Pages: 372 Published: 7th January 2020 Genre: Young Adult Thriller Trigger warnings: Child death, strong sexual references, cancer sub-plot This was a buddy read with my friend Ellie. We have now read both books in this series together and are about to start Karen M. McManus' standalone novel Two Can Keep A Secret. As always, the buddy read was a lot … Continue reading Book Review – One Of Us Is Next by Karen M. McManus
Hello everyone, I am delighted to be sharing another author Q&A! In November I read All Your Twisted Secrets by Diana Urban, and at the weekend I posted my review. It was an enthralling, edge-of-the-seat read with some breathtaking twists, so I approached Diana to see if she would be willing to answer some questions. At first, … Continue reading Author Q&A – Diana Urban
Pages: 390 Published: 17th March 2020 Genre: Young Adult Thriller Trigger warnings: Bullying including cyber-bullying, sexual references, suicide This was my second buddy read with Noly, and we had a wonderful time trying to make sense of the high stakes plot and guessing what was going to happen. Our reaction at the end was one of mutual shock and … Continue reading Book Review – All Your Twisted Secrets by Diana Urban
Hello everyone, It is the first day of the blog tour for The Dark Room by Sam Blake, which is out today! I had fun reading this and trying to deduce its mystery, so thank you very much to Anne Cater for my place on the tour and to Corvus Books for sending me a lovely physical … Continue reading Blog Tour + Review – The Dark Room by Sam Blake
Happy New Year Everyone! I think I am with you all in saying that it is good to see the end of the unqualified disaster that was 2020, and hopefully this year can deliver much better fortunes in our lives. However, 2020 was actually a very good year for me as far as reading is … Continue reading Goodreads Challenge 2020 Summary and Stats
Hello everyone, It is that time where I look back at all of my 2020 reads and choose a top 10! I have been fortunate to read a lot of fantastic books this year, so that made narrowing it down all the more challenging. There has been a great deal of variety and diverse voices … Continue reading Top 10 Books I Read In 2020
Hello everyone, Yesterday I posted a list of nine fellow book bloggers who have become or continued to be amazing friends to me in 2020, and today I have nine more! Once again, there are so many I could mention here as this is just such a magnificent community to be a part of. I … Continue reading Best Blogging Friends Of 2020 – Part Two
Hello everyone, I love being a book blogger. I love writing posts, coming up with interesting new ideas, writing reviews, compiling lists, having a platform to talk about what I enjoy doing. Yet perhaps the thing I love the most about it is the amazing book blogging community. Every single day I feel extremely grateful … Continue reading Best Blogging Friends Of 2020 – Part One
Hello everyone, For me, the ending is one of the most important parts of a book. It helps form my lasting impression of a book and it should fit well with everything that has happened already. In my last post before Christmas I am looking back on five books I have read in 2020 that … Continue reading Top Five Memorable Endings I Read In 2020
Hello everyone, I love a good setting. It might be a topic for a future discussion post, but they add so much to a book when they carry such a large degree of atmosphere, sometimes to the extent where they feel like an additional character in their own right. Of the numerous settings I have … Continue reading The Best Settings I Read In 2020
