“We lose ourselves in books, we find ourselves there too."
Onto our second book of my Greek pickings and here we travel to Troy and the tale of Helen of Troy and the wooden horse… “If this story, the story of Troy, has a meaning or a moral it is the old, simple lesson that actions have consequences. What Tantalus did, exacerbated by what Pelops …
Yay! The start of my Greek readings! For those of you that don’t know, I am going on a retreat in Corfu in May and I thought now would be a fantastic time to read my Greek mythology books. Now this is a short book, only 57 pages so needless to say this took me …
Hello everyone, So for those of you who follow me on Goodreads, (and if you’re not, then why not?!); may have noticed that I finished this book over a week ago and with no review. Unfortunately I contracted COVID-19, yes that’s right, it finally caught up to me. Whilst feeling horrendously poopy, the one thing …
I hope you’ve all read the review for The Final Empire because this is the second book in the trilogy; The Well of Ascension. A terrible evil has just been defeated, the battle has been won. But the war has only just begun… They succeeded in doing what no one else could do before. The …
Hello all, First non-Jo Nesbo book for a while! This trilogy of books was lent to me by my boyfriend after he had read them because he enjoyed them and thought I’d like them too! You all know how I feel about book recommendations from friends so naturally I said yes to reading them and …
Good day to you all, I have made it! I have finally read the final book in the Harry Hole series (for now, as I’m sure there’ll be more). Internet dating, we’ve all been there right? With varying degrees of success of course! Well, when a woman is found murdered after an internet date, they …
WARNING: BEFORE YOU START READING THIS REVIEW, IF YOU HAVEN’T READ PHANTOM BUT INTEND TOO THEN STOP READING NOW AS I CAN’T WRITE THIS REVIEW WITHOUT REVEALING A SPOILER FROM THAT BOOK. Good, now that that’s out of the way I can continue with the review. Police is the penultimate book in the Harry Hole …
Evening everyone, It’s Harry Hole review time! After the events in The Snowman and The Leopard, you’d think that Harry may value his life a little more and leave policing behind. But this is Harry Hole and he keeps coming back like a boomerang. “But perhaps that’s why we take snaps…to provide false evidence to …
Time for another review! And it’s another Harry Hole review! “What is it, where is it, whatever it is that makes a murderer? Is it innate, is it in a gene, inherited potential that some have and others do not? Or is it shaped by need, developed in a confrontation with the world, a survival …
Good day to you all, Me again! I know! Back so soon! It only took me 6 days to read this book, cover to cover and let me tell you – WHAT A READ! The only reason I ever wanted to read this book was because I had seen the trailer for the film and …