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

In December I managed to read and review seven books: The Exiled by Kati Hiekkapelto (Orenda Books) – My first review of December was the first of two as part of the ‘Finnish Invasion’ blog tour. The Exiled is the third book in Kati Hiekkapelto’s ‘Anna Fekete’ series. It follows Anna as she returns to …

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 …

The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry

My latest read was a book that needs little introduction having been one of the most talked about books this year. And Sarah Perry’s second novel, The Essex Serpent was a big hit with booksellers having been named this month as Waterstones book of the year. As I began to read I was immediately hooked, …