Tag: Book Review

Review: When All is Said by Anne Griffin

.Reading time 5 minutes.

When All is Said follows Maurice, an 84-year-old Irish man, throughout the course of one evening. It’s set in a hotel bar in Meath, which holds a lot of memories in the man’s past.

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Review: The Toy Makers by Robert Dinsdale

.Reading time 6 minutes.

Blurb: Do you remember when you believed in magic? It is 1917, and while war wages across Europe, in the heart of London, there is a place of hope and enchantment. The Emporium sells toys that capture the imagination of children and adults alike: patchwork dogs that seem alive, toy boxes that are bigger on […]

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Mid Year Book Freak Out Tag

.Reading time 4 minutes.

I have seen this tag circulating online and thought it looked like a fun way to recap on my reading 6 months into the year.

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June reading wrap-up

.Reading time 11 minutes.

I can’t believe we are already halfway through the year. There are still so many books I want to finish but I am on track to reach my goal of 50 books in 2019.

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Review: Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

.Reading time 9 minutes.

Blurb: They were the new icons of rock and roll, fated to burn bright and not fade away.  But on 12 July 1979, it all came crashing down.  There was Daisy, rock and roll force of nature, brilliant songwriter and unapologetic drug addict, the half-feral child who rose to superstardom.  There was Camila, the frontman’s wife, too […]

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