The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes #5)

November 27, 2014.Reading time 4 minutes.

A man found brutally and horribly murdered near his remote home in the fogs of Dartmoor… The Baskerville Curse that laid its icy finger on each member of the family one by one… And the Hound — savage, appalling, hellish and deadly… Sherlock Holmes’ powers are stretched to the full in the most thrilling and […]

Reading Bingo (for books I read this year)

November 20, 2014.Reading time 8 minutes.

Last week, the lovely Cathy from 746 Books played reading bingo with the books she’s read since she started her blog. It seemed like so much fun that I’ve decided to see how far I get on the Reading Bingo chart! I’m only using the books I’ve read this year (since I’ve got those on […]

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

November 16, 2014.Reading time 7 minutes.

Here is a small fact. YOU ARE GOING TO DIE. 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier. Liesel, a nine-year-old girl, is living with a foster family on Himmel Street. Her parents have been taken away to a concentration camp. Liesel steals books. This is her story and […]

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

October 30, 2014.Reading time 5 minutes.

Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark are still alive. Katniss should be relieved, but now there are whispers of a rebellion against the Capitol — a rebellion that Katniss and Peeta may have helped create. As the nation watches Katniss and Peeta, the stakes are higher than ever. One false move and the […]

Where’d You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple

October 19, 2014.Reading time 4 minutes.

Bernadette Fox is notorious. To Elgie Branch, a Microsoft wunderkind, she’s his talented, volatile, troubled wife. To fellow mothers at the school gate, she’s a menace. To design experts, she’s a legendary architect. But to 15-year-old Bee, she is quite simply Mum. Then Bernadette disappears. And Bee’s search for her mother reveals an extraordinary woman […]

Reread: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling

October 2, 2014.Reading time 5 minutes.

It is Harry Potter’s sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. As Voldemort’s sinister forces amass and a spirit of gloom and fear sweeps the land, it becomes more and more clear to Harry that he will soon have to confront his destiny. But is he up to the challenges ahead of him? […]

My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult

September 25, 2014.Reading time 7 minutes.

Sara Fitzgerald’s daughter Kate is just two years old when she is diagnosed with a rare form of leukaemia. Reeling with the helpless shock of it, Sara knows she will do anything — whatever it takes — to save her child. Then the test results come back time and again to show that no one […]

Prime Deception by Carys Jones

September 14, 2014.Reading time 5 minutes.

John Quinn, an investigative journalist on England’s biggest-selling and most notorious tabloid newspaper, is about to write the story of his life — a scandalous exposé of one of the country’s most powerful men. But the story dies when Lorna Thomas, the kiss in his kiss-and-tell, kills herself on a quiet country road. For six […]

The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion

September 4, 2014.Reading time 5 minutes.

Love isn’t an exact science — but no one told Don Tillman. A handsome thirty-nine-year-old geneticist, Don’s never had a second date. So he devises The Wife Project, a scientific test to find the perfect partner. Enter Rosie — ‘the world’s most incompatible woman’ — throwing Don’s safe, ordered life into chaos. Just what is this […]

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

August 7, 2014.Reading time 4 minutes.

Usually when writing book reviews, I give you guys the summary from the back of (my edition of) the book. That won’t really work for The Catcher in the Rye though, as the back of my edition is the same as the front. Quite empty. I went to look what Goodreads has to say about the […]