My Review for New Dreams at Polkerran Point by Cass Grafton

New Dreams at Polkerran Point is the first book in the Polkerran Point series and the first I’ve read by the lovely Cass Grafton. Cass is fast becoming one of my auto-buy authors!I loved this story so much. I’m a sucker for anything which includes a girl giving up city life for village life in Cornwall. Throw in some romance, attractive men and nosey neighbours full of village gossip, and you have the perfect combination. Anna is our protagonist...

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My Review for The Journey After the Crown by Andrew Mackie, read by Lisa McCune

I listened to The Journey After the Crown as an audiobook. It grew on me, but it was incredibly slow to begin with and it took me an age to get to grips with the characters. Daisie and Violet are nineteen-year-old identical twins who have the chance of a lifetime. They are to be maids to Queen Elizabeth II onboard the royal ship, as she and Prince Philip embark on a royal tour of Australia and the Commonwealth.Whilst the story is long-winded and...

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My Review for One of the Girls by Lucy Clarke, read by Natalie Simpson and Sofia Zervudachi

Full of twists, turns, alcohol and sunshine, this thriller audiobook kept my anxieties high as I listened. Told in turn, from each character’s viewpoint, it didn’t take me long to work out who was who, and their relationship to Lexi, the bride-to-be on her hen weekend in Greece. We all knew someone would die. What I didn’t work out, though, was who that was going to be and what was going to happen. That came as a complete surprise. All six women...

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My Review for The Memory Box by Kathryn Hughes

Jenny has just celebrated her 100th birthday and decides that now is the opportunity to revisit her past, and takes her carer, Candice, along for the ride. Written across dual timelines, 2019 and 1940s Wales and Italy, Jenny and Candice open up Jenny’s memory box and delve in to see where history will take them.The Memory Box is beautifully researched and written, and I adored the characters and the story. I can guarantee that this book will trigger...

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My Review for Diddly Squat: A Year on the Farm (Diddly Squat #1) by Jeremy Clarkson, read by Jeremy Clarkson

Jeremy Clarkson - he’s a bit like Marmite. you either love him or hate him, I don’t think there’s really any middle ground. I love him. Yes, he’s a pompous ass some of the time, but he’s funny, he has an amazingly sarcastic sense of humour, he’s politically incorrect a lot, and I mean a lot, of the time but he’s done alright for himself so something must be working! If you’re unfamiliar with Clarkson, he’s a petrolhead first and foremost and...

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My Review for Spare by Prince Harry, read by Prince Harry

I think I’ve been living under a rock or something. I had no idea, absolutely none at all, as to why Prince Harry’s book was called Spare, or indeed what a ‘Spare’ was. For those of you who are unclear (and I’m presuming it’s not many of you), Prince Harry was/is the spare. William - the heir - Harry - the spare. It’s as simple (and as callous) as that!I know memoirs are one-sided and yes, we’re only hearing one person’s point of view, reasoning...

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The Sporty One - My Life as a Spice Girl by Melanie C, read by Melanie C.

I wasn’t really what I’d call a Spice Girls fan, not like some people were. I was probably a bit too old at twenty-something when they were at the height of their fame, but I enjoyed some of their music and, well; they are more or less the same age as me so of course I’m nosey and interested in how lives pan out.Melanie Chisholm - Mel C - Sporty Spice, one of five girls who responded to an advertisement in the paper to form what was to become one...

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My Review for Dear Eliza by Andrea Stein

Dear Eliza is Andrea Stein’s second novel and just as with Typecast, it’s a winner from me. If I read a book fast, it means I’m loving it and I read this one, oh so fast! Eliza is twenty-six, and ten years ago, when she was sixteen, her world was upended when her Mum died. Now it’s being upended again, in more ways than one! Eliza went through a whirlwind of emotions during this book, her and me both! Grief, anger, acceptance and love. For me,...

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My Review for Christmas at the Little Paris Hotel by Rebecca Raisin

I love Rebecca’s books, and this was no exception. Christmas, books, intrigue and mystery, along with a little bit of romance. I’ve never fancied Paris, to be honest, but pick the hotel up and put it down somewhere else and I’m there!The characters were all adorable, some quirky, some cute and some just a little bit grumpy! Manon and Anais have an adorable relationship as cousins. My cousin and I are really close and yes, actually, I could see us...

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