has happened. Richard and Juliette Willoughby's son, Ewan, has died suddenly at the age of five. Starve Acre, their house by the moors, … Continue reading Starve Acre – Andrew Michael Hurley →

Foam on the Crest of Waves – Silke Stein

Posted on by Steph Warren - Bookshine in Death / Bereavement, Fairytale, Family / relationships, Mental Health, Mystery, Women's Literature

  *I received a free copy of this book via NetGalley, with thanks to the author.  The decision to review and my opinions are my own.*   Blurb:  Can facing the past transform the present? In a small fishing town on the Mendocino coast, the tides of time have washed over rumours and suspicions, yet … Continue reading Foam on the Crest of Waves – Silke Stein →