Book reviews and other bookish things
May has been a busy month for me including a trip to Slovakia to support Great Britain Ice Hockey so I only managed to read and review five books this month; you can click on the titles below to read my reviews! My first read this month was You Will Be Safe Here, the debut … Continue reading May Round-Up – The Books I Read In May 2019
The Island is the second book in Ragnar Jonasson’s Hidden Iceland series. The first book, The Darkness was one of my favourite books last year so I was very much looking forward to the next instalment in the series. The Hidden Iceland series follows the career of detective Hulda Hermannsdottir and it is actually written … Continue reading The Island by Ragnar Jonasson
As 2018 comes to an end it is time to look back on some of my favourite books from the past year. The number of books I managed to read in 2018 was 79 which exceeded my annual Goodreads target of 75 but was down on the 100 I managed in 2017. However, whilst I … Continue reading My Top 5 Books of 2018
July has been another busy month on the blog where I managed to review eight books! Here is a reminder of what I read this month with links to check out any reviews you may have missed! My first two reads this month were both books I had received review copies for. The first was … Continue reading July Round-Up – The Books I Read In July 2018
I was excited to receive a copy of The Darkness in the May crime and mystery box from My Chronicle Book Box. I was already familiar with Ragnar Jonasson’s work, having read and enjoyed five books from his Dark Iceland series. With this in mind, I was excited about reading this book, which is the … Continue reading The Darkness by Ragnar Jonasson
This month I managed to read and review seven books, including one as part of a blog tour! I also shared my ideas of gifts for fellow book lovers as well as my unboxings of three subscription boxes! Here is a reminder of what I blogged about this month with links to each in case … Continue reading November Round-Up – The Books I Read In November 2017
Today is my stop on the blog tour for Whiteout by Ragnar Jonasson. This is the fifth book in the Dark Iceland series which is a series I have enjoyed reading. In Whiteout detective Ari Thor is back to investigate a sinister death taking place just two days before Christmas... The victim in this novel … Continue reading Blog Tour – Whiteout by Ragnar Jonasson
In January I managed to read and review eight books: The Good People by Hannah Kent (Picador) – My first review of January was one of my most anticipated reads of 2017. Set in nineteenth century Ireland and inspired by true events from the time, The Good People is a moving, evocative story of belief, … Continue reading January Round-Up – The Books I Read In January 2017
Those have you who have been following my blog for a while may know that I am a fan of Ragnar Jonasson’s Dark Iceland series, so needless to say I was eagerly anticipating the release of Rupture, the latest in the series which was published in paperback this month. This is the fourth in the … Continue reading Blog Tour – Rupture by Ragnar Jonasson
July was a busy month on the blog with twelve posts including eight book reviews: The Fireman by Joe Hill (Gollianz) – My first read of the month told the story of Harper, a woman who is desperate to give birth to her child before she is killed by Dragonscale – a terrible disease that … Continue reading July Round-Up – The Books I Read In July 2016
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