Month: October 2020

Monthly Round-Up! October 2020

Posted October 31, 2020 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 October 2020. Happy Halloween Everyone! Let me know if you are up to any tricks 🙂 This month has been a bit of a funny month. It is only my third month back at work but I spent most of it at home! I ended up working from home for nearly two weeks and while it was nice to not have to drive and also have no other distractions. Its strange how much I missed the office atmosphere. But not having to drive meant that I had plenty of time for reading, so I am hoping to slowly fill my blog back up with lots of content. Currently reading: Reviews: Blog Tours: Random Thoughts: Through the Letterbox: Challenges: As per usual I’m participating in the Goodreads Challenge. So what do you think of my round-up October 2020? What have you read this month? Let me know in the comments below! Subscribe to Blog […]

Blog Tour / Review: One More For Christmas by Sarah Morgan

Posted October 29, 2020 by Charlotte in Blog Tour, Reviews / 0 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.One More for Christmas by Sarah Morgan Published by HQ on October 22, 2020 Genres: Christmas, Fiction, Romance Pages: 400 Format: E-Arc Source: Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads “Readers will be delighted.” —Publishers Weekly starred review on One More for Christmas From the USA TODAY bestselling author of The Christmas Sisters and A Wedding in December comes this sparkling tale of Christmas redemption… For sisters Samantha and Ella Mitchell, Christmas is their most precious time of the year. But this year, they’ll be buying presents for the most unexpected guest of all—their mother. It’s been five years since they last saw each other. But when their mom calls out of the blue, Samantha and Ella cautiously agree to spend Christmas all together in the beautiful Scottish Highlands… Gayle Mitchell is at the top of her career, but her success has come at a price—her relationship with her daughters. Her tough-love approach to […]

Review: Supporting Cast by Kit de Waal

Posted October 27, 2020 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 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.Supporting Cast by Kit de Waal Published by Penguin on July 30, 2020 Genres: Fiction, Short Stories Pages: 208 Format: E-Arc Source: Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads As she walks out of her marriage, a woman remembers a day by the sea when her husband rescued a boy from drowning. A blind man on his wedding day celebrates the pursuit of love.A woman finds companionship for the first time with the girls at work.And a young man leaves prison with only one desire – to see his son again. Kit de Waal’s characters light up the page in vivid stories of thwarted desire, love and loss. With power and precision, humanity and insight, Supporting Cast captures the extraordinary moments in our ordinary lives, and the darkness and the joy of the everyday. Kit de Waal has been an author that I have wanted to read for a very long time. So when […]

Random Thoughts: 5 Films I’ll be Watching Halloween 2020

Posted October 24, 2020 by Charlotte in Random Thoughts / 0 Comments

So with Halloween only a week away, I thought that I’d be super organised and decide which 5 films I’ll be watching Halloween 2020. I am not one that goes in for gore and horror. I hate films that make me jump. So let me assure you that these will be family friendly. 1. Original Jumanji. There is something creepy about the 1994 film. Whether its because Peter’s transformation into a monkey is weird and he ends up looking more like a wolf. Or if it’s Van Pelt’s determination that the game shall not end. I’m not sure. But one thing is I am glad that I was not playing this game! 2. Hocus Pocus. What is Halloween without Witches? And these three are hell-bent on getting their revenge. But they have not quite anticipated how the world has changed in the last three hundred years and it leads to some hilarious results. 3. Casper. I love all the Casper films. So while I’m saying Casper I mean all okay. Probably Casper the Friendly Ghost is my favourite. But I […]

Review: My Story: Noor-un-Nissa Inayat Khan by Sufiya Ahmed

Posted October 22, 2020 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.My Story: Noor-un-Nissa Inayat Khan by Sufiya Ahmed Published by Scholastic Children’s Books on August 6, 2020 Genres: Biography, Fiction, Historical, History, Non-Fiction Pages: 208 Format: Paperback Source: Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads My Story: Noor-un-Nissa Inayat Khan is the thrilling story of British-Indian World War Two heroine, Noor-un-Nissa Inayat Khan. It’s 1940 and hundreds of families are being forced to flee Nazi-occupied France. Noor refuses to stand by while Nazi forces invade her home and terrorise her people, so she travels to England and signs up to join the war efforts despite her mother’s wishes. It isn’t long before her talents are noticed and she is chosen by Winston Churchill to sneak back into France as an undercover agent. Noor returns home but this time, as a secret agent Can Noor keep her true identity a secret, report her findings back to London and help the Allies win the war? I […]

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