Blog tour: My Perfect Marriage by A J Campbell

Never mind the small details, just lose yourself I knew I would have to be at home for a substantial part of last week, to be able to sign off some builders as their work neared completion. So I decided to take the week off work in the hope of some much-needed reading and chillout

Review: Leave No Trace by Jo Callaghan

Were this an AI review, it might dismiss my fault-finding. But I’m human Last weekend, my wife bought her father a new bed. And since I’m the only member of the extended family who owns a trailer, it was quite natural and reasonable that I should be asked to transport it from the shop to

Blog tour: Mother of the Bride by Samantha Hayes

It showed me a life even crazier than my own. I’m not sure that’s a good thing Each year, I hold out a hope that the Easter bank holiday weekend will be quiet, relaxing and allow me to switch off for a while and just read a good book. And it seems like each year

Blog tour: City on Fire by Graham Bartlett

Sometimes, I long for the simple pleasure of picking up – and paying for – a book by an author whom I have never heard of. Comforted by the knowledge that, whether I ended up loving the book or not, I’ll freely be able to write what I like about it. But then something like

Blog tour: The Split by S E Lynes

Here’s what I have to say. Please ignore anything critical Off the top of my head, I can immediately think of at least five reasons why I wanted to love The Split: The basic theme explored by the book – that of how easy it is for humans to make bad decisions during a heightened

Blog tour: The Custody Battle by Ellie Monago

So good that even man-flu allowed me to enjoy it Last week, I finally managed to reach a milestone on a big project that’s been dominating the day job and stressing me out for most of this year. And my body promptly responded by allowing my immune system to weaken enough that I caught a

Blog tour: The Teacher’s Secret by Lauren North

A fine first effort at something a bit different A few things have happened recently that I’m not sure how to feel about. Like, for instance, a legal service company writing to my wife, without my knowledge, stating that it’s their policy to ask for the written and independently-witnessed consent of every adult over the

Blog tour: The Girl on the News by Elisabeth Carpenter

My heart is in love, but my head is confused This isn’t the best time of year to bring this up, given that we have, finally, put not only Christmas behind us but January too, but I’ve just read The Girl on the News by Elisabeth Carpenter and been reminded – a bit – of

Blog tour: The Spice Maker’s Secret by Renita D’Silva

It’s beautiful. I’m just not sure it’s complete I have never quite got round to writing a bucket list (or should that be a ‘book-et list’?) of new authors to read. Not least because I suspect that it would grow faster than I could add to it. However, had I ever produced such a list,

Review: Bad Blood by Angela Marsons

Hallelujah! Even the greatest of the greats is still human I’m just not sure where to start. Not because I didn’t love the book – I really would have a lot to say if that were the case – but because it just gets harder and harder to think of anything praiseworthy to say about