Book Review: Not That Kind of Girl by Lena Dunham

Not That Kind of Girl is a book I have been looking forward to reading for a long time and it really did not disappoint at all. With Dunham’s no holds barred attitude and total honesty in her writing throughout it made this a novel I could truly relate to. That’s not because all my …

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Book Review: Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams

Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency is a novel that I have been wanting to read for a long time. I’m a huge fan of Douglas Adams writing and after watching the short lived series a few years ago that starred Stephen Mangan, I made this book a priority to buy and read.This book is very …

Book Review: A Murder of Quality by John LeCarre

If you are after a novel about crime, murder and espionage then you can't go far wrong than reading one of LeCarre's works. In my opinion he is the master of the crime genre with well thought out and well written stories, great believable characters and description that transports into the book.This particular novel starts …

Book Review: Dawn O’Porter – Paper Aeroplanes and Goose

Paper Aeroplanes is the first time that we get to meet school girls and couldn’t be more different teens Flo and Renee. The pair may have been attending the same school on the island of Guernsey for years but they have never really spoken to each other until this, their final year. A number of …

Book Review: The Library of Unrequited Love by Sophie Divry

‘The Library of Unrequited Love’ is quite easily one of the best short stories I have read not only this year but in a very long time.I think sometimes with short stories it can be difficult for them to be really good and to make an impression on you like a longer novel or triology …

Book Review: Jodi Picoult – Sing You Home

Jodi Picoult is by far one of my favourite authors not only for her writing style and the way she puts a story together but also because of the subject matter she writes about. Years ago my friend introduced me to her by lending me her copy of ‘My Sister’s Keeper’ and since then I’ve …

Book Review: Starter For Ten by David Nicholls

I’ve watched the film version of Starter For Ten so many times now and it really is one of my favourites so I am quite surprised that it has taken me this long to read the novel. Because of my love for the film I had high hopes for the book and it really did …

Book Review: The White Princess by Philippa Gregory

After reading the previous 4 books in the Cousins War series and really enjoying them, I bought this latest release in the hope that this would be just as good and to find out more about what happened after Richard III was defeated and Henry VII came to the throne. In terms of being informative …

Book Review: You’re The One That I Want by Giovanna Fletcher

I’m not usually one for chick-lit fiction, I usually give up after around 3 or 4 chapters because I can never usually get into the story and let’s face it some of it is terribly written but this book exceeded my expectations, changed my mind about chick-lit completely and honestly I could not put it …

Book Review: How To Build A Girl by Caitlin Moran

After years spent writing for the likes of Melody Maker and The Times as well as publishing two books based on her columns and non-fiction work, Caitlin Moran has now gone on to release her first fictional book. Though a lot of this is influenced from her own life growing up in Wolverhampton with lots …