Month: December 2015

Review: A Winterfold Christmas by Harriet Evans

Posted December 18, 2015 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments

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.A Winterfold Christmas by Harriet Evans Published by Headline Review on November 5, 2015 Genres: Christmas, Fiction, Novella, Short Stories Pages: 80 Format: Paperback Source: Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads Sunday Times bestselling author Harriet Evans is taking us back to Winterfold for Christmas with a spin-off tale from her Top 5 bestseller, A Place for Us. Delight in a festive reunion with the Winter family – or meet them for the first time – and enjoy their recipes for the warmest of celebrations around the fire.’A master at creating characters you feel like you know inside out, and wish you could meet in real life’ Heat Winterfold has always sprung to life at Christmas – the purple wisteria might be a distant memory, but in the crisp air of December, the glow of candles at the window and the warmth of the kitchen offer you a warm welcome. As Martha Winter’s […]

Monthly Round-up! November 2015

Posted December 14, 2015 by Charlotte in Monthly Round-up! / 0 Comments

Monthly Round-up, linking everything that has happened in the last month, posted on the last day of said month. This Round-up November 2015. Currently reading: Reviews: Bookish Gossip: I completely failed at writing something… Must try and improve Pastime Pleasures: Again month I didn’t post anything for this feature this month. And I promised I would have two posts up for you and it didn’t happen. Although I can promise that I wrote the posts and then didn’t post them… Challenges: As per usual I’m participating in the Goodreads Challenge. Only the Goodreads challenge is left and currently I have only three books left before I reach my target. I think I can safely say that that is a target that will be reached before the new year. And despite my moaning and lack of enthusiasm the last few months I think I can be impressed with the knowledge that so far this year I have read an eclectic 97 books 🙂 So what do you think of my round-up November 2015? What have you read this month? Let me […]

Random Thoughts: Volunteer at Cheltenham Literature Festival

Posted December 12, 2015 by Charlotte in Random Thoughts / 0 Comments

It’s been over a month since I was a Volunteer at Cheltenham Literature Festival, and I can not believe how much time has flown. I’ve been meaning for ages and ages to post this post, but I couldn’t get into words what I wanted to say. This post started ridiculously long and could have been several posts. But in the end I’ve managed to write a single post. This is my highlights, the moments of the festival. The Upsides: Being a Volunteer at Cheltenham Literature Festival was one of the best decisions I ever made, using up my holiday allowance (and perhaps a little more, oops!). From letting Mary Beard wonder around the festival with a glass of wine in hand, to pretending to be effective crowd control for Ronnie Wood and pretending to be a photographer for Alice Baxter and Mary Portas, and driving some of the writers around Cheltenham, pretending I knew where I was going… I loved meeting the writers and being able to listen to their talks as well as volunteering at the same time. I […]

Random Thoughts: In a Blogging Slump. Help!

Posted December 9, 2015 by Charlotte in Random Thoughts / 1 Comment

It is official. I am in a blogging slump. Or perhaps more appropriately I am struggling to prep posts for December. It has got to the stage now, where I have no pre-prepared posts, nothing that I can quickly write up. And it makes me sad to think that the whole of this month is blank. I can’t even write a book review because the three books I’ve read recently are not published until next year. I feel like I’m making excuses, but working odd hours means I’m losing my motivation and energy. All I’m keen to do is sit on the sofa and stare into space. Holding a book has become too much effort.. And so I have to ask myself, shall I take a blogging break (as I have before)? Should I say goodbye December and hello January? Focus on the new year? After all posts have dwindled over the last few months as things have cropped up and ideas and reviews have become few and far between. In a way this feels like a pity party. But like going through […]

Review: The Silver Witch by Paula Brackston

Posted December 1, 2015 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments

The Silver Witch by Paula Brackston Published by Corsair on April 21, 2015 Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Historical, Romance Pages: 318 Format: E-Arc Source: Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads From The New York Times bestselling author Paula Brackston comes an enchanting tale of love and magic that weaves a modern day heroine together with the ancient Celtic past It has been one year since her husband’s sudden death and Tilda has moved to a secluded Welsh cottage to overcome her grief. She hoped her new home would end her visions of Mat’s death, but instead the lake seems to spark something dormant in her – a sensitivity, and a power of some sort. Animals are drawn to her, electricity shorts out when she’s near, and strangest of all, she sees a new vision; a boatful of ancient people approaching her across the lake. On this same lake in Celtic times lives Seren, a witch. She is respected but feared, kept separate from the community for her strange looks. When a vision comes to her of the Prince in a nest of […]

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