It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?
Hosted by Sheila @ Book Journey Fortunately I had lots of reviews stuffed up my sleeves last week as I didn’t get a whole lot of reading done! As always, I’ve cursed the “upcoming reads” from last week and completely…
Charlotte Street
There was a girl struggling with the door of a cab and her packages. And I don’t know why, but I asked if I could help. And she smiled at me. This incredible smile. And suddenly I felt all manly…
Incoming!
Not much in the way of post this week, even though I was expecting a few things yesterday. However the two books I received were pretty exciting. I’ve already read Charlotte Street (excellent) which is Danny Wallace’s debut novel. Yes…
Island of Wings
In 1830, Reverend Neil Mckenzie and his young wife, Lizzie, make their way to the remote island of St Kilda to start a new life and bring Christianity to the Pagan inhabitants. Poor, poor Lizzie. She is an English speaker…
Hollow Pike
Liz knew she was dreaming, although this brought little comfort as the blood ran down her face. It rushed up her nostrils and caught in the back of her throat. The metallic taste choked her, panic creeping in. Liz has…
Heart-Shaped Bruise
You all think you know who I am. But the one thing Google will never tell you is who I used to be… who I might have become if she hadn’t stabbed my father. The night that her father was…
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?
Hosted by Sheila @ Book Journey Happy World Book Night! Even if you’re not an official giver, think about giving away a book to someone that doesn’t read much. You never know, they may become as book crazed as the…
The Immortal Rules
Allie lives on the fringe in a vampire city. Disease has wiped out millions of human lives and people have been forced under the so-called protection of the vampires. Outside city walls lurk the terrifying rabids, who will tear you…
Incoming!
AKA In My Mailbox So this week I got 24 copies of The Book Thief! It’s World Book Night tomorrow, so look out for crazed people thrusting books at you…and, um, events going on in your area. For Review Island…
Dave Gorman vs. the Rest of the World
Does anyone play any games? Real life, not computer games. Would you like a game? That was what Dave Gorman tweeted to the world and he wasn’t short of replies. There’s card games, board games, darts and more sport-like games….