February has been A Month. I'm not entirely sure how it's over already, but also, it seems to have been 84 years long (probably not helped by half term being in the middle). This month my TBR was chosen by my lovely friend Cora. She picked some great (and big) reads for me this month,... Continue Reading →
It's almost the end of another month, join me in a coffee and a look at the things that have been making me smile this month? The Coffee: Last week, we paid a visit to North Berwick and stocked up on beans from our faves at Steampunk. This week I'm drinking their Ethiopian Kayon Mountain... Continue Reading →
Today is my spot on the blog tour for Where No Shadows Fall by Peter Richie. About the Book Grace den Herder's life has moved on and while she has found a degree of peace with her family her career move away from the front line is proving more difficult than she thought. Eventually the strain... Continue Reading →
In this edition of Mini Reviews, I'm looking reviewing some of the books I read last month. Two Can Keep a Secret by Karen McManus Ellery and her bother Ezra arrive in Echo Ridge to find a hit and run victim, but that's not the first murder this town has seen. Two prom queens have... Continue Reading →
I am feeling personally attacked by this week's prompt of LGBTQ+ books I still need to read. I have too many books I still need to read. Thanks Steph for drawing everyone's attention to that. I appreciate it pal! These are all books that I picked up from Newcastle Waterstones Pride table last year, or... Continue Reading →
"It is a truth universally acknowledged that when rich people move into the hood, where it's a little bit broken and a little bit forgotten, the first thing they want to do is clean it up." And so begins Pride, a modern day retelling of Pride and Prejudice starrring all characters of colour, addressing issues of race... Continue Reading →
Today is my slot on The God of All Small Boys blog tour where I'll be sharing a guest post from the author and my review. Guest Post by Joseph Lamb: Researching an historical children's book I know that some people hate researching for their books - but after 30-odd years of writing historical dramatic... Continue Reading →
In January's BuJo post, I shared my yearly set up. Today I'm sitting down with a coffee to share my February monthly spreads. Join me? The Coffee: This week I am drinking another coffee from Glen Lyon roasters. This one is from Peru and is very fancily named Flor de Palma. It smells like chocolate... Continue Reading →
This book though *insert massive heart eyes photo here*. The Dark Vault is made up of two novels: The Archived and The Unbound, and they are both exceptional. Imagine a place where the dead rest on shelves like books. Each body has a story to tell, a life seen in pictures only Librarians can read. The dead... Continue Reading →
This week Steph is giving us a chance to pick six characters we'd like to go on a date with. This was hard for me because I am not generally a person who gets bookish crushes. since I married a man, and don't want to point out to him all the bookish men out there... Continue Reading →
Charlotte, Somewhere 