Welcome bookish peeps to the inaugural Saturday Shelfie. I’ve been wanting to start my own meme for a while, and what better time to start something new than at the beginning of a new year/decade. Keeping it easy and not hugely time-consuming…because our shelves are full of books waiting to be read….right?….I wanted to create a fortnightly space where we can share all the books … Continue reading Saturday Shelfie #1
My Rating: 5/5 The Blurb: Be careful who you let in. Soon after her twenty-fifth birthday, Libby Jones returns home from work to find the letter she’s been waiting for her entire life. She rips it open with one driving thought: I am finally going to know who I am. She soon learns not only the identity of her birth parents, but also that she … Continue reading Mini Book Review: The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell
My Rating: 4/5 The Blurb: You live on a picturesque communal garden square, an oasis in urban London where your children run free, in and out of other people’s houses. You’ve known your neighbours for years and you trust them. Implicitly. You think your children are safe. But are they really? Midsummer night: a thirteen-year-old girl is found unconscious in a dark corner of the … Continue reading Mini Book Review: The Girls by Lisa Jewell
