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…
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…
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…
Book Thoughts: ‘Sufficient Grace’ by Amy Espeseth
Overall rating: 4 out of 5 stars Ruth and her cousin Naomi live in rural Wisconsin, part of an isolated religious community. The girls’ lives are ruled by the rhythms of nature — the harsh winters, the hunting seasons, the…
Review: ‘Bird Box’ by Josh Malerman
Rating: 4 out of 5 starsMost people dismissed the reports on the news. But they became too frequent; they became too real. And soon it was happening to people we knew. Then the Internet died. The televisions and radios went silent.…
Review: ‘Hollow City’ by Ransom Riggs
Find a copy nowon SocialBookCo Rating: 4 out of 5 stars This is the second novel featuring Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children. This review doesn’t include spoilers for the first book or the second book so I’ve also hidden the synopsis…
Review: ‘The Joyce Girl’ by Annabel Abbs
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Paris 1928. Lucia, the talented and ambitious daughter of James Joyce, is making a name for herself as a dancer, training with many famous dancers of her day and moving in social circles which…
Review: ‘Empire of Storms’ by Sarah J. Maas (Spoiler Free!)
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars As this is the fifth book in the Throne of Glass series, I won’t be pasting a synopsis here. If you’ve read the fourth book or just really don’t care about spoilers, you can…
Review: ‘Six of Crows’ by Leigh Bardugo
Find a copy onSocialBookCo here Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker has been offered wealth beyond his wildest dreams. But to claim it, he’ll have to pull off a seemingly impossible heist. Break into the notorious…
Review: ‘The Day of the Triffids’ by John Wyndham
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars When a freak cosmic event renders most of the Earth’s population blind, Bill Masen is one of the lucky few to retain his sight. The London he walks is crammed with groups of men…
