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If You’re Bored with Watercolour Read This Book by Veronica Ballart Lilja – Book Review If You’re Bored with Watercolour Read this Book is a beautiful full colour illustrated book on creating art which you can be pleased with. The book is written by artist and illustrator Veronica Ballart Lilja and her work is really inspiring. Perhaps what I love about watercolour the … [Read more...] about If You’re Bored with Watercolour Read This Book by Veronica Ballart Lilja – Book Review

  Coming Home to Island House by bestselling author, Erica James, is the story of the Devereux family narrated in two parts. The first part, “Family”, begins with the arrival of the well-known murder/mystery writer, Romily Temple, returning home to Island House in the village of Melstead St Mary in Suffolk, where she lives with the love of her life, Jack Devereux. When … [Read more...] about Coming Home to Island House by Erica James – Book Review

  This Is How It Ends by Eva Dolan covers current issues of the gentrification of London suburbs by property developers, who are turning the poorer working classes from their homes in order to profiteer from rich overseas investors. It also delves into the lives of political activists, many of whom are seasoned campaigners from the days of the Greenham Common protest … [Read more...] about This is How it Ends by Eva Dolan – Book Review

Hangman by Jack Heath is the first adult novel by the bestselling Young Adult writer. It is set in Houston, Texas, where a young boy is missing, and his mother has received a call demanding a ransom for his return. As the deadline approaches and the police have no leads, the Director of Houston Field Office FBI calls in Hangman. It’s the codename for Timothy Blake, a psychopath … [Read more...] about Hangman by Jack Health – Book Review

100 Nasty Women of History by Hannah Jewell is packed with incredible stories of women you might never have heard of and many you’ll already know. Fun fact: Donald Trump leaned into the microphone as Hillary Clinton spoke during the US presidential election and called her ‘such as nasty woman’. The phrase went viral and has been turned into a badge of honour for women all … [Read more...] about 100 Nasty Women of History by Hannah Jewell – Book Review