Monday, 25 May 2020

It's Monday. What Are You Reading?



It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? a place to meet up and share what you have been, and are about to be reading over the week. It’s a great post to organise yourself. It’s an opportunity to visit and comment and er… add to your groaning TBR pile! So welcome in everyone. This meme started on J Kaye’s blog and then was hosted by Sheila from Book Journey. Sheila then passed it on to Kathryn here at The Book Date.

What I Read Last Week:





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What I'm Going To Read Next:



Monday, 18 May 2020

It's Monday. What Are You Reading?

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? a place to meet up and share what you have been, and are about to be reading over the week. It’s a great post to organise yourself. It’s an opportunity to visit and comment and er… add to your groaning TBR pile! So welcome in everyone. This meme started on J Kaye’s blog and then was hosted by Sheila from Book Journey. Sheila then passed it on to Kathryn here at The Book Date.

What I Read Last Week:





What I'm Reading Now:

Too many books on the go at the same time - but they are all quite different so shouldn't get confused.






What I'm Going to Read Next:

Both for upcoming blog tours.



Friday, 15 May 2020

Blog Tour for Sing Me A Secret by Julie Houston



I was chuffed to be invited to take part in this blog tour for Julies new book. This is only the second book of hers that I have read but I do love her writing style and stories.


About the book

The four Sutherland sisters have all had very different paths in life, but one secret and a slighty tense production of Jesus Christ Superstar are about to bring them all back together again…

When the news that pop-superstar Lexia Sutherland is returning to Westenbury, not everyone is thrilled by the news – including Lexia. There are too many memories she doesn’t need to face – or need re-surfacing. Meanwhile, Juno Sutherland just wants a little peace and quiet.

As the local village doctor, she’s got her priorities in order; kids, job, husband, tenacious pony, a role in the village musical… So when the sexy new locum turns up – and steals her office – the last thing she needed was to be hit with rising temperatures and an over-active imagination.

Will these sisters be able to uncover the past, deal with the future and put on the performance of a lifetime?

What did I think:

I didn't realise that this story is set once again in Westenbury and it felt like returning home as there are some familiar characters and you can picture the village in your head.

Loved the family dynamics of the four sisters - all so different from one another and each having their own back story to bring to the overall book. It was an amusing roller coaster of a read - made you feel happy, made you feel sad, some of it a little over the top - but at the same time they are all believable.

It was a great read for the current lockdown scenario we find ourselves in - we all need to escape for a few hours to a place far happier and less troublesome.

I can see that I have four other books to catch up with - happy days - with a further book being released later in the year. 




About the author

Julie Houston is the author of THE ONE SAVING GRACE, GOODNESS, GRACE AND ME and LOOKING FOR LUCY, a Kindle top 100 general bestseller and a Kindle #1 bestseller. She is married, with two teenage children and a mad cockerpoo and, like her heroine, lives in a West Yorkshire village. She is also a teacher and a magistrate.

Follow Karen

Twitter: @juliehouston2

Facebook: @JulieHoustonauthor


Buy links:
Amazon: https://amzn.to/2GRaGwI
Kobo: https://bit.ly/2GOzOEp
Google Play: https://bit.ly/2vELIye



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Monday, 11 May 2020

It's Monday. What Are You Reading?

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? a place to meet up and share what you have been, and are about to be reading over the week. It’s a great post to organise yourself. It’s an opportunity to visit and comment and er… add to your groaning TBR pile! So welcome in everyone. This meme started on J Kaye’s blog and then was hosted by Sheila from Book Journey. Sheila then passed it on to Kathryn here at The Book Date.

The weather has turned here recently - no lovely long warm days which were perfect for sitting out in the garden - made lockdown slightly easier to tolerate. But damp miserable days mean being confined to the house and my concentration levels have waned. Need some proper page turners.

What I Read Last Week:




The Secrets of Strangers has to be one of my best reads of this year so far.



What I'm Reading Now:




What I'm Going To Read Next:



As I need to finish the series. 


I have joined a local bookclub and this is our read for May - not my usual read at all. 

Monday, 4 May 2020

It's Monday. What Are You Reading?

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? a place to meet up and share what you have been, and are about to be reading over the week. It’s a great post to organise yourself. It’s an opportunity to visit and comment and er… add to your groaning TBR pile! So welcome in everyone. This meme started on J Kaye’s blog and then was hosted by Sheila from Book Journey. Sheila then passed it on to Kathryn here at The Book Date.

What I read last week:





What I'm reading now:




What I'm going to read next:





Friday, 1 May 2020

My Month in Books - April



What a funny month April was. I was ill for the first couple of weeks o not much reading happened but then made up for it during the rest of the month - every cloud has a silver lining and all that.

Meet Me At Pebble Beach and My Greek Island Summer were read as part of blog tours. Bird Therapy, My Lies Your Lies and Never Saw You Coming were read courtesy of The Pigeonhole.