• bloggers who are readers - part 1
    Books & Book Reviews - Readers Speak

    Bloggers Who Are Readers Part 1

    May 10, 2021 - By 

    I started the #ReadersSpeak feature last year but haven’t been able to sustain it this year. I decided to restart it – every 2nd and 4th Monday of the month – and what better way to begin than asking bloggers who are readers to share their their thoughts on books. For the next few #ReadersSpeak posts you’ll meet a couple of bloggers each time and read what they have to say on their love for books. Bloggers Who Are Readers Part 1 Apeksha Rao Apeksha is not just a reader, but also an author. Her book, Along Came A Spyder,…

  • A Borrow A Bookshop Holiday
    Books & Book Reviews - Fiction

    The Borrow-A-Bookshop Holiday

    May 10, 2021 - By 

    Those who know me, know it’s been my dream to own or run a bookshop – or basically inhabit spaces surrounded by books! The Borrow-A-Bookshop Holiday is one that I’d sign up for in a minute! The Borrow-A-Bookshop Holiday The Fully Booked Bookshop Café invites literature lovers to run their very own bookshop … for a fortnight. Spend your days talking books with customers in your own charming bookshop and serving up delicious cream teas in the cosy café. Bookworms, what are you waiting for? Your holiday is going to be LIT(erary). Apply to: The Fully Booked Bookshop, Down-a-long, Clove…

  • Books & Book Reviews - Fiction

    Little Boy Lost

    May 8, 2021 - By 

    I was keen to continue reading this series with Detective Macknezie Price’s story running concurrently with the cases she works on. In Hidden Lake we get to know about her childhood memories of her father’s death and in Their Frozen Graves we see her father appear back in her life! I wondered what was going to happen in Little Boy Lost. Little Boy Lost The clear sky burst into flames of peach and gold, illuminating the small body leaning against the rocks. He looked even smaller than he had in the photos, purple marks blemishing his neck. His eyes were…