Author: jaynereads
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Blog Tour – Born Survivors – Wendy Holden
Born Survivors would be an extraordinary book if it was the story of just one mother who gave birth in a Nazi concentration camp during the second world war. But it’s not. It’s the story of three mothers. Priska, Rachel and Anka. Who each had their babies whilst trying to evade death and face the…
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Blog Tour | Rules for Perfect Murders | Peter Swanson
We’ve reached the final stop and it lands with me. Thank you to Josh at Faber & Faber for inviting me to host “Rules For Perfect Murders” on the blog as part of it’s tour this month. Malcolm Kershaw is an avid fan of mystery novels. Whilst working in Old Devils bookstore, Boston, which specialises…
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Don’t Look at Me Like That by Diana Athill
Originally posted on JacquiWine's Journal: While Diana Athill was perhaps best known for her work as a literary editor and memoirist, she also produced a small number of works of fiction, particularly towards the beginning of her career. One of these books – a 1967 novel entitled Don’t Look at Me Like That –…
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Breaking and Mending – Joanna Cannon – Review
I hate this week. I’ve re-lived this week for 7 times now, each year. Everytime I forget bits, the names of the nurses, what we ate, the timing of when my brother from another mother was moved to a side room of the hospital. It was then we knew he wouldn’t be coming round and…
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Dear Edward – Blog Tour
UK followers, listen up. This is ‘Dear Edward’ and it definitely needs to feature on your 2020 reading lists and beyond. One summer morning, a flight takes off from New York to Los Angeles. There are 216 passengers aboard: among them a young woman taking a pregnancy test in the airplane toilet; a Wall Street…
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After The End – Clare Mackintosh
What the publisher said : Max and Pip are the strongest couple you know. They’re best friends, lovers—unshakable. But then their son gets sick and the doctors put the question of his survival into their hands. For the first time, Max and Pip can’t agree. They each want a different future for their son. What…
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Welcome to My New Blog
Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde. This is the first post on my new blog. I’m just getting this new blog going, so stay tuned for more. Subscribe below to get notified when I post new updates. This means I have no excuse not to write about what I’ve read, am…
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