*Post contains affiliate links I bought this book as part of a three for £5 deal in The Works. It appealed to me for many reasons. Firstly because I’ve been to Stratford-Upon-Avon, which is where the book is set, and also because I love an easy, romantic read and this ticked all of those boxes!…
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People who read live longer
Read more*Post contains affiliate links Yup, you read the title right! People who read really do live longer than those who don’t. That’s according to a 2016 study conducted by the Yale University School of Public Health. The study showed that those who read 30 minutes per day were shown to live 23 months longer than…
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Book Review: The Binding by Bridget Collins
Read more*Post contains affiliate links Emmett Farmer is a binder’s apprentice. His job is to hand-craft beautiful books and, within each, to capture something unique and extraordinary: a memory. If you have something you want to forget, or a secret to hide, he can bind it – and you will never have to remember the pain it…
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Book Review: Where the Forest Meets the Stars by Glenda Vanderah
Read more*Post contains affiliate links After the loss of her mother and her own battle with breast cancer, Joanna Teale returns to her graduate research on nesting birds in rural Illinois, determined to prove that her recent hardships have not broken her. She throws herself into her work from dusk to dawn, until her solitary routine…
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Book Review: To Kill a Mockingbird
Read more*Post contains affiliate links ‘Shoot all the Bluejays you want, if you can hit ’em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a Mockingbird.’ A lawyer’s advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee’s classic novel – a black man charged with the rape of a white girl. Through the…
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Book Review: Where The Crawdads Sing
Read more*Post contains affiliate links For years, rumors of the ‘Marsh Girl’ have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But Kya is not what they say. Sensitive and intelligent, she…
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My 2020 Reading List
Read more*Post contains affiliate links Reading is one of life’s little pleasures. I find great joy in finding a good book. One that draws me in from the very beginning and leaves me wanting to read more. Just one more chapter I say, and then after I’ve read that chapter, I find myself saying it again,…
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AD| Competition! The Christmas Present – Book and Gift Set Review and Giveaway
Read moreI was compensated for my time in writing this review and also received one Gift Boxed version of The Christmas Present. All views and opinions are 100% my own. Christmas is such a wonderful time of the year. For me it’s all about seeing the joy it brings to children. It’s a time where families…
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Book Review: The Girl in the Mustard Coat by Emily Rose Chriscoli
Read more*Post contains affiliate links “Thirty-eight years I worked on the force,” Frank said. “And I’ve never forgotten Beth Maguire. I always thought I’d get him. But he was the one who got away.” Thirteen years ago, the sleepy little village of Arlington Heath was rocked by the murder of schoolgirl Beth Maguire. Despite a rigorous…