I read because one life is just not enough for me
Paid Partnership with Ebury Books Synopsis: 'Little dancer', Mengele says, ‘dance for me’ In 1944, sixteen-year-old ballerina Edith Eger was sent to Auschwitz. Separated from her parents on arrival, she endures unimaginable experiences, including being made to dance for the infamous Josef Mengele. When the camp is finally liberated, she is pulled from a pile… Continue reading Review – The Choice by Edith Eger
Synopsis: December, 1940. As German bombs fall on Southampton, the city’s residents flee to the surrounding villages. In Upton village, amid the chaos, newly-married Ellen Parr finds a girl sleeping, unclaimed at the back of an empty bus. Little Pamela, it seems, is entirely alone. Ellen has always believed she does not want children, but… Continue reading We Must Be Brave by Frances Liardet
I can scarcely contain my excitement as it is my stop today on the blog tour for The Toymakers. I cannot tell you enough how absolutely enchanted I was by this book and how The Toymakers is one of the best books I have ever read. Synopsis: Do you remember when you believed in magic?… Continue reading Blog Tour / Book Review: The Toymakers by Robert Dinsdale
If you have been following me for a while on my social media, you should know by now that I have a problem... Not only do I buy books or rather hoard them at a very alarming speed, (let's say at least 2-3 books a week... ), I am also obsessed with collecting different editions… Continue reading Obsessive-Bronze-Horseman-itis
I am participating in the #GollanczFest week long challenge hosted by Gollancz this week. The challenge for day 1 is "the book that I recommend to everyone". Among all the choices, I chose Bellagrand by my all time favourite author Paullina Simons. I decided to post my review for this book. I can still feel… Continue reading Bellagrand by Paullina Simons
One of my friends recently read Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys and her reaction to the book makes me want to make a post again about this book. I read this book at the end of 2016 and it has stayed with me ever since. The beautiful prose and the unique story telling… Continue reading Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
A huge congratulation to one of my favourite authors Amy Harmon! From Sand and Ash has made No.1 in Amazon this week! This book was one of my top read for 2016. Set in the period of Second World War in Italy, this book tells a story about evil and survival but most of all… Continue reading From Sand and Ash by Amy Harmon
What a very very special book indeed. I finished this last night and my heart cannot be still, it is frantically trying to make senses of it all, trying not to be torn into million pieces and trying to process all that is in the book to tell. This book has no doubt become one… Continue reading We Were The Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter
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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