…because men in books are better
It's honestly terrifying how we're into May already. I could talk about how 2021 has just felt like 2020 Part Two so far, but I'm going to try and focus on the positives instead. The latest statistics show that 14.9m are now fully vaccinated in the UK and, here in Scotland, we've been moved down … Continue reading April in books
For centuries, Lisette d'Alençon has been a warrior against the dark. She fights alongside her brothers and comrades. But when the dreams start coming, she can't bear to confess them to the Immortal Guardians' command. Dreams of a dark-haired man with soft eyes and brutal wounds, a man her heart aches for--and a man she … Continue reading Review: ‘Night Unbound’ Dianne Duvall
It's International Women's Day, a day when we celebrate women - past and present - and their achievements. It's not just a day about recognising and celebrating achievements, though. It's also about the women who are fighting a daily battle for equality. Here in the UK, we live in a patriarchal society. In September 2020, … Continue reading International Women’s Day 2021 – My Favourite Books About Women
So, I only read three books in February, but they were fantastic books and that's what it's all about, right? Quality as opposed to quantity. February passed much in the same way as January. In Glasgow, we're still being told to stay at home and only go out for essentials and exercise, so aside from … Continue reading February in books
New year, new books. A lot of readers set themselves some sort of goal when January arrives, be it reading a certain amount of books by 31st December, or pushing themselves out of their literary comfort zones and delving into unfamiliar genres. I have a couple of general readerly goals for 2021; I want to … Continue reading My 2021 Reading Goals
Did I read all of the books mentioned in my previous Latest book buys post? You bet I didn't! I'm three quarters of the way through Flowers in the Attic (what a bitch that grandmother is!), I didn't finish Let's Go Play at the Adams' and Midnight Sun is still sitting on my side table. … Continue reading Latest book buys – 29/08/20
On Christmas Eve in 1988, seven-year-old Alfie Marsden vanished in the Wentshire Forest Pass, when a burst tyre forced his father, Sorrel, to stop the car. Leaving the car to summon the emergency services, Sorrel returned to find his son gone. No trace of the child, nor his remains, have ever been found. Alfie Marsden … Continue reading Review: ‘Changeling’ Matt Wesolowski
Caroline Capello doesn't take chances. Until a god appears in her bedroom. Loki, the irresistibly sexy Norse god of fire and lies, doesn't get attached. When he appears in Caroline's apartment late at night to upend her studious world, both the god and the mythology graduate student assume one passionate night together is all they'll … Continue reading DNF: ‘The Trickster’s Lover’ Samantha MacLeod
Tiffy and Leon share a flat. Tiffy and Leon share a bed. Tiffy and Leon have never met... Tiffy Moore needs a cheap flat, and fast. Leon Twomey works nights and needs cash. Their friends think they're crazy, but it's the perfect solution: Leon occupies the one-bed flat while Tiffy's at work in the day, … Continue reading ‘The Flatshare’ Beth O’Leary
1997. Scarclaw Fell. The body of teenager Tom Jeffries is found at an outward bound centre. Verdict? Misadventure. But not everyone is convinced. And the truth of what happened in the beautiful but eerie fell is locked in the memories of the tight-knit group of friends who embarked on that fateful trip, and the flimsy … Continue reading ‘Six Stories’ Matt Wesolowski
