Reviews

  I chose to read Birds Don’t Cry as a proud member of Rosie Amber’s Book Review Team and I received a copy of the book from the author. I have read one of Sandy Day’s novels before and jumped at the chance to do so again. They are quite leisurely paced but the settings […]

  I bought this book directly from the author at The Deepings Literary Festival a couple of years ago and I was delighted to eventually get round to read it. The story is mostly told from the point of view of Alex who became anorexic following the breakdown of her family. She attends a support […]

  This second part of the My Life in Horses series is a collection of vignette-style diary entries and other pieces grouped by the four seasons, and spanning two years. One of these is 2020 so naturally includes the impact Covid 19 has had on this writer’s riding life. Jan Ruth lives and rides in […]

  I read Productivity for Writers after listening to a podcast recently. I have been writing for some years now so much of the information in the book I’ve heard/read before, here and there, however it never hurts to both, have this book as a reminder, and to have all the information in one place. […]

  The Faces that you Meet is the story of Rachel, a young woman hanging on to her twenties by her fingernails and not enjoying the dating scene much. She meets Simon and they have a brief relationship but after a few warning signs, then an alarming incident, she finishes with him. However, he’s not […]

  I chose to read One For The Money as a proud member of Rosie Amber’s Book Review Team and I received a copy from the author. This does not alter my review in anyway. Cat Caliban is looking for a change after her husband dies. She is a mother to three and a granny, […]

  I’ve been following Mark Dawson for quite some time (no, not in that way…) by listening to The Self Publishing Show podcast he does with James Blatch, signing up for the Ads for Authors course (which I’m still trying to complete) and being on his newsletter. When I signed up to that I received […]

By my bed I have a pile of paperbacks which are the books I need to get to before those on my straining bookshelf, and this was one of them. I actually have a limited edition book proof that I picked up from a local bookshop a while back. The eventual cover is considerably jauntier […]

  Thorne Moore has been on my radar as an author I must read for a long time now. In fact, as it turns out, I bought her book A Time for Silence back in 2014, but still haven’t got to it. And what a mistake that was. I chose to read The Covenant, the […]

  I chose to read this book as a member of Rosie’s Book Review Team and the author sent me a copy. This does not affect my review in any way. Alfie Cooper is in his mid-eighties and lives unhappily in the Pinewood care home, but with no family to look after him he has […]