Happy first day of the second half of the year! Crazy to think that the year is already half done. Over the last day or two I have been enjoying reading others' wrap up and goal review posts and have been inspired to write my own. Beginning with the Goodreads Reading Challenge. I have read … Continue reading Mid Year Wrap 2020
Tag: 2020 Reads
Monthly bookish wrap up: May 2020
I'm a little lot late but it's time to wrap up May.....and what a massive reading month it was....my 'massivest' yet!!!! I definitely conquered the 'too many books, too little time' thing during May....spending every minute of every day reading to the exclusion of almost everything else. Books read: 14 books in total - 4 … Continue reading Monthly bookish wrap up: May 2020
Book Review: Beach Read by Emily Henry
The Blurb: He doesn't believe in happy endings.She's lost her faith that they exist.But could they find one together? January is a hopeless romantic who likes narrating her life as if she's the heroine in a blockbuster movie.Augustus is a serious literary type who thinks true love is a fairy-tale.January and Augustus are not going … Continue reading Book Review: Beach Read by Emily Henry
Book Review: Just Friends by Holly McCulloch
The Blurb: It’s easy to put someone in the friend zone. But what happens if you change your mind? Bea isn’t happy. Desperate for a change, she looks to her friends for inspiration. Every single one of them is paired off, perhaps that’s what she needs too. So, she starts dating again. But everywhere she … Continue reading Book Review: Just Friends by Holly McCulloch
Book Review: The Other Family by Loretta Nyhan
The Blurb: From the bestselling author of Digging In comes a witty and moving novel about motherhood, courage, and finding true family. With a dissolving marriage, strained finances, and her life in flux, Ally Anderson longs for normal. Her greatest concerns, though, are the health problems of her young daughter, Kylie. Symptoms point to a compromised immune … Continue reading Book Review: The Other Family by Loretta Nyhan
Book Review: It Sounded Better In My Head by Nina Kenwood
The Blurb: From debut author Nina Kenwood comes a tender, funny, and compulsively readable novel about first love and its confusions, and all of the awkwardness of teen romance. When her parents announce their impending divorce, Natalie can’t understand why no one is fighting, or at least mildly upset. Then Zach and Lucy, her two … Continue reading Book Review: It Sounded Better In My Head by Nina Kenwood
Monthly bookish wrap up: April 2020
How has your April been? I hope you're all keeping well and safe, taking care of yourselves and your families. Mine has been quiet....I've had to drop hours at work which you might think would give me more time to read or blog but it's done the exact opposite....I've found I'm more anxious and less … Continue reading Monthly bookish wrap up: April 2020
Book Review: Look How Happy I’m Making You by Polly Rosenwaike
The Blurb: A candid, ultimately buoyant debut story collection about the realities of the "baby years," whether you're having one or not. The women in Polly Rosenwaike's Look How Happy I'm Making You want to be mothers, or aren't sure they want to be mothers, or--having recently given birth--are overwhelmed by what they've wrought. Sharp and unsettling, … Continue reading Book Review: Look How Happy I’m Making You by Polly Rosenwaike
Book Review: If I Never Met You by Mhairi McFarlane
The Blurb: If faking love is this easy... how do you know when it’s real?When her partner of over a decade suddenly ends things, Laurie is left reeling—not only because they work at the same law firm and she has to see him every day. Her once perfect life is in shambles and the thought of … Continue reading Book Review: If I Never Met You by Mhairi McFarlane
Book Review: Grown Ups by Marian Keyes
The Blurb: They're a glamorous family, the Caseys. Johnny Casey, his two brothers Ed and Liam, their beautiful, talented wives and all their kids spend a lot of time together - birthday parties, anniversary celebrations, weekends away. And they're a happy family. Johnny's wife, Jessie - who has the most money - insists on it. … Continue reading Book Review: Grown Ups by Marian Keyes