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Archive for May 2022

The Midwife of Auschwitz, by Anna Stuart

TRIGGER WARNING: graphic Holocaust violence including infanticide Ana and Ester are friends in Lodz, Poland when the Nazis invade. Both are forced from their homes as a ghetto is established and Ester is locked inside. Ana is eager to help the Jewish community but this brings her to the attention of the Gestapo. Both women […]

The Summer of Secrets, Patricia Wilson

Olivia is distracting herself from her divorce and the death of her mother by writing a cook book based on her Greek heritage. Encouraged by her great uncle George, she travels to the island of Castellorizo to discover her family’s past… The Summer of Secrets is a dual timeline novel set mostly on the Greek […]

#DreamTeam blog linky 14

  So excited for this week: mine and Matthew’s birthdays, half term and the jubilee bank holidays, yay! How are you all? Things seem quiet in the blogging world at the moment so we have decided to go back to our roots and reinstate the #DreamTeam linky. We want bloggers and instagrammers to interact and […]

#Project365 2022 week 21

Day 141: new jeans. I bought these from M&S last year but only got round to trying them this week Day 142: party time. Zach has really missed out on birthday parties due to Covid so it was lovely to see him enjoying soft play with his friends Day 143: I have been addicted to […]

The Bridesmaids, by Victoria Jenkins

Holly is getting married and her best friends organise a hen weekend. Everyone is keeping secrets. Everyone has a lot to lose. One of them won’t leave alive… The Bridesmaids is a psychological thriller and murder mystery. Some chapters are written about the discovery of the body but the identity is kept hidden. The majority […]