I’m delighted to be joined by Michael Wendroff today, author of What Goes Around. What Goes Around was published by Head of Zeus in October 2024 and available now in all formats: full details…

My enormous thanks to lovely Georgia Hill for ensuring I received a copy of her latest book, Magpie, and to Tara Lyons for sending it to me. It’s my pleasure to share my review of Magpie today. You…

Today it is my great pleasure to share my thoughts on Revenge of Odessa by the late Frederick Forsyth together with Tony Kent. I came extremely late to the party, only recently having read The Odessa File, but am so happy to have made the time to read the book as this brilliant follow up thriller. My thanks to publisher Bantam for the copy for review via Netgalley.

After the fabulous time at Chiltern Kills last weekend, this week has been somewhat of an anticlimax. Work, work and more work pretty much sums things up. Put what I hope are the finishing touches in the apprenticeship portfolio, wrote some formula, ate too much rubbish, and generally felt like I could sleep forever. But hey. Booked tickets for the tour of Operation Mincemeat next year, so it’s not all bad, right?

Today I am sharing my thoughts on the short story, Bad Date by Ellery Lloyd. It was a bonus read as part of the Amazon Prime First Reads promotion, and a very happy bonus it was too. Here's what the book is all about: Source: Owned CopyRelease Date: 01 September 2025

Today Mandie is back with a review of The Empire by Michael Ball. We're both big musical theatre fans as well as life long readers so intrigued to see what happens when the two worlds collide. Here's what the book is about: Source: Owned CopyRelease Date: 13 October 2022

It was my absolute pleasure to meet lovely Jenni Keer at the Love Stories etc fiction festival in Manchester back in July. I simply had to invite Jenni onto Linda’s Book Bag and with a brand new bo…

Nesting by Roisín O'Donnell (Jan 2025, Scribner) is described as 'tense, beautiful...underpinned by an unassailable love, hope & resilience'

Bea’s Book Wagon is the third book in Julie Haworth’s series set in the fictional Sussex village of Blossom Heath. The first was Always By Your Side (you can read my review here) and th…

Author : Jenni KeerTitle : The Peculiar Incident at Thistlewick HousePages : 320Publisher : Boldwood BooksPublication date : 11th October, 2025Source : Netgalley As the bones start to fall, the spi…

“It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas . . . For most people, that means a time of celebration, relaxation and inebriation, but not for the staff of The Stranger Times. While a book clu…

Source: Review copyPublication: 10th Anniversary Edition 23rd October 2025 from Orenda BooksPP: 340ISBN-13: 978-1916788947 My thanks to Orenda Books for an advance copy for review. I am thrilled to…

When I met Barbara Henderson at a lunch in Edinburgh all those years ago, I had no idea quite what a talented writer I had in front of me. Since then it has been my privilege to read many of her bo…

Last weekend was the 17th Portobello Book Festival which takes place each year in our wonderful local library, Portobello Library. As part of the organising team for about ten years it’s alwa…

What am I currently reading? I’ve just started The Monday Night Heartbreak Club by Jane Lovering for my blogtour stop next Sunday. I always enjoy Jane’s books and this one is great so f…

Hosted by Lipsy Lost and Found, my Wednesday post gives you a taste of what I’m reading this week. A similar meme is run by Taking on a World of Words.  As the bones start to fall, t…

Welcome to WWW Wednesday. This meme was formerly hosted by MizB at A Daily Rhythm and revived by Sam at Taking on a World of Words. Just answer the three questions below and leave a link to your po…