All the Water in the World by Karen Raney @TwoRoadsBooks @JohnMurrayPress #Allthewaterintheworld #karenraney #TheClqrt #BookBlog #BookReview #CostaShortlist

Two Roads 10th December 2020 Book Description Maddy is sixteen. Deeply curious, wry and vivacious, she's poised at the outset of adulthood. She has loyal friends, a mother, Eve, with whom she's unusually close, a father she's never met, devoted grandparents, and a crush on a boy named Jack. Maddy also has cancer. Hungry for…

Fruit Woman by Kate Rigby @annecater #fruitwoman # randomthingstours

  About the Book Fruit Woman is narrated by Helen Scutt, a quirky and naïve twenty-seven-year-old.  The image of the Fruit Woman has appeared to Helen at important times in her life, particularly in relation to her own sexual and spiritual awakening.  But only now, while on holiday with her extended family, does she get…

The Chalk Man by C.J. Tudor @cjtudor @MichaelJBooks @CrownPublishing @agentmilburn #ChalkMan

Penguin Michael Joseph  Release Date 11th January 2018 A lucky book win for me, which I was delighted about, especially as this book is generating a lot of excitement across social media. Book Description Looking back, it all started on the day of the fair and the terrible accident.  When twelve-year-old Eddie first met the…

The Roanoke Girls @hodderBooks @aengelwrites #theroanokegirls

Amy Engel 2017 Hodder and Stoughton I have tried to write this review without any spoilers, and in this vain I have not revealed here what this book is about, however it may be that through what I have it may be obvious to some.  Apologies if it is, I tried my best, read on…

The Scandal @MichaelJBooks @penguinrandom @penguinRHUK @Backmanland

Fredrik Backman 2016 Michael Joseph When Janel @keeperofthepages highly recommends a book, personally I think this should be taken seriously.  When said book is on Netgalley and publishers Michael Joseph send you a digital galley proof the stars may have aligned! I have read some astonishingly good books recently, including the last book I read,…