Rating: 4 out of 5 stars An unnamed defendant stands accused of murder. Just before the Closing Speeches, the young man sacks his lawyer, and decides to give his own defence speech. He tells us that his barrister told him to leave some things out. Sometimes, the truth can be too difficult to explain, or believe. But he thinks that if he’s going to go down for life, he might as well go down telling the truth. There are eight pieces of evidence against him. As he talks us through them one by one, his life is in our hands. We, the…
Review: ‘You Don’t Know Me’ by Imran Mahmood
May 20, 2018
Review: ‘Eat Sweat Play: How Sport Can Change Our Lives’ by Anna Kessel
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Sport’s for everyone . . . isn’t it? Society has led us to believe that women and sport don’t mix. But why? What happens to the young girls who dare to climb trees and…
Month in Numbers: February and March
I hadn’t meant to leave such a long time between posts but I’ve been through a crazily busy period at work and I haven’t really had any time to read, never mind blog about reading. We’ve just got back from…
Review: ‘The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle’ by Stuart Turton
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Somebody’s going to be murdered at the ball tonight. It won’t appear to be a murder and so the murderer won’t be caught. Rectify that injustice and I’ll show you the way out. It…
Month in Numbers: January
As I seem to do every year, I’m changing up how I do my monthly reviews in 2018. Last year I did a monthly favourites post but this year I’m tracking more of my reading using Sophie from Portal in…
Review: ‘As I Descended’ by Robin Talley
Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars Maria Lyon and Lily Boiten are their school’s ultimate power couple—even if no one knows it but them. Only one thing stands between them and their perfect future: campus superstar Delilah Dufrey. Maria and…
Review: ‘Sally Heathcote: Suffragette’ by Mary M. Talbot
Sally Heathcote: Suffragette is a gripping inside story of the campaign for votes for women. A tale of loyalty, love and courage, set against a vividly realised backdrop of Edwardian Britain, it follows the fortunes of a maid-of-all-work swept up…
2018 Reading Challenges
I haven’t done year long reading challenges in a while. When I’ve done them previously, I’ve either not really paid attention to them and have just ended up failing miserably or I’ve found them a hindrance to reading because I…
2017 End of Year Book Survey
I was going to do a straight ‘Top Books of the Year’ post and then I was struggling to think of books to put onto it. It turns out that I’ve had a bit of a mixed reading year. On…
A Court of Thorns and Roses: The Series So Far (Spoiler Free!)
I was thinking about writing a review of the third book in the series, A Court of Wings and Ruin, but decided that was too niche and probably not overly helpful anyway. If you’ve read both of the first two…
June Wrap-up and Favourites
June was extraordinary. We got married, spent three weeks in Italy exploring, eating and drinking delicious wine and it was truly incredible. Since I’ve been back at work, I’ve been insanely busy but I’ve barely had time to think during…