My Goodreads app stunned me this morning when I noticed I’ve read 35 novels and novellas in 2024! It’s amazing how much reading one can cram in during the summer school holidays. 😉 Amongst the amazing ebooks (and a few audiobooks) I’ve consumed this year, I also had the privilege of receiving advanced copies of […]
If you’re an avid reader of Christian fiction, particularly women’s fiction, the name Sara Brunsvold should be familiar to you. I’ve followed the buzz surrounding Ms Brunsvold and her inspiring, thought-provoking debut, The Extraordinary Death of Mrs Kip, since its release in mid-2022. Her first novel has been on my “wanted” list long before it […]
It’s the last day of November and we’ve finally unearthed our Christmas tree! Now the school year is complete (well, Miss F’s last day is tomorrow), I’m hoping we’ll get the tree up and decorated by the end of the weekend as I’ve got lots to do next week. Amongst planning gifts and food for […]
I mentioned in a previous post my morbid fascination with World War II. I’ve watched documentaries and movies based on true stories, read piles of historical research and anecdotes, and umpteen novels of characters somehow surviving one of the darkest eras in modern history. When I consider our world today, these stories of depravity and […]
I’ve hidden in my writing cave the past few weeks, focused on completing the last book in The Tellarine Series—which I hope to release before Christmas—so I’ve not read much fiction recently. Tragic, I know. The reading part, not the writing part. 😉 But, fear not! The few books I read in August and September […]
These days I mostly read contemporary fiction, but every so often I delve into the past and read a book heralding a world before my time. I finished reading Amanda Dykes poignant WWI story Yours is the Night late yesterday evening, and thought back on other historical novels and series I’ve read which have enthralled […]
