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The Woman Who Lost Her Mojo

There’s a danger in knowing a little bit about a subject portrayed in a book you’re reading. Disbelief becomes hard to suspend and every mistake feels like a personal insult. If the book is one that you’re fairly neutral about in the first place it leads to frustration..

woman lost mojo

The Olive Tree

Regular readers will know that I’ve read a couple of Lucinda Riley books recently and absolutely fallen in love with their scope and romantic themes. These are big books that feel light and summery and whisk the reader away into glamourous new worlds…

olive tree

Watching Edie

Last week saw the publication of a couple of great psychological thrillers, the first being Clare Mackintosh’s second novel I See You which I reviewed yesterday and the second was Camilla Way’s third novel Watching Edie about a teenage friendship which goes dreadfully wrong…

watching edie

I See You

One of my favourite books of last year was I Let You Go, the debut novel by former police officer Clare Mackintosh. It was smart, compelling and had a twist in it that made me re-read several pages over and over again to make sure I hadn’t made a mistake. I was both excited and apprehensive about Mackintosh’s follow-up I See You…

i see you

The Deep

One of the reasons things have been a bit quiet on here recently is because of our new business – a scuba diving school and shop. I’ve not really been reading much – in fact I managed to read only five books across May and June. July has been much better…

the deep

How I Review…(or Sorry for not finishing the book)

I’ve failed absolutely miserably with my efforts to complete Deadly Harvest for today. So what do I do? Hide? Make something up? Or try to do something a little different?

Deadly Harvest A/W.indd

News that’s caught my eye:

World Book Night 2014 Books Announced

World Book Night 2014 Books Announced

26 November 2013 Leave a Comment

The last year has certainly passed by in a flash. It seems only a couple of weeks since I was giving out copies of The No1 Ladies Detective Agency for World Book Night 2013 and now the list of books for World Book Night 2014 has been released. It’s an interesting list…

More book news …

Ron Burgundy Memoir Announced

Richard and Judy Books – Summer 2013

Calls for The Diary of Anne Frank to be banned

World Book Night 2013 Books Announced

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Paddington Teaser Trailer Arrives

Paddington Teaser Trailer Arrives

4 March 2014 1 Comment

The big screen version of Paddington Bear is due to arrive at the end of this year and I’m both excited and terrified. For me Paddington is the best of bears. I never loved Winnie the Pooh and Rupert and his dreadful wardrobe held little interest for me as a child, but the tales of Paddington were mesmerising…

More movie news:

The Book Thief Trailer

Sequel…Sequel…Sequel!

The World’s End Trailer released

Raindance 2013 Submissions Open

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