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Archive for June 2019

Don’t Ever Tell, by Lucy Dawson

Charlotte and Tris are a couple struggling with work and home life balance. She is an author so works from home and does most of the child care while Tris has a well paid job in the city and feels like he gets everything wrong with regard to the children. They snipe and argue with […]

Residential trips: a parent’s guide

There are lots of milestones in the early years of childhood to look out for as a parent. But as they grow older there seem to be less as changes are more gradual. Going away with school is a major milestone for children and parents! My eldest, Matthew, is now 9 and has gone away […]

Whisper in the Night, by D.K. Hood

This book opens with the abduction of 14 year old Lindy. I’ll be honest I had a certain amount of dread based on my reading of DK Hood’s other books (The Crying Season and Where Angels Fear), and knew that her chances of survival were zero. Whisper in the NIght sets a mass killer against […]

The Dream House, by Jess Ryder

  TRIGGER WARNING: this book deals with domestic violence and abuse Stella and Jack have moved to the coast and bought a huge house that used to be a women’s refuge. One night Lori arrives battered and bruised seeking sanctuary at Westhill House. Jack wants to call the police but Lori refuses. Stella allows her […]

#GlobalBlogging 117

Happy Monday everyone and welcome to Global Blogging! Wherever you are in the world, come and join me and Heather at Shank You Very Much! You can link up any 2 posts then please comment on both host posts and the one in front of yours. Please encourage your friends to join us by sharing […]