Nancy Peach’s novel, Love Life, was published by One More Chapter on 9 December 2021. Nancy kindly answered a few of my questions. 1. Tell us a little about Love Life. Love Life is a modern-day Pride and Prejudice themed rom-com set in a hospice. It features Tess, a junior doctor with a patchy track…
Month: April 2022
Miss Aldridge Regrets by Louise Hare – review
Published by HQ Publication date – 28 April 2022 Source – review copy London, 1936 Lena Aldridge is wondering if life has passed her by. The dazzling theatre career she hoped for hasn’t worked out. Instead, she’s stuck singing in a sticky-floored basement club in Soho and her married lover has just left her. She…
Old, New, Borrowed, Blue
It’s been a while since I stepped inside my local library. Over two years in fact, I wonder what could have caused that? Anyway, I’ve got myself a new library card, having misplaced my old one and last week I ventured in to see what gems were on the bookcases. I was pleased to see…
A Little Hope by Ethan Joella – review
Published by Muswell Press Publication date – 28 April 2022 Source – review copy Freddie and Greg Tyler seem to have it all: a comfortable home at the edge of the woods, a beautiful young daughter, a bond that feels unbreakable. But when Greg is diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of cancer, the…
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus – review
Published by Doubleday Publication date – 5 April 2022 Source – review copy Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing. But it’s the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute take a very unscientific…
Victoria Scott – Q&A
Victoria Scott’s novel, Patience, was published by Head of Zeus on 5 August 2021. Victoria kindly answered a few of my questions. 1. Tell us a little about Patience. Patience is the story the Willow family – mum Louise, dad Pete and daughters Eliza and Patience – who all struggle, in very different ways, with…
The Last Good Funeral of the Year by Ed O’Loughlin – review
Published by Riverrun Publication date – 3 March 2022 Source – review copy Soon, the lockdown would start. People would die alone, without any proper ceremony. Charlotte’s death would be washed away, the first drop in a downpour. Nobody knew it then but hers would be the last good funeral of the year. It was…
Hunter Liguore – Q&A
Hunter Liguore’s book, The Whole World Inside Nan’s Soup was published by Yeehoo Press on 24 August 2021. Hunter kindly answered a few of my questions. 1. Tell us a little about The Whole World Inside Nan’s Soup. The Whole World in Nan’s Soup is a rumination on our ability to recognize our interconnectedness with…
Balancing the Books – March 2022
Well, here we are, spring has sprung, and then decided to vanish again as we’ve just had a flurry of snow the last few days. We’ve also been doubly blessed with more Covid, though helpfully spread out over the month and not at the same time (she says sarcastically). My reading slump has continued, and…
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