Christmas Reads from authors Shari Low & Jenny Colgan
One Christmas Eve by Shari Low and The Christmas Bookshop by Jenny Colgan are fantastic holiday reads, but are sure to give you the warm and fuzzies anytime of year.
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Prettier If She Smiled More by Toni Jordan, Review: Comedic mayhem
Prettier If She Smiled More is Toni Jordan’s engaging follow-up to her wonderful 2022 family drama, Dinner With The Schnabels. Read my full review.
Mhairi McFarlane’s Last Night, Review: Depth-filled rom-com
Mhairi McFarlane’s Last Night is a modern friendship romcom with uncommon emotional depth and refreshingly unexpected humour. Read my full review.
Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson, Review
Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson is an impressively original, clever and entertaining meta crime mystery. My review of the audiobook.
Nicola May’s The Hub & Mark David Green’s The Travel Truth, Mini Reviews
Nicola May’s The Hub and Mark David Green’s The Travel Truth are both entertaining warm-hearted reads that blend romance, humour and mystery. Read on for more…
The Whitewash by Siang Lu, Review: Biting black comedy
The Whitewash, Siang Lu’s debut novel is a hard-hitting satire that is scarily closer to fact than fiction. Read my full review.
The Stranger Times by C K McDonnell, Review: Gutsy fun read
The Stranger Times by C K McDonnell is a hilariously dark comedy novel and brilliant start to a fun urban fantasy mystery series for adults. Read full review.
Dinner with the Schnabels by Toni Jordan, Review: Hilarious
Dinner with the Schnabels features Toni Jordan’s wonderful recipe of intelligent comedic farce, cutting social commentary and heart. Read my full review.
11 of Louisa Bennet’s Favourite Cozy Mystery Books & Series
Cozy mystery author Louisa Bennet (The Bone Ranger) helps us define what is a cozy mystery, discuss some of the best cozy mystery books (and cozy mystery series) she has read, and introduces us to the gorgeous golden retriever that inspired her own dog detective series.
Love and Other Puzzles by Kimberley Allsopp, Review: Clever
Love and Other Puzzles, Kimberley Allsopp’s entertaining debut novel is a cocktail of wit and nostalgic pop-culture minus the hangover. Read my full review.
The Competition by Katherine Collette, Review: Authentic
The Competition by Katherine Collette is an eclectic redemption narrative exuding understated charm, humour and an authentic feel-good vibe. Read my review.
488 Rules for Life by Kitty Flanagan, Review: Sage humour
Kitty Flanagan’s 488 Rules for Life: The thankless art of being correct is a wittily wise take on the self-help and personal development book. Read on for our full review. 488 Rules for Life Book Synopsis The thankless art of being correct…
MI5 and Me by Charlotte Bingham, Review: Sly comic memoir
MI5 and Me by Charlotte Bingham is a charming memoir that comically recounts her experiences working with MI5 in the 1950s. Read on for our review of the audiobook narrated by Candida Gubbins. MI5 and Me: A Coronet Among the…
Mammoth, Book Review: Chris Flynn’s fresh perspectives
Chris Flynn’s novel Mammoth is filled with cutting humour and evocative characterization yielding quality literature with a timely, compelling trumpet call.
The Switch, Book Review: Beth O’Leary’s feisty charmer
The Switch, book two from Beth O’Leary, is dramatic fiction with charming gusto from the quirkiest of premises. Read on for our full review. The Switch Book Summary Eileen is sick of being 79.Leena’s tired of life in her twenties.Maybe…
To Have and To Hoax by Martha Waters, Review: Feisty flirtations
To Have and To Hoax, Martha Waters debut novel, is feisty and fabulously distracting romantic fiction and a timely reminder life is too short for petty squabbles. To Have and To Hoax Synopsis In this fresh and hilarious historical rom-com,…
