I’ve recently been listening to Santa Montefiore’s novel An Italian Girl in Brooklyn and thoroughly enjoyed it. The narrator was Genevieve Gaunt and she had a lovely voice to listen to, and was excellent at the various accents such as Italian and New York. The Italian girl of the title is Evelina who moved to … More An Italian Girl in Brooklyn by Santa Montefiore | #historicalfiction #bookreview | @SantaMontefiore @SimonSchusterUK @TeamBATC ..read more

Today’s topic: Unread Books on My Kindle This week Jana has invited us to share ten books on our shelves which we hope to read soon. Well, I’m not sure that I can commit to reading them soon but I thought I’d have a look at my Kindle and see what is lurking there. I’m … More Top Ten Tuesday 23rd April 2024: Unread Books on my Kindle | #TopTenTuesday #TuesdayBookBlog #amreading #bookrecommendations ..read more

Joining me today to chat about her book Angel in Disguise is author Val Portelli. It’s the story of her late friend Mitch Mitchell. a musician with 70s rock band Wild Angels but I’ll let her tell you more about it. Tell me THREE things about your latest book 1.     It’s my first venture into writing … More #ThreeTwoOne quick-fire questions with Val Portelli #author of Angel in Disguise | @ValPortelli ..read more

Joiing me today to answer my #ThreeTwoOne quick-fire questions about her novel Lost in Ibiza is author Rebecca Frayn. The book was published by Whitefox Publishing on Thursday and you can order a copy here: Lost in Ibiza Tell me three things about your book It’s a page turner. It will amuse you. It will … More #ThreeTwoOne quick-fire questions with Rebecca Frayn #author of Lost in Ibiza | @wearewhitefox @RKBookPublicist ..read more

The Night in Question is a wonderful book and one of those I just want to say to you to go and buy but you’ll probably want to know why! Well first of all, it has the most wonderful protagonist in octogenarian Florrie Butterfield. Florrie lives in an assisted living residential home and is in … More The Night in Question by Susan Fletcher | #bookreview | @sfletcherauthor @TransworldBooks #BantamBooks ..read more

I was particularly keen to read The Paris Peacemakers after finding out from Eileen Dunlop’s book Scottish Women Writers that it was partly inspired by Flora Johnston’s great-aunt Christina Keith. In fact, it draws on the experiences of three of her great-aunts, and what remarkable women they must have been. The Paris Peacemakers follows three … More The Paris Peacemakers by Flora Johnston | #historicalfiction #bookreview | @FloraJoWriter @AllisonAndBusby ..read more

Joining me today to answer my #ThreeTwoOne quick-fire questions about his book Whitechapel Autumn of Error is author Ian Porter. I wrote this novel in response to the poorly researched True Crime books/tv programmes and the nightly jokey Jack the Ripper walking tours that take place nightly in Whitechapel, that fail to respect the poor … More #ThreeTwoOne quick-fire questions with Ian Porter #author of Whitechapel Autumn of Error | @RandomTTours | #WhitechapelMurders #TheFive ..read more

What am I currently reading? I’m very nearly finished The Holiday Escape by Heidi Swain which I’m really enjoying. I’ll be reviewing that as part of the blog tour on 1st May. I’ve just started listening to Summer at the Santorini Bookshop by Rebecca Raisin. My library reservation of non-fiction Ashes to Admin by Evie … More WWW Wednesday 17th April 2024 – what are you reading? | #WWWWednesday #amreading #bookrecommendations ..read more

It’s a real pleasure to welcome Kim Nash to the blog today. Although I’ve never met Kim in person, I feel like she’s an old friend. I’ve known her through her work with publisher Bookouture, as a fellow blogger and now as an author. I’ve read a few of her books which really are heart-warming, … More #ThreeTwoOne quick-fire questions with Kim Nash #author of Making Memories at the Cornish Cove | @kimthebookworm @BoldwoodBooks #BoldwoodBloggers ..read more

This week’s topic: Characters I’d like to go on holiday with This week’s topic follows on rather nicely from last week’s freebie where I chose ten books set in places I’d like to go on holiday. This week. it’s ten characters I’d like to go on holiday with. As it happens, this time next week … More Top Ten Tuesday 16th April: Characters I’d Like to go on Holiday With | #TopTenTuesday #bookrecomemndations #TuesdayBookBlog ..read more