I read because one life is just not enough for me
Synopsis: Just outside a hotel in Bordeaux, Philippe, a famous writer, chances upon a young man who bears a striking resemblance to his first love. What follows is a look back to Philippe's teenage years, to a winter morning in 1984, a small French high school, and a carefully timed encounter between two seventeen-year-olds. It's… Continue reading Review – Lie With Me by Philippe Bensson
Synopsis: The astonishing debut novel from international number one bestselling author Paullina Simons, beautifully repackaged Tully Makker is a tough young woman from the wrong side of the tracks and she is not always easy to like. But if Tully gives friendship and loyalty, she gives them for good, and she forms an enduring bond… Continue reading Review – Tully by Paullina Simons
Synopsis: An era-defining novel about the relationship between a fifteen-year-old girl and her teacher Vanessa Wye was fifteen-years-old when she first had sex with her English teacher. She is now thirty-two and the teacher, Jacob Strane, has just been accused of sexual abuse by another former student of his. Vanessa is horrified by this news,… Continue reading Review – My Dark Vanessa by Kate Russell
Today is my stop at the blog tour for A River in The Trees by Jacqueline O'Mahony. I am very excited to share my review for this debut novel. Synopsis: 1919 Ireland is about to be torn apart by the War of Independence. Hannah O'Donovan helps her father hide rebel soldiers in the attic, putting… Continue reading Blog Tour – A River in The Trees by Jacqueline O’Mahony
5 out of 5 stars! Synopsis: When Eva's film star sister Katrina dies, she leaves California and returns to Cornwall, where they spent their childhood summers, to scatter Katrina's ashes and in doing so return her to the place where she belongs. But Eva must also confront the ghosts from her own past, as well… Continue reading The Rose Garden by Susanna Kearsley
Hello all! It's been a couple of weeks since I last posted here. I was travelling in Asia for the last few weeks visiting families. While I was doing that strangely I was in the mood for romantic reads, so I read quite a few romances 😀 I thought I would do some mini reviews… Continue reading A Few Mini Reviews
Synopsis: When Sarah falls for Matthew, she falls hard. So it doesn't matter that he's twenty years older. That he sees her only in secret. That, slowly but surely, she's sacrificing everything else in her life to be with him. Sarah's friends are worried. Her father can't understand how she could allow herself to be… Continue reading Almost Love by Louise O’Neill
Today is my stop at the Only Child blog tour and I cannot wait to tell you how I feel about it and how incredible this debut novel is! Synopsis: Readers of Jodi Picoult and Liane Moriarty will also like this tenderhearted debut about healing and family, narrated by an unforgettable six-year-old boy who reminds… Continue reading Blog Tour / Book Review: Only Child by Rhiannon Navin
2 months, I could no longer avoid the inevitable, it finally came to an end and I finished The Bronze Horseman series a few days ago. 2 months, I spent two months living in the world of Alexander and Tatiana. I couldn't even begin to write this review, I feel like I have been devastatingly… Continue reading The Summer Garden by Paullina Simons
Two weeks, it took me two weeks and I finished book 2 Tatiana and Alexander in The Bronze Horseman series last night. I cried my heart out through and through in this book. I feel it was even harder to read than book 1, which in itself had already wrecked me and ripped my heart… Continue reading Tatiana and Alexander by Paullina Simons
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