I have lived a thousand lives
Synopsis: A blistering, brutal novel of the South African frontier from a major new literary voice In the eighteenth century, a giant strides the border of the Cape Colony frontier. Coenraad de Buys is a legend, a polygamist, a swindler and a big talker; a rebel who fights with Xhosa chieftains against the Boers and… Continue reading Review – Red Dog by Willem Anker (translated by Michiel W. Heyns)
Synopsis: When Catriona Drouot, a young music therapist, honours an opera diva’s dying request to help her son, Umberto Monteverdi, recover his musical gift, she knows it will be a difficult assignment. She had shared a night of passion with the once-celebrated composer ten years before, with unexpected consequences. The extent of her challenge becomes… Continue reading Review – Concerto by Hannah Fielding
Today is my stop on the blog tour for The Things I know by Amanda Peowse. A book that has charmed its way into my heart! Synopsis: Thomasina ‘Hitch’ Waycott loves living and working on the remote family farm and B&B. But she also wants more. To see the world. To own her own home.… Continue reading Review – The Things I Know by Amanda Prowse
Today is my stop on the book tour for Rough Magic by Lara Prior-Palmer. An inspirational memoir of her extraordinary journey of entering and winning the world's toughest and longest horse race at the age of 19! Synopsis: The Mongol Derby is the world’s toughest horse race. A feat of endurance across the vast Mongolian… Continue reading Review – Rough Magic by Lara Prior-Palmer
Today is my stop on the blog tour for The Tiger Catcher by my favourite Paullina Simons! The Tiger Catcher is book 1 in The End of Forever trilogy and it has quickly become one of my very favourite books. I adore the story (even though at parts it breaks my heart!) so very much.… Continue reading Q&A with Paullina Simons #TheTigerCatcher
Synopsis: A tense, provocative and nuanced novel about a rape accusation in an idyllic commune I was in my sixth month when the girl came knocking. The girl came empty handed. On the threshold, her hair down, her jeans tight. 'Are you the professor’s wife?' the girl asked me. 'I have to speak to you,'… Continue reading Review – The Girl At The Door by Veronica Raimo
Today is my stop on the blog tour for Crushed by Kate Hamer. Another absolutely fantastic and engrossing book from Kate! Synopsis: Phoebe stands on Pulteney Bridge, tights gashed from toe to thigh. The shock of mangled metal and blood-stained walls flashes through her mind as she tries to cover her face so she won't… Continue reading Review – Crushed by Kate Hamer
Today is my stop on the blog tour for Playgroups and Prosecco by Jo Middleton. This book is absolutely brilliant! Synopsis: January 3rd Jaffa Cakes - 7. Times I was forced to watch a small child do a dance involving a dusty piece of ribbon found under the sofa - 4. Inappropriate thoughts about Zac… Continue reading Review – Playgroups and Prosecco by Jo Middleton
Today is my stop on the blog tour for Toffee by Sarah Crossan. A book I cannot recommend enough and a story that will stay with me for a long long time! Synopsis: I am not who I say I am. Marla isn't who she thinks she is. I am a girl trying to forget.… Continue reading Review – Toffee by Sarah Crossan
Synopsis: "There's something I have to explain, my love," he says, taking your hand in his. "That wasn't a dream. It was an upload." Abbie wakes in a hospital bed with no memory of how she got there. The man by her side explains that he's her husband. He's a titan of the tech world,… Continue reading Review – The Perfect Wife by JP Delaney
