From the moment I heard about this book – Bitter Orange by Claire Fuller, now available in e-book and audio, published in hardback on Thursday (2nd August) – I’ve been longing to read it. And I was delighted to receive an advance copy from the publishers, Fig Tree Books (Penguin) and to hold its beautiful… Read More »
Goodness, it’s over two years since I last reviewed a book by Jill Mansell here on Being Anne – how unforgivable! Many thanks to Anne at Random Things Tours for squeezing me in on the last day of the blog tour for This Could Change Everything – published in paperback by Headline Review on 12th… Read More »
It’s a real pleasure today joining the blog tour for The Daughter of River Valley by Victoria Cornwall, published by Choc Lit as an e-book on 17th July and available on all major platforms. I hadn’t really planned to be part of any blog tours over my summer break other than for books I’d already… Read More »
I don’t think I’ve ever taken part in a “price drop promo” before, but I’m delighted to be part of this one! One Endless Summer by Laurie Ellingham is just 99p until 31st August, and you can buy it here. A lot of books are price-reduced from time to time – I often tell you… Read More »
One of the very best things about being part of this bookish world (apart from the hours of reading pleasure) is the lovely people you can meet on-line – and Val Portelli is most definitely one of my favourites. Although I regularly read and enjoy the short stories she publishes on her excellent blog, I… Read More »
It’s a real delight today to be joining the blog tour for The One That I Want by Lynne Shelby, published by Accent Press tomorrow (26th July) in paperback and for kindle. Goodness, this one’s been a long time coming – I loved the look of the book when Lynne first told me about it,… Read More »
It’s a real pleasure today to be joining the first anniversary blog blitz for The Second Cup by Sarah Marie Graye: originally published on 19 July 2017, the extended edition (including character interviews) was published on 12 February 2018. Would your life unravel if someone you knew committed suicide? Theirs did. Faye knows her heart still… Read More »
Lizzie Lamb is one of the loveliest people I know, and I think I might just be as excited as she is (OK, maybe not quite!) about the release of her latest book, Take Me, I’m Yours, on 24th July. Available for preorder, published by New Romantics Press – and I feel immensely privileged that Lizzie… Read More »
It’s an absolute pleasure today to share my review of The Lion Tamer Who Lost by Louise Beech, published as an e-book by Orenda Books on 15th July, with the paperback to follow on 30th September. I was so looking forward to this one, having been enthralled and spellbound by How To Be Brave (you’ll… Read More »
It’s a real pleasure today to be the guest of author Jo Lambert – I always thoroughly enjoy her Tuesday Talk feature, and it’s lovely to be part of it. Hi Anne and welcome. Can I start, as always, by asking you a little about yourself? Hi Jo, and thank you so much for inviting… Read More »
Something a bit different and rather lovely today! I suspect many will already be aware of the wonderfully creative Jessie Cahalin and her Books in my Handbag blog, and of the immense support she provides to authors and fellow bloggers. With a little help (actually, rather a lot of help!) from Jessie, I had the… Read More »
Ok, so I missed out on being part of the blog tour (life, eh?) – and my confident “I’ll read and review in mid-April” didn’t quite work out either. But I’ve been really looking forward to trying one of Sue Shepherd’s books, and I’m delighted today to be sharing my review of Can’t Get You… Read More »
It’s a real pleasure today to be joining the blog tour for Ladies’ Day by Sarah Barton, published by Orchard View Publications on 28th June. My thanks to Caroline Vincent for inviting me to join the tour and for providing my reading copy – my first tour with Bits about Books. And I must also… Read More »
There are a small number of publishers that I know – whether their books have immediate appeal or not – will always delight me and never let me down, and Honno will always feature in that elite group. But when author Jo Verity contacted me about her latest book, A Different River – published by… Read More »
Summer break about to start – reviews only, until the end of September – but I just couldn’t resist one more promotion post for Brook Cottage Books. The Road to Newgate by Kate Braithwaite is published by Crooked Cat Books on 16th July (available for preorder from Amazon in the UK and US), and if… Read More »