Top Ten: Christmas Present Books

A few days ago I published my top ten books of 2015, these are the books that appealed to me most during the year. I am aware though that these aren’t ten books that will appeal to everyone else. Here are ten books that I think would make brilliant Christmas presents for various family and friends…

Top Ten: Books of 2015

As is traditional for the end of the year lists of bloggers’ favourite books have been published and there are some fabulous Top Tens out there with some great books. So here’s my favourite books of 2015 in no particular order…

The Defenceless

When I put together my mid-year top ten books I included Kati Hiekkapelto’s debut novel, The Hummingbird – a fabulous Finnish crime novel with great new heroine Detective Anna Fekete as its lead character. When Orenda Books asked me to participate in the Blog Tour…

Book Giveaway: The Defenceless

As I’m focusing this month on the brilliant Orenda Books, an independent British publisher I’m delighted to be hosting a giveaway of one of their current releases, the brilliant The Defenceless by Kati Hiekkapelto…

Publisher Interview: Karen Sullivan

This month I’m going to have a bit of a spotlight on a fabulous new British publisher, Orenda Books. I’ll be reviewing and giving away The Defenceless by Kati Hiekkapelto, and reviewing How to Be Brave by Louise Beech. I’m starting this month with an interview with Karen Sullivan, the woman behind the books…

Top Ten: 2015 Reads (So far…)

We’re now half-way through the year and time to have a look back at some of the great books I’ve read this year. I’ve been very lucky – so far the lowest rating I’ve given a book is 3/5 so it’s definitely been a success. About half of the books I’ve read have been 2015 releases…