Hosted by Lipsy Lost and Found, my Wednesday post gives you a taste of what I’m reading this week. A similar meme is run by Taking on a World of Words. Summer, 2021. Nell has come home at her family’s insistence to celebrate an anniversary. Fifty years ago, her father wrote The Golden Bones. Part picture book, part treasure hunt,…
Hosted by Lipsy Lost and Found, my Wednesday post gives you a taste of what I’m reading this week. A similar meme is run by Taking on a World of Words. In search of a new life, sixteen-year-old Adriana Clark’s family moves to the ancient, ocean-battered Isle of Mull, far off the coast of Scotland. Then she…
Hosted by Lipsy Lost and Found, my Wednesday post gives you a taste of what I’m reading this week. A similar meme is run by Taking on a World of Words. Mina McCreery’s sister Evelyn disappeared nineteen years ago. Her life has been defined by the intense public interest in the case. Now an anxious and reclusive…
My goodness, for a short month February seems to have lasted an eternity! I considered not doing this wrap-up. Hence why it’s late. Again. Everything just seems so trivial at the moment, with what’s happening in Ukraine. But, like me, maybe you too are increasingly turning to books to escape reality. Even if it’s just…
As always October has completely snuck up on me and I am woefully unprepared for the Orentober celebrations. For those of you who don’t know what that is, Orentober was created by Kelly and Danielle who will shine a spotlight on their favourite publisher Orenda Books during the entire month of October. Obviously, the more…
Delighted to welcome you all to my stop on the blog tour for ‘Girls Who Lie’ by Eva Björg Ægisdottir. I reviewed this excellent second book in the Forbidden Iceland series back in May and you can read my thoughts here but today, I have an extract to share with you all. Author : Eva…
Author : Ragnar JónassonTitle : The Girl Who DiedPages : 320Publisher : Michael Joseph Publication date : June 10, 2021 Una is struggling to deal with her father’s sudden, tragic suicide. She spends her nights drinking alone in Reykjavik, stricken with thoughts that she might one day follow in his footsteps. So when she sees…
Hosted by Lipsy Lost and Found, my Wednesday post gives you a taste of what I’m reading this week. A similar meme is run by Taking on a World of Words. When single mother Marianna disappears from her home, leaving an apologetic note on the kitchen table, everyone assumes that she’s taken her own life … until…
Author : Eva Björg Ægisdottir (trs by Victoria Cribb)Title : Girls Who LieSeries : Forbidden Iceland #2Pages : 320Publisher : Orenda BooksPublication date : May 22, 2021 (ebook) When single mother Marianna disappears from her home, leaving an apologetic note on the kitchen table, everyone assumes that she’s taken her own life … until her…
Hosted by Lipsy Lost and Found, my Wednesday post gives you a taste of what I’m reading this week. A similar meme is run by Taking on a World of Words. When the body of a nineteen-year-old girl is found on the main street of Siglufjörður, Police Inspector Ari Thór battles a violent Icelandic storm in an…
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