Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Life on our planet as you’ve never seen it before.” It’s time to start my 12 in 2025 reads! 🥳 Because January is such a busy reading month for me, I opted for the shortest book first in the list, which just so happened to be Orbital, the winner of the Booker Prize…
Category: Fiction
I Will Ruin You – Book Review
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “One good turn might cost his life…” Linwood Barclay is a name all thriller lovers will know, but believe it or not, this is my first ever book by this author! And to be honest, I’m not sure what has kept me from reading his books all this time, because this one was…
Murder Mindfully – Book Review
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Calm your mind. Take a breath. And kill.“ Everything about this book piqued my interest when I first heard about it! I’m not sure it’ll leave my brain in a hurry! Achieving a better work-life balance is a goal for many of us, but when Björn’s journey begins and he learns a little…
The Meaning Of Okay – Book Review
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ “I’m being held in this safe space he created with his compassion and understanding – this space where I can be myself, even when I desperately want to be someone else.” Cortney Raymond is a completely new author on my radar, so I was taken aback by how powerful and emotional this book…
HAVOC – Book Review
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “The boy is the aggravator. He’s the allergen that’s poisoning the house. No more half steps. He must be gotten rid of.” WOW 😲 This was incredible!! What a perfect choice for my first book of 2025. It completely took over my brain. I was even thinking about it while trying to get…
Dancing Through A Deluge – Book Review
Overall Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The two women clasped hands. “Thank you,” Claudia whispered, “For saving me.” Before this year, I wouldn’t have touched a historical fiction book in fear that I wouldn’t enjoy it. But after reading The Betrayal of Thomas True back in May and loving it, it stirred something within me, something which made…
The Christmas Appeal – Book Review
Overall Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ “A Christmas Panto. A Dead Santa. And Everyone’s a Suspect…” This was my second Janice Hallett book this year and I was so happy to dive back into her brilliant mind! I really wanted to read this last year but didn’t manage to fit it in during Christmas, so here we are,…
A Skye Full Of Stars – Book Review
Overall Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Under the winter stars, anything is possible…” This is probably one of the most beautifully written Christmassy books I’ve read! My first Sue Moorcroft book, but certainly not my last. From an idyllic setting in the Isle of Skye to a heartwarming story line at the best time of year, this book…
Everyone This Christmas Has A Secret – Book Review
Overall Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Twenty-four advent calendar doors. Twenty-three clues. One killer…” I think this was my first ever Christmas themed murder-mystery and it was utterly brilliant! I went into this really not knowing what to expect, but I was very quickly hooked. I loved Ernest and his humour, and the characters we meet had me…
The Christmas Cottage – Book Review
Overall Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Will this Christmas finally bring comfort and joy?” 🥰🥰🥰 Sarah Morgan, you wonderful, wonderful human! I’d been looking forward to this book ever since it was announced months ago, so to finally read it has made me so incredibly happy. What an amazing, heartwrenching, beautiful, Christmassy read, with the Sarah Morgan touch…
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