This month I have been mostly reading and watching…

The first part of this year has involved a lot of reading and film watching! The desire for escapism is at its peak at the moment. So here are my highlights… LIE WITH ME – Sabine Durrant. Brilliant. Addictive. Clever and witty and sharp, like I was watching in real life. Not a word onContinue reading “This month I have been mostly reading and watching…”

Wow! Sunshine & Biscotti is on the RNA Awards shortlist…

Today is a great day. Not only does it feel like spring is in the air, The Sunshine & Biscotti Club has been nominated for The Contemporary Romantic Novel Award at this year’s RoNAs! Woo hoo. I am totally delighted. There are some fantastic authors on the list and you couldn’t go wrong picking any ofContinue reading “Wow! Sunshine & Biscotti is on the RNA Awards shortlist…”

Feeling the reading fear and doing it anyway!

The new year is well under way. I can’t hide from it any longer pretending it’s still justifiably Christmas. I’m back at work, scribbling messily in a new notebook imagining a time when I’ll look back on these scribbles and laugh at who I naively thought these characters were going to be! But you’ve gotContinue reading “Feeling the reading fear and doing it anyway!”

It’s Looking Like Christmas!

  I can’t quite believe that Christmas is so close. The fact I’ve been preparing for it the last two months is by the by. It’s almost here!! And it’s too soon. I’d like to cut and paste another week into my calendar before Sunday is upon us. Because, unlike my two-and-a-half-year old, I’ve finallyContinue reading “It’s Looking Like Christmas!”

#griplit

I’m having a bit of a #griplit moment. Storming through Paula Hawkins’ Girl on the Train, Maestra by L.S. Hilton, Missing, Presumed by Susie Steiner, Behind Closed Doors by BA Paris and Disclaimer by Renee Knight. With books like this I can’t seem to pause when reading, I just have to know exactly what happenedContinue reading “#griplit”

Why I Heart Spring…

1. Daffodils. They are by far my favourite flower. Great big trumpeting bursts of yellow. I love them. I used to row when I was younger and I remember one day passing all these beautiful daffodils on the river bank and then from a distance watching two people run down and pick them all! When we came backContinue reading “Why I Heart Spring…”