My Review for The Post Box at the North Pole by Jaimie Admans

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This is just a big, warm, cosy hug 🤗 in a book! I smiled the whole of the way through and just couldn’t get enough of Sasha and Tav. All wrapped up in hot chocolate, Christmas, Santa, reindeer, snow, and lots of Christmas magic. I want to move to the North Pole forest and look after reindeer, whilst experiencing the joy on children’s faces as they see where the elves make the toys and where Santa answers all their letters.I want to see this...

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My Review for The Dark (Interland Series Book #3) by Gary Clark

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Thank you to Gary Clark for sending me an ARC of The Dark, the third book in the Interland series. Once again, it was a privilege to be asked, and I loved reading it and falling into the world of Given and Readers.After the downfall of Readers, Jay, and her friends and family, are continuing with their lives and trying to get back to some sort of normality. Jay is working in Alf’s bookshop in a dedicated section on the top floor, which she...

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My Review for Dracula by Bram Stoker, Narrated by Mark Gatiss

⭐⭐⭐⭐ When a Facebook Group I’m a member of, suggested reading Dracula, coming up to Halloween, I thought I’d give it a go. Never having read it before and not having a lot of time, I thought I’d try it as an Audiobook. I searched through Audible for one I fancied and an abridged version (although not very abridged - it was still almost 18 hours in length) came up, narrated by Mark Gatiss and had excellent reviews. I downloaded it and, for the...

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My Review for City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments #1) by Cassandra Clare, Narrated by Ari Gaynor

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I have only recently heard about Cassandra Clare’s books, but immediately decided they would be the sort of thing I’d really enjoy. Fantasy, paranormal, and magic - what more could I need to enable me to escape once again to another world.I downloaded the Audiobook of City of Bones from Borrowbox and lost myself in Idris, the Shadowhunters’ home country.Fifteen-year-old Clary Fray lives with her Mum in New York City. Just a normal teenage...

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My Review for Midnight in the Snow by Karen Swan

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Thank you to NetGalley and Pan Macmillan for the opportunity to read and review an ARC of Midnight in the Snow by Karen Swan.She’s only gone and done it again and thrown out another belter! Congratulations to Karen Swan for Midnight in the Snow. I loved it, loved it, loved it!Clover Phillips makes documentaries and has recently completed the award-winning ‘Pipe Dreams’, telling Cory Allbright’s story as a world champion surfer. But how can...

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My Review for Making Waves at Penvennan Cove by Linn B. Halton

⭐⭐⭐⭐ Thank you to NetGalley and Aria Fiction for the opportunity to read and review an ARC of Making Waves at Penvennan Cove by Linn B. Halton.Kerra Shaw has recently returned from London to her home village in Cornwall, following the death of her mother and as a support to her father. Kerra is a successful businesswoman and is hoping to invest and support small businesses in the community, whilst maintaining her currently secret relationship with...

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My Review for Secrets of Santorini by Patricia Wilson, narrated by Aoife McMahon and Caroline Lennon

⭐⭐⭐⭐ Secrets of Santorini was my Audiobook of choice as I started to clear my garden and get it ready for winter. What better way to escape from the coming autumnal days than to disappear into the Greek islands for a while!Irini McGuire grew up in a convent school in Dublin, whilst her parents continued with their archaeological career on the Greek island of Santorini. After Irini’s mother, Bridget, suffers an accident, Irini travels to the Greek...

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Anthem of the Seas, September 2021

Check out some more of my cruise photos here... Anthem of the Seas 2021 PhotosBefore the cruise…… I have always fancied at least trying a cruise, but never sure whether I’d actually enjoy it once we were onboard. My husband, Dave, has always categorically said no, not interested, not going, end of story! Then in March 2020, COVID hit the world and for more than a year, most of the world could not travel - not easily, anyway. We had to cancel...

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