If you haven't already ready read this (after all it's had a fair bit of hype) your summer holiday, beach book is totally sorted. ...

C J Sansom's Tudor mystery series always end up on the best sellers list when they come. They are both popular, and well received by cri...

I'm starting the year of with a complete trashy read, Never go Back.  The Plot : Jack Reacher is a loner. Ex-military he is a rootl...

Yay! I've managed to cross another Man Booker off my list, We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves. Much has been said about the plot t...

Seems ages ago that I did a proper book review- so allow me to present Dust and Shadow by Lyndsay Faye.... The Plot: A serial kil...

As this was the winner of the Man Booker prize this year, I'm sure it'll be on many people's Christmas lists. Although, I've...

Elizabeth is Missing, début novel from Emma Healey left me with a heavy feeling in my heart, but it deserves all the hype The Plot: Ma...

I've come to the conclusion that science fiction might not be for me. I'm in favour of the genre's close cousins, dystopian, fan...

The Children Act    by Ian McEwan is no doubt going to be a middle-class, dinner party conversation starter in the next coming months. Espec...

I haven't read all of Murkami's books, but he is one of my favourite authors, Norwegian Wood and The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle   are m...

The blog has recently been about what I've being doing, rather than what I've been reading, so thought I should give a quick update....

I’ve found it difficult to settle into a book the past week, I’ve started 4 or so but have abandoned them all. Not that any of them were ba...

I've given myself the challenge of learning more about Norse mythology, as I think I'm fairly clued up about Greek and Roman god and...

I picked up My Notorious Life by Madame X in a huge library haul the other week, and I'm so glad I did. It's been a while since I...

I reserved Americanah from my local library as soon as it was published, so I was thrilled when I got the phone call to say it had arrive...

I've been eagerly anticipating the sequel to Gods of Gotham for a couple of years, so was mega excited when I saw my local library had ...