I wanted to start a new series highlighting all the books I've added to my TBR each month! From horror, to memoir, to historical fiction, check out what I added to my TBR in March!
Book Showcase: The Girls from Alexandria by Carol Cooper
Reviewers on Goodreads are already saying this is 'unlike anything they've ever read before'. That it's 'brilliant, powerful and thought-provoking' and perfect for readers who love a character driven story!
Review: Cape Fear by John MacDonald
SynopsisAn insane criminal threatens to destroy a family, and the police are powerless to protect them.For fourteen years convicted rapist Max Cady nursed his hatred for Sam Bowden into an insane passion for revenge. He lived only for the day he would be free—free to track down and destroy the man who had put him …
Monthly Wrap-Up: April & May 2020
Despite the fact I actually read a few books over the past couple of months, I forgot to do my wrap-ups! So here I am, merging the two! Books I read in April A Kiss Before Dying by Ira Levin Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Mini-review: Levin never fails to wow me with his imagination! I read this in …
Review: Guess Who by Chris McGeorge
Synopsis: The rules are simple. But the game is not. At eleven years old, Morgan Sheppard solved the murder of a teacher when everyone else believed it to be a suicide. The publicity surrounding the case laid the foundation for his reputation as a modern-day Sherlock Holmes. He parlayed that fame into a gig as …
Monthly Wrap-Up: March 2020
I actually read enough this month to warrant doing a little wrap-up! Books I read in March Washington Black by Esi Edugyan Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ Mini-review: This book was something a little different to my usual reads, however, I'm thinking maybe I should stick to what I know I love as this one didn't really do …
Review: Washington Black by Esi Edugyan
Synopsis Eleven-year-old George Washington Black--or Wash--a field slave on a Barbados sugar plantation, is initially terrified when he is chosen as the manservant of his master's brother. To his surprise, however, the eccentric Christopher Wilde turns out to be a naturalist, explorer, inventor, and abolitionist. Soon Wash is initiated into a world where a flying …
Non-fiction book haul
Hello all! I didn’t manage to get anything read in February so I’m skipping on the monthly wrap up. I did, however, purchase a few books so I thought I’d do a little haul to show you what I picked up. As you can guess by the title of this blog, the books I picked …
Monthly Wrap-Up: January 2020
Since coming back to my blog after my unannounced hiatus at the end of last year, I've decided to change up my monthly wrap-ups a little bit. I want it to be a looser format than it was before, with one section for books and another section for pretty much anything else. Books I read …
Review: The Collector by John Fowles
Synopsis: Withdrawn, uneducated and unloved, Frederick collects butterflies and takes photographs. He is obsessed with a beautiful stranger, the art student Miranda. When he wins the pools he buys a remote Sussex house and calmly abducts Miranda, believing she will grow to love him in time. Review: I first heard about this book back when …
