The Origins of Iris by Beth Lewis

This month sees the publication of Beth Lewis’ latest novel, The Origins of Iris. As soon as I heard about this book, it quickly became one of my most anticipated reads for this year, having loved Beth’s previous novels which include The Wolf Road, which featured in my Top 10 of 2016, and Bitter Sun, another favourite from 2018. So naturally I was thrilled …

November Round-Up – The Books I Read In November 2018

This month I managed to read and review seven books. Here is a roundup of my blog posts this month... This month I took part in three blog tours for some brilliant new books. First of all I shared my review of The Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths, a wonderfully written thriller in which we …

Bitter Sun by Beth Lewis

Beth Lewis’ incredible debut novel The Wolf Road was one of my favourite books of 2016, so when I first heard about her new novel, Bitter Sun, I immediately added it to my wish list. And from the opening pages of Bitter Sun, my interest was immediately piqued, as I became immersed in a story …

My Top 10 Books of 2016

As the end of the year approaches it is the time of year that readers and bloggers look back at those books that we loved the most this year. And in 2016 I managed to read 83 books covering a range of genres, and it was difficult to pick just 10 from this list as …

June Round-Up – The Books I Read In June 2016

In June I read seven books, one non-fiction and six fiction: Fingers in the Sparkle Jar by Chris Packham (Ebury Press) – I began June by reading a non-fiction book which I don’t do very often. As a big fan of Chris Packham I was very excited to read his memoir and I thoroughly enjoyed …

The Wolf Road by Beth Lewis

There have been so many brilliant books so far this year and today I have added Beth Lewis’ debut novel – The Wolf Road – to that list. I was really intrigued by the premise and as it was selected as June’s Goldsboro ‘Book of the Month’ I had high hopes, and I wasn’t disappointed. …