I’ve finished reading quite a lot of books lately and written the reviews for them but haven’t quite found my schedule with posting them. I’ve got reviews going back to books I finished in April that aren’t posted yet. So I figured I’d do some drive-by mini reviews just to …
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Book Review: The Mini ADHD Coach by Alice Gendron
Title: The Mini ADHD Coach Author: The Mini ADHD Coach Dates read: 29/04/25 – 01/05/25 Rating ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Publisher: Vermillion Number of pages: 204 Fiction or non-fiction: non-fiction Subject or genre: adhd, psychology, self-help Book blurb: When Alice Gendron was diagnosed with ADHD aged 29, she knew she didn’t fit the …
Book Review: Murder at Kings Crossing by Andrea Penrose
Title: Murder at Kings Crossing (Wrexford & Sloane #8) Author: Andrea Penrose Dates read: 07/03/25 – 23/04/25 Rating ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Publisher: Kensington Books Number of pages: 369 Fiction or non-fiction: fiction Subject or genre: historical fiction, mystery Book blurb: Celebration is in the air at Wrexford and Charlotte’s country estate as …
Book Review: The Twat Files by Dawn French
Title: The Twat Files Author: Dawn French Dates read: 13/04/25 – 22/04/25 Rating 3/5 Publisher: Penguin Number of pages: 400 Fiction or non-fiction: nonfiction Subject or genre: humour, memoir Book blurb: Wanker. Git. Prick. Prat. Dick. Eejit. Plonker. Pillock. Nincompoop. Bellend. Halfwit. Dolt. Chump. Nitwit. Moron. ****wit. Simpleton. Lunatic. Dork. …
Book Review: How to be a Renaissance Woman by Jill Burke
Title: How to be a Renaissance Woman Author: Jill Burke Dates read: 30/03/25 – 21/04/25 Rating 3/5 Publisher: Wellcome Collection Number of pages: 338 Fiction or non-fiction: nonfiction Subject or genre: art, feminism, history Book blurb: Plunge into the intimate history of cosmetics, and discover how, for centuries, women have …
Book Review: The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
Title: The Love Hypothesis Author: Ali Hazelwood Dates read: 08/03/25 – 21/03/25 Rating 5/5 Publisher: Berkley Books Number of pages: 356 Fiction or non-fiction: fiction Subject or genre: contemporary, romance Book blurb: As a third-year Ph.D. candidate, Olive Smith doesn’t believe in lasting romantic relationships–but her best friend does, and …
Book Review: Untypical by Pete Wharmby
Title: Untypical Author: Pete Wharmby Dates read: 07/04/25 – 10/04/25 Rating 5/5 Publisher: HarperCollins Number of pages: 256 Fiction or non-fiction: non-fiction Subject or genre: autism, memoir Book blurb: It’s time to remake the world – the ground-breaking book on what steps we should all be taking for the autistic …
Book review: Nettle and Bone by T Kingfisher
Title: Nettle and Bone Author: T Kingfisher Dates read: 16/03/25 – 09/04/25 Rating 3/5 Publisher: Titan Boks Number of pages: 336 Fiction or non-fiction: fiction Subject or genre: adventure, fantasy, horror Book blurb: A dark and compelling fantasy about sisterhood, impossible tasks and the price of power, from award-winning author …
April 2023 Reading Wrap-Up
I read 7 books in April which seems to be about my average in 2023 Jeremy Clay – The Burglar Caught by a Skeleton: And Other Singular Tales from the Victorian Press A collection of extraordinary, bizarre and morbidly funny stories from the Victorian press. There were farces and tragedies …
Some drive-by mini reviews
It’s been a while since I’ve done any mini-reviews (and, y’know, actually finished reading any books to write a review of) so here’s a little round-up of what I’ve been reading recently. I’ve DNFed two books in the last week: The first one was Kelly Ambers – Her First Collar: …