My number one favourite book from 2023 is The Seven Sisters by Lucinda RileyThis book took me by surprise. I read it because I had enjoyed another book by this author and just randomly chose The Seven Sisters. This is a book with quite an unusual storyline, that I just wasn’t able to put down. […]

I always feel quite excited as details are released about new release books coming in the new year. One of my favourite authors, Kristin Hannah has a book being released early in the new year that looks fabulous. Watch out for the following new releases, coming early in the new year. They are just a […]

This year, I have been participating in the 52 Week Book Challenge. The Challenge is to read one book each week, to a particular prompt. The thing I most enjoy about this challenge, apart from reading the books, is matching books to the prompts. It’s a fun thing to do, and I often end up […]

The blogging from A to Z April Challenge is for bloggers who wish to participate by publishing a blog post every day in April except for Sundays. Each blog post will focus on a letter of the alphabet. For example April 1 will be A, April 2 will be B and on it goes. By […]

That Bligh Girlby Sue Williams Summary That Bligh Girl is a historical novel that tells the story of real life person, Mary Bligh, the daughter of Governor of NSW, William Bligh. The story of her life is fiction based on fact. Mary Bligh’s story starts in England, and follows her horrific six month sea voyage […]

Another Lifeby Kristin Hannah Summary After years spent trying to have a child, Angie’s marriage has broken down. Alone, she returns to her home town to reconnect with her family and help her them to save their restaurant which is failing. Angie meets Lauren, a high school senior student who has dreams of going to […]

My geni friend Jill Ball from jillballau and GeniAus shared this quiz a while ago. It took my fancy but the past couple of months have been very busy and I’m only just now, getting to it. The person who originally devised this quiz is American authorRobynCarr. Jill invited her friends to play along and […]

This year, I have been participating in the 52 Week Book Challenge. The Challenge is to read one book each week, to a particular prompt. The thing I most enjoy about this challenge, apart from reading the books, is matching books to the prompts. Its a fun thing to do, and I often end up […]

This year, I have been participating in the 52 Week Book Challenge. The Challenge is to read one book each week, to a particular prompt. The thing I most enjoy about this challenge, apart from reading the books, is matching books to the prompts. Its a fun thing to do, and I often end up […]

52 Week Book Club Challenge This year, for the second time, I have been participating in the 52 Bookclub Challenge. The Challenge is to read one book each week, to a particular prompt. The thing I most enjoy about this challenge, apart from reading the books, is matching books to the prompts. Its a fun […]

Pawprints On Our HeartHow a Few Incredible Dogs Changed One Life Foreverby Kerk Murray This book with it’s very cute cover, popped up as a suggestion of a book that I might like on my Kindle, recently. That cute doggie face, along with the fact that the book was less than 200 pages had me […]

The Storm Sisterby Lucinda Riley The Seven Sisters Series #2 Ally D’Aplièse is about to compete in one of the world’s most perilous yacht races, when she hears the news of her adoptive father’s sudden, mysterious death. Rushing back to meet her five sisters at their family home, she discovers that her father – an […]

Summary In 1904, after the death of her mother, Ellen Copley and her father leave Scotland, hoping for a better life in America. After a few weeks Ellen’s father disappears, leaving her with relatives who she has only just met. Eventually, Ellen is invited to stay with another branch of her family, also unknown to […]

When the men go to war in 1914, it’s the women who keep the country going. Peggy and Maude are twin sisters who contribute by working at the book bindery at Oxford University Press in Jericho. Peggy has always been told that her place in the world is no more than to work at the […]