The Reservoir Tapes by Jon McGregor – Book Review

Blurb from Goodreads Returning us to the extraordinary territory of Jon McGregor’s Man Booker Prize long-listed novel Reservoir 13, The Reservoir Tapes take us deep into the heart of an English village that is trying to come to terms with what has happened on its watch. A teenage girl has gone missing. The whole community has been called …

Extraordinary Means by Robyn Schneider – Book Review

Blurb from Goodreads When he's sent to Latham House, a boarding school for sick teens, Lane thinks his life may as well be over. But when he meets Sadie and her friends - a group of eccentric troublemakers - he realises that maybe getting sick is just the beginning. That illness doesn't have to define …

The Switch by Beth O'Leary – eARC Book Review

Blurb from Goodreads Eileen is sick of being 79.Leena's tired of life in her twenties.Maybe it's time they swapped places...When overachiever Leena Cotton is ordered to take a two-month sabbatical after blowing a big presentation at work, she escapes to her grandmother Eileen's house for some overdue rest. Eileen is newly single and about to …

Frankly in Love by David Yoon – Book Review

Blurb from Goodreads High school senior Frank Li is a Limbo–his term for Korean-American kids who find themselves caught between their parents’ traditional expectations and their own Southern California upbringing. His parents have one rule when it comes to romance–“Date Korean”–which proves complicated when Frank falls for Brit Means, who is smart, beautiful–and white. Fellow …

Beginner's Guide: Love and Other Chemical Reactions by Six de los Reyes – Book Review

Blurb from Goodreads Falling in love is a chemical reaction. Just ask Kaya Rubio, twenty-five year-old Molecular Genetics graduate student and research assistant. Fed up with her spinster aunts' relentless reminders and unsolicited advice regarding her Single Since Birth status, she designs a scientific, evidence-based methodology to find her a suitable partner in time for …

Lullaby (aka The Perfect Nanny) by Leila Slimani – Book Review

Blurb from Goodreads The baby is dead. It took only a few seconds. When Myriam, a French-Moroccan lawyer, decides to return to work after having children, she and her husband look for the perfect caretaker for their two young children. They never dreamed they would find Louise: a quiet, polite and devoted woman who sings …

BLOGMAS DAY 23: ‘A Girl’s Best Friend’ by Lindsey Kelk [A Girl #3] – Book Review

This Blogmas post features a review of a Christmassy themed book from one of my favourite contemporary light fiction authors Lindsey Kelk. The book is the third in Lindsey's A Girl series which is one of my all time favourite book series. Blurb from Goodreads First Tess was a girl with a plan. Then she …

BLOGMAS DAY 22: ‘Miracle on Regent Street’ by Ali Harris – Book Review

This Blogmas post is a review of a Christmas book from an author whose other books I had previously loved... Let's see how I got on with this one! Blurb from Goodreads Evie Taylor, a girl with a big heart, gets lost in the big city. For the past two years, Evie has lived an …

BLOGMAS DAY 21: ‘All I Want For Christmas’ by Amy Silver – Book Review

This Blogmas post is a quick book review of one of the better light Christmassy reads I have read in recent years; All I Want For Christmas written by Amy Silver. Blurb from Goodreads It's Bea's first Christmas with her baby son, and this year she's determined to do everything right. But there is still so much …

BLOGMAS DAY 19: ‘I Heart Christmas’ by Lindsey Kelk – Book Review

In this Blogmas post I am going to review the sixth book in author Lindsey Kelk's fantastic I Heart series. I Heart Christmas continues the story of Angela and her friends that was started with I Heart New York although it is possible to read this as a standalone...but I would not recommend it. These …