Month: July 2014

Monthly Round-up! July 2014

Posted July 31, 2014 by Charlotte in Monthly Round-up! / 0 Comments
Monthly Round-up! July 2014

Monthly Round-up, linking everything that has happened in the last month, posted on the last day of said month. This Round-up July 2014. So at the moment I’m working part-time in a solicitor’s office. It involves a lot of running around making cups of tea and photocopying. Actually a lot of photocopying. For one letter that had to be sent, I photocopied for an entire afternoon and used two packs of paper. As you can imagine it was a fun afternoon. I have, somehow, managed to complete my Goodreads challenge, so now I have to decide whether to up the number of books or leave it and see the percentage increase at the end of the year. Decisions, decisions… Currently reading:   Reviews:   Blog Tours:   Pastime Pleasures:   Challenges: As per usual I’m participating in the Goodreads Challenge. So what do you think of my round-up July 2014? What have you read this month? Let me know in the comments below!   Subscribe to Blog via Email Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications […]

Review: Now That You’re Gone by Julie Corbin

Posted July 30, 2014 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments
Review: Now That You’re Gone by Julie Corbin

I received this book for free from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Now That You’re Gone by Julie Corbin Published by Hodder & Stoughton on June 5, 2014 Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller Pages: 352 Format: E-Arc Source: Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads From the author of DO ME NO HARM and WHAT GOES AROUND.Isla’s brother, an ex-Marine and private investigator, has just been found drowned in the River Clyde. But Isla is convinced he was murdered. The coroner declares it an accidental death. The police are happy to close the case. Determined to find out what really happened the night Dougie died, and what he was doing in Glasgow, she starts looking into his unsolved cases. What she finds will put her in grave danger and force her to question everything she thought she knew about those closest to her . . . ‘A twist laden, psychological thriller.’ Reading in Bed ‘This is very much a character driven novel with a strong and exciting […]

Pastime Pleasures #12 – The Hobbit by J R R Tolkien

Posted July 25, 2014 by Charlotte in Pastime Pleasures / 0 Comments
Pastime Pleasures #12 – The Hobbit by J R R Tolkien

Welcome to my  feature, Pastime Pleasures, posted every other Friday. Today is the turn of The Hobbit by J R R Tolkien. Here I will look at books that have given me great pleasure in the past. These are books I can read over and over again. The only rule is that the book must have been published five or more years ago.     The Hobbit is a charming adventure story. Often heroes are depicted as strong, large, handsome figures. But here we get Bilbo, he is tiny and because he is a hobbit he is fat. It is also probably safe to say that he isn’t particularly strong. He has, after all, lived a very sheltered life, where his biggest worry is if he has enough pocket handkerchiefs and what to have for supper. Bilbo is an ordinary hobbit forced (although with some willingness on his part) by Gandalf to go off on an adventure. Yet despite appearance Bilbo processes characteristics which we should attempt to stand by. Bilbo is humble and caring. He does not care for wealth […]

Guest Post: ‘A Spoiler-free Introduction to The String Diaries Sequel’ by Stephen Lloyd Jones, author of The String Diaries

Posted July 24, 2014 by Charlotte in Blog Tour, Guest Post / 0 Comments
Guest Post: ‘A Spoiler-free Introduction to The String Diaries Sequel’ by Stephen Lloyd Jones, author of The String Diaries

Today I am delighted to be part of the Blog Tour for The String Diaries by Stephen Lloyd Jones. And to entice you I have a Spoiler-free introduction to The String Diaries Sequel. Promise! I loved reading The String Diaries (see my review) and I cannot  recommend it enough! Don’t forget to visit other blog stops along the tour for other great content. Below Stephen explains what to expect of book two in the series which is out later this year! This article, perhaps miraculously, remains spoiler free, the story of The String Diaries and its sequel await your reading pleasure. With the paperback edition of The String Diaries only launching this summer – it may be out by the time you read this – I’m going to assume that you haven’t read it yet. (Please do, though. I’ll be enormously grateful.) That said, how do you write a teaser for a sequel, while avoiding spoilers? If I tell you anything about the characters who appear in the new book, you’ll know that they must have survived the last one. If I tell you much at all, in […]

Review: The String Diaries by Stephen Lloyd Jones

Posted July 23, 2014 by Charlotte in Reviews / 4 Comments
Review: The String  Diaries by Stephen Lloyd Jones

I received this book for free from Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.The String Diaries by Stephen Lloyd Jones Series: The String Diaries #1 Published by Headline on July 17, 2014 Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Historical, Mystery, Thriller Pages: 419 Format: Paperback Source: Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads Selected for the Radio 2 Book Club. He has a face you love. A voice you trust. To survive you must kill him. The rules of survival are handed from mother to daughter. Inherited, like the curse that has stalked Hannah and her family across centuries. He changes his appearance at will, speaks with a stolen voice and hides behind the face of a beloved, waiting to strike. Generation after generation, he has destroyed them. And all they could do was to run. Until now. Now, it is time for Hannah to turn and fight. THE NEW NOVEL BY STEPHEN LLOYD JONES IS AVAILABLE NOW – THE SILENCED: A DARK AND GRIPPING THRILLER The String Diaries is […]