Books for Grown Ups

THE BLURB Eleanor Oliphant has learned how to survive – but not how to live Eleanor Oliphant leads a simple life. She wears the same clothes to work every day, eats the same meal deal for lunch every day and buys the same two bottles of vodka to drink every weekend. Eleanor Oliphant is happy. ... READ MORE »

',AD | advance readers copy THE BLURB Begin the journey; discover your destiny... Ailsa doesn’t believe in faerie tales, only the monsters in them. But, with the mark on her face, most people consider her one of them—a changeling. Her secluded life shifts when she rescues two selkies from ... READ MORE »

So, I think this is going to be my last roundup post. From now on I'm going to go back to full book reviews of the books that I think are ... READ MORE »

The title of this book says is all. The Real Play Revolution: Why We Need to Be Silly with Our Kids - and How to Do It. Ash Perrin has created a book which reminds parents 0f the importance of play. In an age where technology reins, it's refreshing to find a book which not only reminds us of how ... READ MORE »

I am ridiculously late on this months reading round up, mainly because I wasn't sure whether these posts were of interest to people so I wasn't sure whether to continue with them. However, this blog is my little space and I like keeping track of what I've read and record my thoughts on them. After ... READ MORE »

When you realise it's almost the middle of June and you've still not published your May book round up! I am blaming the fact that the past two weeks have contained far too much sickness from two tiny humans than I care to mention. Moving on though, May was a pretty ... READ MORE »

GIVEAWAY - I was send two copies of Closer Than You Think for the purposes of this giveaway. It's so secret that I'm a bookworm. From time to time I am very lucky in that publishers will reach out to me to and ask me to take a closer look at a book, or in this case host a giveaway to let others ... READ MORE »

This post contains affiliate links. This has no impact on you, but if you were to purchase an item using the link provided, I may earn a small commission. Another month has flown by and before we know it, we're already a third of the way through 2019. It's going so quickly!! April hasn't been ... READ MORE »

How is it already April?? I managed to get through three books since during March since my last post (if you missed it then you can check out what I read back in February here). Although I may not have the reading pace that I enjoyed last year but I am enjoying this slow and steady approach to books ... READ MORE »

What better day to post this than on World Book Day? I love the fact that we have an entire day dedicated to celebrating all things books and reading. I love to read and I'm really proud that it's a habit that both my little ones have inherited. It's been a really slow month for books in ... READ MORE »

This is a review post. I was provided with a copy of this book in return for my honest review. I was recently invited to take part in a book release blog tour for The God of All Small Boys. Written by Joseph Lamb, who - before turning to children's literature - wrote historical drama. ... READ MORE »

I really enjoyed keeping track of what I read last year so I thought I would bring that forward in to 2019. Rather than having individual book reviews, I thought I would simply look back on what I read in the past month and share my thoughts. Therefore, if you're looking for some book inspiration, ... READ MORE »