Despite the very un summer like weather outside apparently Spring is over – well the Spring Reading challenge is anyway! When this challenge kicked off back in March I challenged myself to read just 8 books: Secrets of a family album by Isla Delwar Good Harbour – Anita Diamant A quiet belief in angels – R J Ellory 26a Diana Evans Then we came to the end – Joshua Ferris The sea house – Esther Freud Through a...

Buy a copy of What If…? today Rating 4 stars – a book that makes you think Description During the Presidential election, while two billion people exist on just $2 a day, species extinctions are escalating, and climate change is threatening our very existence, Mary befriends a stranger and embarks on a life or death race against time to change the world for the better. Why did you choose to read this book? The author, Steve...

Something Borrowed – Buy this Book [US] Rating 3.5 stars – would keep you occupied on the beach Description Something Borrowed tells the story of Rachel, a young attorney living and working in Manhattan. Rachel has always been the consummate good girl – until her thirtieth birthday, when her best friend, Darcy, throws her a party. That night, after too many drinks, Rachel ends up in bed with Darcy’s fiancé. Why...

Stardust – Buy this book [US] Rating 5 stars – a fantastic fairytale Description Neil Gaiman, creator of the darkly elegant Sandman comics and author of The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish, tells the story of young Tristran Thorn and his adventures in the land of Faerie. One fateful night, Tristran promises his beloved that he will retrieve a fallen star for her from beyond the Wall that stands between their rural...

The Goose Girl – Buy this Book [US] Rating 5 stars – a fabulous fairytale Description Anidori-Kiladra Talianna Isilee, Crown Princess of Kilendree spent the first years of her life listening to her aunt’s incredible stories, and learning the language of the birds. Little knowing how valuable her aunt’s strange knowledge would prove to be when she grew older. From the Grimm’s fairy tale of the princess who...

Rating 5 stars – an enjoyable rom-com; perfect for the beach Why did you choose to read this book? The author – Maria Murnane – kindly sent me a copy to review. The Book Review Girls, meet Waverly Bryson, an almost 30 something with high expectations of how life and love should be. The novel opens with Waverly being jilted by her perfect fiance just two weeks before her perfect wedding, from there we are thrown into...