‘Three Women’ by Lisa Taddeo

Hello my beautiful readers, I have returned from a little Scottish venture and have got a fantastic feminist feat of writing to share with you! This book follows the lives of three real, unrelated women and the sexual experiences that seem to define their lives. Each chapter jumps from woman to woman, following each of … Continue reading ‘Three Women’ by Lisa Taddeo

‘One Of Us Is Lying’ by Karen M. McManus

Happy Saturday, readers! Here I am with my third 5 star review of the year! This time, a fantastic young adult murder mystery - although by no means should this only be read by teenagers. Even Minx the cat loved it! The premise is simple: five students go into detention, one dies under mysterious circumstances … Continue reading ‘One Of Us Is Lying’ by Karen M. McManus

‘Uglies’ by Scott Westerfield

Happy Friday, my wonderful readers, Well, well, well, unfortunately, ‘Uglies’ by Scott Westerfield was definitely not for me… This dystopian adventure is set in a world where everyone is born ‘ugly’ until they are made ‘pretty’ at the age of 16. It follows Tally, who can’t wait to become pretty, until she meets Shay, a … Continue reading ‘Uglies’ by Scott Westerfield

‘Two Women in Rome’ by Elizabeth Buchan

Hello my beautiful readers, Today I have a ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 review to share with you. Now, I don’t usually do half stars, but here is why I was a bit torn with this one... The novel centres around Lottie, a newly-married archivist who’s just moved to Rome to live with her husband, and Nina, the murdered … Continue reading ‘Two Women in Rome’ by Elizabeth Buchan

‘Mexican Gothic’ by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Well, well, well readers, what have I just read? I have one question having finished this book: what on earth just happened?! The story starts off with such promise! Noemi is sent to visit her newly-married cousin, who lives in an isolated manor with her new husband’s British family and is claiming the house is … Continue reading ‘Mexican Gothic’ by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

‘The Next Together’ by Lauren James

Good evening, splendid readers! Today’s review is the YA time travelling journey from Lauren James: ‘The Next Together’. I chose to surround it, hopefully fittingly, with my Grandad’s beloved Readers’ Digest history books. Think ‘The Time Traveller’s Wife’ combined with ‘One Day’ - a love story with elements of comedy and tragedy told across multiple … Continue reading ‘The Next Together’ by Lauren James

‘The Institute’ by Stephen King

Good evening and happy four day weekend, my lovely readers! Many moons ago, I wrote my dissertation on powerful children presented as monsters in Stephen King’s “Carrie”, “The Shining” and “Firestarter” - I now want to redraft it with “The Institute” as an added factor! In fact, I might! Not much else to do in … Continue reading ‘The Institute’ by Stephen King