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 »
It’s such a pleasure today to be joining Bookouture‘s Books-on-tour again, this time to share my review of What She Saw by Wendy Clarke: published on 1st May, available via Amazon for kindle and in paperback, and also on Apple Books, Kobo and Googleplay. My thanks to the publishers for my advance reading e-copy, provided… Read More »
Thank you to Jane Gentle at Penguin for reminding me that today (2nd May) sees the paperback release of one of my favourite books of last year – Bitter Orange by Claire Fuller – complete with a striking new cover. Frances Jellico is dying. A man who calls himself the vicar visits, hoping to extract… Read More »
It’s a pleasure today to be joining the blog tour for Edna and Genevieve Escape From Curmudgeon Avenue by Samantha Henthorn, independently published on 7th February, available for kindle and in paperback: my thanks to Anne Cater of Random Things Tours for the invitation and support. And it’s one of those times when I wished… Read More »
A pleasure today to share my review of A Little Hotel in Cornwall by Laura Briggs, the first novella in a new series, published today for kindle. My thanks to Rachel at Rachel’s Random Resources for the invitation to join the promotion, and to both Rachel and Laura for my advance reading e-copy. I have… Read More »
I’m delighted today to be sharing my review of The Feud by Amanda James, published on 15th April by Bloodhound Books, available as an e-book and paperback: the ecopy I read was purchased, and my own (and if you’d like to do the same, the kindle version is currently just 99p). It’s no great secret,… Read More »
I’m delighted today to be joining the blog blitz for A Tale of Two Sisters by Merryn Allingham, published by Canelo on 21st March: available via Amazon for kindle and in paperback, this book is also available via Kobo, Google Books and Apple Books. My thanks to Ellie Pilcher at Canelo for the invitation and support.… Read More »