Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and now hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. The rules are simple: Each Tuesday, Jana assigns a new topic. Create your own Top Ten list that fits that topic – putting your unique spin on it if you want. Everyone is welcome to join but please link back to…

Book reviews, snippets of book news, and alerts about books outside the glare of the publicity spotlight.

I'm delighted to be joined by Kathryn today, author of The Christmas Party. The Christmas Party was published by Bookouture in October and available now in as an e-book: full details below. Over to Kathryn to tell us more. Tell me THREE things about your festive book It’s a chilling reunion of six friends at a remote Scottish lake house, twelve years after the disappearance of Gabby’s young sister, Seffie.

I do love a book challenge, so I’ve joined in with this one after spotting it on Bluesky. Day 10 - A book that made you cry I read A Mother's Confession by Kelly Rimmer when I first started this blog, and it made me cry buckets! It was truly breathtaking twist that added to the tears! The tagline was actually right for once, and really did take my breath away! I'm not tagging anyone, but if you want to join in please do!

On the blog last week Monday - I shared My Year in Novellas as part of the Novellas in November reading event. Tuesday - This week's Top Ten Tuesday topic was Random Books From My Bookshelf. Wednesday – As always WWW Wednesday is a weekly opportunity to share what I've just read, what I'm currently reading and what I plan to read next...

About the Book In 1940, eighteen-year old Juliet Armstrong is reluctantly recruited into the world of espionage. Sent to an obscure department of MI5 tasked with monitoring the comings and goings of British Fascist sympathisers, she discovers the work to be by turns both tedious and terrifying. But after the war has ended, she presumes the events of those years have been relegated to the past for ever.

They say you can never have a second chance to make a good first impression. A book’s cover does just that – gives a first impression. A good cover can make a reader pick up a book. A bad cover can…

My guest today is Peter Rowlands, author of A Knock at the Door, which was published in October 2023. It's available to purchase in paperbook or as an ebook. A Knock at the Door is described as 'part mystery thriller, part detective story, and part romance'. It's had rave reviews from readers with comments such as 'refreshingly different', 'a totally new take on a mystery' and 'a real page-turning, edge of your seat mystery story'.

About the Book To the outside world, they were the icons of high society — the most glamorous and influential women of their age. To Truman Capote they were his Swans: the ideal heroines, as vulnerable as they were powerful. They trusted him with their most guarded, martini-soaked secrets, each believing she was more special and loved than the next…

It's a busy time of year for literary prizes, whether it's the announcement of winners (The Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction, The Booker Prize), the publication of longlists and shortlists, or the closing dates for submission of entries (The Women's Prize for Fiction/Nonfiction 2026, The Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2026). Also in the latter category is…

Hosted by Taking on a World of Words, this meme is all about the three Ws: What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? What do you think you’ll read next? Why not join in too? Leave a comment with your link at Taking on a World of Words and then go blog hopping! What I'm…

Welcome to this week’s WWW Wednesday!