Silence and Songbirds
Eyrie Press kindly gifted me with a copy of Jon Lawrence’s Silence and Songbirds. While the book was gifted, this contains my own thoughts and views.
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Books
It’s no secret that I love to read, I even have a degree in it. Here’s my space to review my favourites (and least favourites) to save you the time of reading them yourselves! Or (I hope) inspire you to add it to your Amazon wish list to read too.
The Unholy
As part of Blackthorn Book Tours, I’ve was gifted the The Unholy a fantasy novel by Paul DeBlassie III. Synopsis: A young curandera, a medicine woman, intent on uncovering the secrets of her past is forced into a life-and-death battle against an evil Archbishop. Set in the mystic land of Aztlan, “The Unholy” is a […]
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CIRCE
As it was shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction I had an inkling that Circe by Madeline Miller would be my kind of book, then I read the blurb; it definitely was my kind of book. Blurb: Woman. Witch. Myth. Mortal. Outcast. Lover. Destroyer. Survivor. CIRCE. In the house of Helios, god of the […]
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My top reads of 2019
Just like that another year is coming to a close and it’s time to remember my top reads of 2019. It’s a great time for reflection especially on what you’ve achieved, done, seen, read, been in the past 365 days. So I’m gonna start my end of the year posts with my top reads of […]
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Reasons to Stay Alive
I finally read Matt Haig’s highly acclaimed Reasons to Stay Alive and it was even better than I expected. I’m always slightly wary about reading books about depression as it usually leaves me dwelling on my own mental health and sometimes I can descend into the fog again. Even so, it’s also extremely comforting to […]
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The Last Words of Madeline Anderson
Louise Walters was kind enough to send me a copy of Helen Kitson’s ‘The Last Words of Madeline Anderson’ to review.
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Riding Shotgun
Crime Wave Press asked me to read and review Andy Rausch’s novella collection, Riding Shotgun and other American Cruelties. Rausch is an American author, film journalist, film producer, screenwriter and actor. Synopsis: ‘Riding Shotgun and other American Cruelties’ is a unique collection of quirky, Tarantinoesque crime novellas, representing three very different sub-genres. In the first […]
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We should all be Feminists
I thought I’d share one of my earliest and favourite feminist reads, We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. I’ve wanted to do book reviews for a while now, as I love to read, no surprise there as I paid £27,000 for the privilege. I mean I also got a degree out of […]
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The Life Changing Magic of Not Giving a Fuck
Named after Marie Kondo’s ‘The Life Changing Magic of Tidying’, Sarah Knight has written another gem, The Life Changing Magic of Not Giving a Fuck. It’s a witty and eloquent self-help book on how not to give a fuck about things that don’t bring you joy. Once you’ve cleared out your house, you should clear […]
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