Two trips away, to Wiltshire and then camping in Hastings, plus an illness has meant that blogging hasn't been a priority this mo...

It was my birthday on the 8th, and as well as doing lots of other lovely things, one thing I was also keen to do was visit the big library i...

I've just come back from a mini-break to Wiltshire- so expect some photos of some historical properties and pretty gardens coming up in ...

This was the first book I read this month and I'm only just now reviewing it. Partly because I've been busy, partly because I'm ...

Read part 1 here  More inspiring ladies from literature...

Slumdog Millionaire is one of my favourite films, it make me ball my eyes out but I also find it uplifting. So I thought it about time that...

As soon as a Margaret Atwood novel comes out it goes straight to the top of my must read list. The Plot: Collection of short stories in...

'She's not extravagant or greedy, she tells herself: all she ever wanted was to be protected by layer upon layer of kind, soft, ins...

Not going to lie, the reason I picked The Go-Away Bird up was because of its cover. *Trigger Warning* murder, death, genocide, rape, mu...

First round-up posts of the year - feels like the blog has got off to a slow start. I haven't posted as much as I intended, nor read as ...

Although I've currently got heaps of unread books on my shelves, I really didn't fancy reading any of them. Instead, I picked up an ...

Happy new year everyone! Personally, I'm not fussed about new year, it's nice to have the time off work, but I've got a thing ab...

It's new years eve today (obviously) so I'm going to reflect on my year in books . By my count I've read a grand total o...

Another short list this month, I haven't read as much as I expected over Christmas. 1. Lyndsay Faye, Dust and Shadow 2. Mary Roa...

Here's my monthly round-up:- Robin Hobb, Assassin's Quest  Jessie Burton, The Miniaturist Jeff VanderMeer, Annihilation   Joe...

Another fantasy review for you today, The Name of the Wind . I promise this'll be the last one (for a little while) so if these isn...

I'm still on a fantasy kick at the moment ( read my review of Robin Hobb  The Assassin's Apprentice  here ) and ordered a whole bunc...

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 Miniaturist,  début novel from Jessie Burton has had a recent burst of publicity, with reviewer comparing it to Donna Tartt. My sister l...

There has been a lot of buzz about The Undertaking, it was the winner of the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction. Luckily, it lives up to ...