I’ve been waiting SO long for the day when I could share my review of the wonderful The Lost Daughter by Gill Paul – and at long last, that day has come! Published by Headline Review on 18th October, and available for kindle (only 99p at the moment, for a limited time), in paperback and… Read More »

It’s an immense pleasure today to share my review of The Book of Love by Fionnuala Kearney, with many thanks to the author and publishers HarperCollins for my reading e-copy. It’s now available for kindle, with the paperback to follow on 7th February – and another addition to my Books of the Year list. I didn’t… Read More »

Well, it’s Sunday – and it’s been a little while now since I stepped out from behind the blog and the books. As my life is about to change a little, I thought I’d indulge myself today with a bit of an update. Make a cuppa, and find a comfy chair – it’s a bit… Read More »

It’s a real pleasure today to welcome Alison Morton, author of the much loved Roma Nova thriller series, as my guest here on Being Anne. Alison’s been my guest before, to mark the release of the sixth in the series, Retalio, last year: you can catch up with her post again here, a really excellent introduction… Read More »

It’s such a pleasure today to be joining the blog tour for Help the Witch, the short story collection by Tom Cox, published today by Unbound: my thanks to Anne at Random Things Tours and the publishers for my advance reading e-copy. I’ll readily admit that all I previously knew about the author’s writing was… Read More »

Last year was – I think – one of the very best years for Christmas books, but if you really forced me to pick my favourite, I think it might just have been A Little Christmas Faith by Kathryn Freeman (you’ll find my review here – and it’s available in paperback this year too, so… Read More »

A pleasure today to be joining the birthday blog blitz for Oh! What a Pavlova by Isabella May, published for kindle in October 2017 by Crooked Cat Books, and also available in paperback. Kate Clothier is leading a double life: a successful jet-setting businesswoman to the outside world, but behind closed doors, life with Daniel… Read More »

There’s always something a little special about sharing a review on publication day, and The Poppy Field by Deborah Carr was a book I was particularly looking forward to. Although many will be familiar with the books of Georgina Troy, and her new incarnation as Ella Drummond (read more here), I suspect rather fewer stumbled across… Read More »

I’m guessing it’s no real secret that Faith Hogan is one of my very favourite authors, and it’s such a pleasure today to share my review of her latest book, What Happened to Us?, as part of the publishers’ blog tour (with thanks for my reading e-copy, provided via netgalley). Every book I’ve read from… Read More »

I’m really delighted today to be joining the blog tour for Heart in the Right Place by Lisa Hill – many thanks to Tracy Fenton for the invitation, and for sending my reading e-copy. Published by Manatee Books in July, available for kindle and in paperback, this lovely book is described as “a perfect romantic… Read More »

It’s a real pleasure today to be joining the blog tour and sharing my review of Joseph Barnaby by Susan Roebuck – published by Crooked Cat Books, available in paperback and for kindle from Amazon in the UK and US. I’d been wanting to read one of the author’s books since featuring Forest Dancer on… Read More »

Having read – and thoroughly enjoyed – Madalyn Morgan’s first book, Foxden Acres, I was really delighted to see that Rachel’s Random Resources was organising a tour for her latest, Chasing Ghosts. I’d already been enticed by that gorgeous cover, and it’s a real pleasure to share my review today: my thanks to Rachel and… Read More »

I’m delighted today to be joining the blog tour for Autumn Antics, the second book in Georgina Troy’s series, The Boardwalk by the Sea. Published for kindle on 25th August, and available for purchase from Amazon in the UK and US, I’m really sorry I couldn’t fit in the reading of this one. Unlike Georgina… Read More »

It’s always a real pleasure to feature a new book by Jan Ruth here on Being Anne: I had the great privilege of being an early reader of her latest (many thanks to Jan for my reading e-copy), and it’s a particular joy to be able to share my review. Gift Horse is now available… Read More »