Thunderclap by Laura Cumming book review 

Thunderclap by Laura Cumming book review 

Book reviews, Nonfiction
Thunderclap is like no other book I’ve ever read before. That’s not to say it’s an odd book or a particularly rare book, it’s just simply a non-fiction book about a woman’s love for art and more specially one artist who initially thrust her into loving art in the first place. This article contains affiliate links. This means if you choose to purchase any products via the links below, I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. These affiliate links do not affect my final opinion of the product. Thunderclap is told from the point of view of Cumming herself. It’s a personal account of her times during childhood with her father, her initial growing passion for art and what art both means to her, the…
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The Clever Guts Diet by Dr Michael Mosley book review

The Clever Guts Diet by Dr Michael Mosley book review

Book reviews, Nonfiction
I was kindly gifted The Clever Guts Diet by a colleague which I'm hoping was for educational purposes and not because she believes me to have a gut thats health needs improving. Either way, it's one of the very few non-fiction books I've read so far this year but is a topic I'm actually really interested in. This article contains affiliate links. This means if you choose to purchase any products via the links below, I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. These affiliate links do not affect my final opinion of the product. The Clever Guts Diet focuses on the importance of your gut and more specifically the microbiomes that live in. It discusses what the microbiomes are, how they work and what they…
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Fatherland by Robert Harris book review

Fatherland by Robert Harris book review

Book reviews, Crime, Historical Fiction, Mystery
When I picked up Fatherland by Robert Harris in the charity shop I found it and read the back, it really intrigued me. I've already read a Robert Harris in The Act of Oblivion and so he's an author I know I'm a fan of and an author I know specialises in making his historical fiction novels as historically accurate as possible. So when I saw Fatherland was about an alternative history where Germany had won the second world war, I was very intrigued! This article contains affiliate links. This means if you choose to purchase any products via the links below, I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. These affiliate links do not affect my final opinion of the product. As I said, Fatherland…
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The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith book review

The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith book review

Book reviews, Crime, Mystery
For quite some time now I've been interested in picking up Galbraith's The Cuckoo's Calling because as a crime thriller it's quite long (over 500 pages whereas the usual is probably between 300-4000 pages). Now, you may be wondering why this would intrigue me and not deter me. Well, I'm I know this has been a successful series for J.K. Rowling and so I the combination of its length and its popularity had me wondering how it manages to stay well liked despite its length. And now I know. This article contains affiliate links. This means if you choose to purchase any products via the links below, I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. These affiliate links do not affect my final opinion of the…
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The Coworker by Freida McFadden book review

The Coworker by Freida McFadden book review

Book reviews, Mystery, Thriller
Freida McFadden has quickly become an author whose audiobooks I have all ready to be sent to me when ready via my Libby app and whose books always seem to scratch a little itch I have for something easy and fast-paced. The Coworker is certainly both of these but also struggles along the way. This article contains affiliate links. This means if you choose to purchase any products via the links below, I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. These affiliate links do not affect my final opinion of the product. When one day Dawn, an awkward accountant at work, doesn't turn up on time, Natalie, our main protagonist, has her suspicions because Dawn is NEVER late. We soon find out that Dawn is missing…
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Murder at the Matinee by Jamie West book review

Murder at the Matinee by Jamie West book review

Book reviews, Crime, Mystery
Murder at the Matinee is the sequel to Death on the Pier, a book I was quite the fan of as it felt like a modern day Agatha Christie set almost 100 years ago. It was a book I’d likely now dub a “cosy crime” where there’s no real danger and it’s just all about interviewing suspects until we get to the route of the problem. Murder at the Matinee is exactly the same. This article contains affiliate links. This means if you choose to purchase any products via the links below, I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. These affiliate links do not affect my final opinion of the product. Murder at the Matinee picks up some time after Death on the Pier with…
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Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree book review

Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree book review

Book reviews, Fantasy
I’m a huge fan of fantasy but I’ve never read a “cosy fantasy” before (as far as I’m aware anyway) so when people kept telling me that Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree was such, it intrigued me as to what this exactly meant. Now I know. And I’m a huge fan. Please note that this article contains affiliate links. This means if you choose to purchase any products via the links below, I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. These affiliate links do not affect my final opinion of the product. Legends and Lattes is a relatively simple tale of an Orc called Viv. Viv has done the questing, the great journeys, the wars and the killing and now she just wants to settle…
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Yellowface by Rebecca F Kuang book review

Yellowface by Rebecca F Kuang book review

Book reviews, Contemporary Fiction
I picked up Yellowface because I’d heard quite a few people sing its praises and because all of the bookish stars aligned (I needed to pick up a book and it was on my “realistic TBR” and the audiobook became available). It’s an interesting book that discusses the topic of the affects of social media on authors but I’m not sure it quite does enough. Please note that this article contains affiliate links. This means if you choose to purchase any products via the links below, I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. These affiliate links do not affect my final opinion of the product. Yellowface tells she story of how one day unsuccessful author June Haywood's friend and incredibly successful author Athena Liu dies…
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One by One by Freida McFadden book review

One by One by Freida McFadden book review

Book reviews
Freida McFadden has become one of those authors I go to for an easy read. Her books are all fairly similar in style: female lead, quick, fast-paced chapters and a plot that reveals more about the characters’ past as it progresses. One by One has most of these but just doesn’t seem to hit the same note with me as her other books did. Please note that this article contains affiliate links. This means if you choose to purchase any products via the links below, I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. These affiliate links do not affect my final opinion of the product. In One by One a group of friends decide to go on a trip to a remote cabin but along the…
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Happy Place by Emily Henry book review

Happy Place by Emily Henry book review

Book reviews, Contemporary Fiction, Romance
I picked up Happy Place by Emily Henry some time ago from my local Asda (if you're American, this is a cheap supermarket we have here in the UK) for only £5 (about $6.50). After seeing a few people harp on about how good Emily Henry's books were, I decided to pick up my only one, Happy Place. Since finishing it I've heard it's not her best, but let's see what I thought of it prior to knowing this. Please note that this article contains affiliate links. This means if you choose to purchase any products via the links below, I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. These affiliate links do not affect my final opinion of the product. So Happy Place tells the story…
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