I’m thoroughly delighted today to share my review of The Glittering Hour by Iona Grey: published today by Simon & Schuster, it’s now available in hardback, for kindle and as an audiobook, but those of you needing a paperback copy will need to wait until October. My thanks to the publishers for providing my e-copy… Read More »

I suspect I hardly need to tell you how much I love the books of Faith Hogan – just put her name in the search bar, and you’ll find reviews of them all, and also quite a few other features. I always say that I never let her go on tour without me – but… Read More »

It’s an absolute pleasure today to be featuring 76 Silver Street by Anna Shenton, a novella available as both ebook and in paperback from Amazon in the UK and US (available in the US at just 99c until 1st June), and also available for download via Kindle Unlimited. Many of you might already know Anna as… Read More »

A pleasure today to join the blog tour for Pink Ice Creams, the debut novel from Jo Woolaston, now available via Amazon in the UK (in paperback, and for kindle) and the US (paperback and kindle). My thanks to Rachel at Rachel’s Random Resources for the invitation: I’m just rather sorry I couldn’t manage to… Read More »

It’s always a real pleasure to feature the latest book from Sue Moorcroft: I’m guessing you probably know by now that she’s been one of my favourite authors for quite a long time, unfailingly producing books I thoroughly enjoy. Today I’m joining the blog tour and sharing my review of A Summer to Remember, published… Read More »

It’s an immense pleasure today to be joining the blog tour and sharing my review of The String Games by Gail Aldwin, to be published by Victorina Press on 28th May: there’s no Amazon link for this one until publication, but it is available to pre-order from the publisher. You might remember that Gail has… Read More »

This is something of an unusual review for me: in the six years of Being Anne’s existence, you won’t find more than a handful of reviews of non-fiction books. And I suspect some might be surprised by my choice of subject matter: I’ve been assiduously avoiding any novels dealing with dementia over the last few… Read More »

Life’s not always all about books – I’m really so delighted today to have had the opportunity to choose five special music tracks for Jo Lambert’s Life Playlists feature. I’ve been fascinated by everyone else’s choices, and the stories behind them – thank you so much Jo for inviting me to take part! I suspect… Read More »

A real pleasure today to be joining the blog blitz for The Wrong Envelope by Liz Treacher: my thanks to Kelly at #LoveBooksGroupTours for inviting me to take part, and for her support with the post. This book was published in March 2018, available both for kindle and in paperback. I’m really not sure how… Read More »

I’m delighted to be joining Bookouture‘s Books-on-tour again today, and sharing my review of The House at Hope Corner by Emma Davies. Published on 10th May, it’s available via Amazon for kindle and in paperback, and also via Apple Books, Googleplay and for Kobo. My thanks to Bookouture for my advance reading e-copy, provided through… Read More »

It’s a real pleasure today to share my review of My Favourite Witch by Sharon Booth, the second in a series about The Witches of Castle Clair – published as an e-book on 2nd April, and also available in paperback. The kindle copy I read was my own, pre-ordered from Amazon and delivered to my… Read More »

It’s a real pleasure today to be joining the blog tour today for Down to the Sea by Sue Lawrence, published by Contraband – the Saraband imprint for literary fiction from the darker side – on 21st February for kindle, and now also available in paperback. My thanks to Kelly at #LoveBooksGroupTours for the invitation:… Read More »

It’s such a pleasure today to be sharing my review of A Single Woman by Maggie Christensen, due for publication tomorrow (9th May) as an e-book and in paperback. My thanks to the author for my advance reading e-copy. You might remember how very much I enjoyed both The Good Sister and Isobel’s Promise (links are… Read More »

I don’t very often reveal new covers here on Being Anne – I’m just not very good at all that “wait for it… are you ready?” that others do so much better. But when Jenni Keer asked me to help reveal the cover of her new book, The Unlikely Life of Maisie Meadows – and… Read More »

It’s such a pleasure today to be one of the bloggers launching the blog tour for De Bohun’s Destiny by Carolyn Hughes: the third of the Meonbridge Chronicles, it was published as an e-book on 3rd May, available from Amazon in the UK and US, with the paperback to follow later in the summer. My… Read More »