Month: September 2016

Blog Tour / Review: The Perfect Girl by Gilly Macmillan

Posted September 15, 2016 by Charlotte in Blog Tour, Reviews / 0 Comments

I received this book for free from Netgalley, Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.The Perfect Girl by Gilly Macmillan on March 3, 2016 Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense, Thriller Pages: 448 Format: E-Arc, Paperback Source: Netgalley, Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads Zoe Maisey is a seventeen-year-old musical prodigy with a genius IQ. Three years ago, she was involved in a tragic incident that left three classmates dead. She served her time, and now her mother, Maria, is resolved to keep that devastating fact tucked far away from their new beginning, hiding the past even from her new husband and demanding that Zoe do the same. Tonight Zoe is giving a recital that Maria has been planning for months. It needs to be the performance of Zoe’s life. But instead, by the end of the evening, Maria is dead. In the aftermath, everyone—police, family, Zoe’s former solicitor, and Zoe herself—tries to piece together what happened. But as Zoe knows all too well, the truth is rarely […]

Monthly Round-up! August 2016

Posted September 7, 2016 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 August 2016. Currently reading: Reviews: Blog Tours: Pastime Pleasures: Challenges: A new year and a new challenge. This year I am participating in the movie musical challenge hosted by Bookish Whimsy. This month I have watch Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and it was my favourite musical of the year so far. As per usual I’m participating in the Goodreads Challenge. I’ve pledged to read 100 books! And so far have managed to read 64 books. I’m 4 behind but it is an improvement on last month when I was five behind. At this rate I will make up for it by the end of the year So what do you think of my round-up August 2016? 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 of new posts by email. Email Address Subscribe Join 371 other subscribers

Through the Letterbox: My Bookish Crate House Pride Box Review

Posted September 5, 2016 by Charlotte in Through the Letterbox / 1 Comment

Welcome to Through the Letterbox. So this House Pride box is the first ever subscription box that I have ever received and I was super excited to see it in my post box. My Bookish Crate is a bi-monthly subscription book box based in the UK. The Box: In each box you can expect: a recently published Young Adult book and 4-5 bookish goodies related to the box’s theme The box is £28 plus shipping at £3 (if UK based) bringing it to a grand total of £31. The price for the box isn’t unreasonable although I do dislike paying for delivery (it should be included in the price!!). With everything you get though the box is well worth the price. When I heard that the August theme was Harry Potter House Pride I admittedly signed up. You got to pick your favourite house and that would be the basis for what was inside your box. I picked Gryffindor. The Unboxing: On opening the box I found a letter from Hogwarts (which I was super excited for!). A candle from Book & Nook […]

Blog Tour / Guest Post: ‘Top 5 Places to Enjoy Your Wine’ by Jo Thomas, author of Late Summer in The Vineyard

Posted September 2, 2016 by Charlotte in Blog Tour, Guest Post / 0 Comments

Today I am delighted to be part of the Blog Tour for Late Summer in the Vineyard by Jo Thomas. I loved reading Late Summer in the Vineyard (see my review) and it has me longing for tasting wine and finding the sun! Don’t forget to visit other blog stops along the tour for other great content. Below Jo shares her top 5 places to enjoy wine! Top 5 Places to Enjoy Your Wine: My favourite glass of wine is in the sun, at Monique’s bar where I stay at a writer’s retreat in France. She serves it in a chilled glass from the freezer. And if I’m drinking rose wine at Monique’s it means I’ve finished my word count for the day. West Wales. I love to sit and look at the sea with a glass of rose in my hand, smelling the sea air and listening to the sound of the waves, the call of the seagulls and the clanking of the sails on the boats moored there. In front of a roaring log fire. Just like when I went oyster farming with […]

Blog Tour / Review: The House on Sunset Lake by Tasmina Perry

Posted September 1, 2016 by Charlotte in Blog Tour, Reviews / 2 Comments

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.The House on Sunset Lake by Tasmina Perry Published by Headline Review on August 25, 2016 Genres: Contemporary, Fiction, Historical, Romance Pages: 400 Format: E-Arc Source: Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads Tasmina Perry is the bestselling author of The Last Kiss Goodbye and The Proposal. Her new novel is a heart-wrenching love story bejewelled with mysteries and dark secrets, set in the Deep South. If you love sailing away with Santa Montefiore’s novels or unwrapping the layers of the latest Rachel Hore, you will adore losing yourself in this book. 1995. Savannah, Georgia, where the sunsets are long and golden and the air is hot and heavy with promise. Student Jim Johnson isn’t happy when he has to abandon his plans of a carefree month of inter-railing to spend the summer in the Deep South with his mother and his father, a down-on-his luck author who has been sent to Savannah to […]

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