2023-03-22 13:05
Having previously enjoyed the first book in the Warminster series, The Last Keeper, today its my pleasure to be sharing the second book in the series ...VORODIN'S LAIR by J… Read More
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2023-03-15 11:31
I can't tell you how excited both my little bookworms and I were to have read this book as part of the Book Tour which also stops by Gina's Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers on the 17… Read More
2023-01-25 16:02
01 Adventures In The Rocky Mountains by Isabella Bird02 Life On The Golden Horn by Mary Wortley Montagu03 The Congo & The Cameroons by Mary Kingsley04… Read More
2023-01-16 11:16
My first book tour of 2023 and what a great read it was. Today {the second day of the tour} its my pleasure to be amongst the bloggers who over 10 days will be participating in the Blo… Read More
2022-12-31 17:33
Not only the last two 'Christmas' reads of 2022 but also the last two reads of the year as a whole.RAG AND BONE CHRISTMAS by DILLY COURT.Sally's voice is drowned out by the whistle of… Read More
2022-12-20 17:03
Time for not only my second 'Christmas' read of 2022 but also my 3rd, both of them, well, a tad bit different from the typical heart-warming books I tend to read at this time of y… Read More
2022-12-14 13:14
Alas, sadly no longer with us, every primary school aged child was given a copy of this to celebrate the fact that on the 6th of February 2022 Queen Elizabeth II became the first… Read More
2022-12-10 15:35
Amongst several bloggers who over 7 days will be participating in this Blog Tour. Today {the last day of the Tour) its my pleasure to be sharing my thoughts on ...HOUND ON A SCRO… Read More
2022-12-06 17:14
CUT FROM STONE by BRENDAN O'MEARA."With the world divided, James and his friends are selected to become warriors. Their lives inextricably woven into humanity's uncertain future."The w… Read More
2022-12-02 14:12
Hurrah! The first of my Christmas 2022 books.Amongst several bloggers {including Lainy at So Many Books, So Little Time; see her post here} who over 10 days will be participat… Read More
2022-11-23 11:38
Amongst several bloggers who over 7 days will be participating in this Blog Tour. Today {the last day of the Tour) its my pleasure to be sharing my thoughts on ...FLICKER'S GARDEN RESC… Read More
2022-11-21 11:43
Amongst several bloggers who over 7 days will be participating in this Blog Tour. Today {the 4th day of the Tour) its my pleasure to be sharing my thoughts on ... YOUNG EAGLE RISI… Read More
2022-11-17 14:35
THE BOY, THE MOLE, THE FOX AND THE HORSE by CHARLIE MACKESY.Enter the world of Charlie's four unlikely friends, discover their story and their most important life lessons. The boy, the mole… Read More
2022-11-14 14:13
Amongst several bloggers, one of whom is friend of Pen and Paper's Gina @ Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers {see her review here}, who over 7 days will be participatin… Read More
2022-11-12 12:38
UNVEILED: AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN AWAKENED ONE by DAWN JAMES. She experienced being blind, deaf, and mute before the age of ten. In her teens, she faced the fight of her life which le… Read More
2022-11-09 13:46
One of several bloggers who over 5 days will be participating in this Blog Tour. Today {the 3rd day of the Tour) its my pleasure to be sharing my thoughts on ...THE ACCIDENTAL DETECTIV… Read More
2022-11-08 12:04
One of several bloggers who over 7 days will be participating in this Blog Tour. Today {the 1st day of the Tour) its my pleasure to be sharing my thoughts on ...DIG IT, DIGBY by… Read More
2022-11-06 12:27
A LITTLE BOOK OF GARGOYLES by MIKE HARDING.They stare down at us from the roof and towers of our medieval churches: grotesque, monstrous, and utterly mesmerising. The gargoyles grimaci… Read More
2022-11-02 14:31
Having enjoyed Driven, the first book in the Leipfold Mysteries series by Dane Cobain so much, I was delighted to receive a copy of not just the next book in the series… Read More
2022-10-30 12:16
THE SUNDAY LUNCH CLUB by JULIET ASHTON.Meet new friends for lunch!Every few Sundays, Anna and her extended family and friends get together for lunch. One of them prepares the food; tha… Read More
2022-10-27 11:17
One of several bloggers who over 5 days will be participating in this Blog Tour. Today {the 4th day of the Tour) its my pleasure to be sharing my thoughts on ...TRUE COUAGE by KATHRYN… Read More
2022-10-23 14:56
OK, first up today ...A PLACED CALLED HERE {which by the way also goes by the title There's No Place Like Here in America}by CECELIA AHERN.Ever since the day her classmate Jenny-May Bu… Read More
2022-10-19 11:28
One of several bloggers who over 14 days will be participating in this Blog Tour. Today {the 3rd day of the Tour) its my pleasure to be sharing my thoughts on ...THE GIFTS by LIZ… Read More
2022-10-14 11:51
One of several bloggers who over 14 days will be participating in this Blog Tour. Today {the 2nd day of the Tour) its my pleasure to be sharing my thoughts on ...THE EMPIRE by MI… Read More
2022-10-11 12:35
Today I'm sharing my thoughts on not one book but two; both 'crime' novels, both set in London, both featuring women protagonists, both of their families pivotal to their stories.KAITL… Read More
2022-10-07 15:39
Today its my pleasure to be sharing my thoughts on EXIT WOUNDS by ANNIE O'NEILL STEIN.Publisher ... The Permanent PressPublication Date ... September 6th 2022ISBN ... 978-1579626554Bor… Read More
2022-10-04 10:08
Today its my pleasure to be sharing my thoughts on GOODS & EFFECTS by AL SCHNUPP.What happens when a free-thinking widow, raised in a deeply religious environment, is forced to cre… Read More
2022-09-30 14:10
Today its my pleasure to be sharing my thoughts on BEGINNING OF ARROGANCE, the first book in the A Paladin's Journey series by BRYAN COLE.Paladins are nothing but trouble. Stories about pala… Read More
2022-09-26 14:07
One of several bloggers who over 10 days will be participating in this Blog Tour. Today {the 8th day of the Tour) its my pleasure to be sharing my thoughts on ...JANET JACKSON'S YORKSH… Read More
2022-09-16 15:56
FRIEND REQUEST by LAURA MARSHALL.Maria Weston wants to be friends with me.Maybe that had been the problem all along. Maria Weston had wanted to be friends with me, but I let her down.She'd b… Read More
2022-09-08 14:16
ROBBBERTY BOBBERTY AND THE BUTTERFLY WHO LOST HER COLOURS by RACHEL COVERDALE {with illustrations by SHELLY OYSTON.}Robberty Bobberty finds a sad butterfly who has lost her colours. Can he a… Read More
2022-09-04 13:13
KILLING THE BUTTERFLY: A THRILLER SO ABUSIVE, ITS CRIMINAL by DALE WARD.Nineteen-year-old Patty has a lot of baggage. Abusive parents. A horrible boyfriend. The stifling cocoon of… Read More
2022-08-30 10:49
One of several bloggers who over 7 days will be participating in this Blog Tour. Today {the 3rd day of the Tour) its my pleasure to be sharing my thoughts on ...BODIES, BRAINS & BO… Read More
2022-08-29 12:18
One of several bloggers who over 7 days will be participating in this Blog Tour. Today {the 5th day of the Tour) its my pleasure to be sharing my thoughts on ...GERARD PHILEY'S EURO-DI… Read More
2022-08-26 11:53
One of several bloggers including friend of Pen and Paper, Gina over at Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers {see her thoughts on the book here} who over 5 da… Read More
2022-08-21 14:08
DRIVEN by DANE COBAIN.Meet private detective James Leipfold, computer whizzkid Maile O’Hara and good-natured cop Jack Cholmondeley in the first book of the Leipfold series.A car strike… Read More
2022-08-16 11:46
BLACK, WHITE AND GRAY ALL OVER: A BLACK MAN'S ODYSSEY IN LIFE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT by FREDERICK DOUGLAS REYNOLDS.From shootouts and robberies to riding in cars with pimps and prosti… Read More
2022-07-20 10:52
One of several bloggers {see full Tour list at bottom of this post} who over 5 days will be participating in this Blog Tour. Today {the 3rd day of the Tour) its my pleasure… Read More
2022-06-28 09:42
One of several bloggers who over 10 days will be participating in this Blog Tour. Today {the 2nd day of the Tour) its my pleasure to be sharing my thoughts on ...THE MAIDS OF BIDDENDEN… Read More
2022-06-25 15:02
One of several bloggers who over 10 days will be participating in this Blog Tour. Today {the 1st day of the Tour) its my pleasure to be sharing my thoughts on ...WHY WE WALK by SIENATa… Read More
2022-06-19 13:26
WHO HIDES HERE? FOOTPRINTS AT THE SEASIDE by RACHEL COVERDALE {With illustrations by SHELLY OYSTON}Who is hiding under the shade?Our love of them will never fade.Lovely to ride,Carry c… Read More
2022-06-13 15:12
One of several bloggers who over 7 days will be participating in this Blog Tour. Today {the 5th day of the Tour) its my pleasure to be sharing my thoughts on ...THE HOSTAGE OF RO… Read More
2022-06-09 16:08
ACCORDING TO YES by DAWN FRENCH.Manhattan's Upper East Side has its own rigid code of behaviour. It's a code strictly adhered to by the Wilder-Bingham family.Emotional displays - unacc… Read More
2022-06-06 15:37
A NOT QUITE PERFECT FAMILY by CLAIRE SANDY.Fern Carlile has a lot on her plate. It’s a good thing she loves her big, imperfectly perfect family, because she’s the one who w… Read More
2022-05-30 13:10
THE TESTAMOUNT OF LOKI by JOANNE M HARRIS.Asgard was the End of Worlds ...Asgard fell, centuries ago, and the old gods have been defeated. Some are dead, while others have been co… Read More
2022-05-25 13:32
ESCAPE FROM THE GHETTO by JOHN CARR.In early 1940 Chaim Herszman was locked in to the Lódz Ghetto in Poland. Hungry, fearless and determined, he goes on scavenging missions outside th… Read More
2022-05-20 23:29
Having been gifted Remember This? Real Stories About Real People ... With A Twist by Brad Dison I was so excited when Remember This? Volume 2 More Real Stories About Real People ... With A T… Read More
2022-05-12 09:48
One of several bloggers who over 10 days will be participating in this Blog Tour {the full schedule for which can be found at the bottom of the post}. Today {the 10th day of the Tour)… Read More
2022-05-03 12:20
THE LAST KEEPER by J.V. HILLIARD.A YOUNG BOY'S PROPHETIC VISIONS ...Blind at birth, Daemus Alaric is blessed with the gift of prophetic Sight. Now, as a keeper of the Forbidden, he mus… Read More
2022-04-25 09:23
One of several bloggers who over 8 days will be participating in this Blog Tour {the full schedule for which can be found at the bottom of the post}. Today {the 4th day of the Tour) it… Read More
2022-04-18 10:49
One of several bloggers who over 10 days will be participating in this Blog Tour {the full schedule for which can be found at the bottom of the post}. Today {the 6th day of the Tour) i… Read More
2022-04-13 16:02
LOVE, ACTIVISM AND THE RESPECTABLE LIFE OF ALICE DUNBAR-NELSON by TARA T. GREEN.Born in New Orleans in 1875 to a mother who was formerly enslaved and a father of questionable identity, Alice… Read More
2022-04-08 08:49
JANUARY ...Twas the Nightshift before Christmas by Andy KayLizzie's Dream Journal by Charlie King {RFR}Harvey And The Handy Lads by Henry BrewisMelting In The Middle by Andy Howden {RF… Read More
2022-04-05 06:01
One of several bloggers who over 7 days will be participating in this Blog Tour {the full schedule for which can be found at the bottom of the post}. Today {the 4th day of the Tour) it… Read More
2022-04-03 12:15
YAY! Apart from a recap of the books read 2021 this is my last review from last year. SILENT NIGHT by… Read More
2022-03-31 08:17
One of several bloggers who over 5 days will be participating in this Blog Tour {the full schedule for which can be found at the bottom of the post}. Today {the 5th day of the Tour) it… Read More
2022-03-28 08:13
Along with Pen and Paper friends, Gina over at Satisfaction For Insatiable Readers {the tour stops by her blog on the 2nd of April} and Lainy over at So Many Books, So Little Time … Read More
2022-03-26 12:44
HURRAH! {Huge sigh of relief > Happy dance} ... The last three book reviews of 2021.Having read and shared my thoughts on the other seventeen books in the Penguin Great Journeys ser… Read More
2022-03-23 11:14
Along with Pen and Paper friend, Gina over at Satisfaction For Insatiable Readers {whose blog the tour also stops by today}, I'm one of several bloggers who over 10 days will be participatin… Read More
2022-03-20 11:27
YAY! That's me almost caught up with the books of 2021 {I have one more review to go}. Notice I say books? That's because I'll be sharing my thoughts on not one book nor two but&n&hell…Read More
2022-03-15 12:09
Along with Pen and Paper friend, Gina over at Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers {the tour stops by her blog tomorrow, 16th of March}, I'm one of several bloggers who ov… Read More
2022-03-13 11:11
Getting there, slowly but surely. After this only two more reviews to go {OK so one of them is for eight books} and I've finally caught up with all the books read last year. FGTTHE REA… Read More
2022-03-09 10:45
Along with Pen and Paper friend, Gina over at Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers who posted an extract and giveaway of the book on the 7th of March {details at the bott… Read More
2022-03-04 15:58
HURRAH! Down to the last three reviews of books read 2021; yes that's how far behind I am. Today I'm bringing you my thoughts on ...THE SHAKEN PATH: A CHRISTIAN PRIEST'S EXPLORATION OF… Read More
2022-03-02 10:25
LITTLE BROWN BEAR and SAMMY CAT LEAVES HOME by BARRY GREENStill catching up with books read 2021, today I want to share these two hand puppet books bought for James, our God-son's… Read More
2022-02-27 11:48
One of several bloggers who over 7 days will be participating in this Blog Tour {the full schedule for both of which can be found at the bottom of the post}. Today {the 5th day of the… Read More
2022-02-21 17:04
Read way back in 2021, its only now after reviewing the first two books in the series, Beautiful Creatures and Beautiful Darkness by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl, that I've getting… Read More
2022-02-15 13:20
One of several bloggers who over 7 days will be participating in this Blog Tour {the full schedule for both of which can be found at the bottom of the post}. Today {the 5th day of the… Read More
2022-02-07 17:25
Its always a honour when an author approaches you to share your thoughts on their novel, that that author should then entrust you with their second novel, well its truly humbling. And o… Read More
2022-02-01 17:02
One of several bloggers who over 5 days will be participating in this Blog Tour {the full schedule for both of which can be found at the bottom of the post}. Today {the 4th day o… Read More
2022-01-29 12:46
One of several bloggers who over 7 days will be participating in the Blog Tour for this book {the full schedule for both of which can be found at the bottom of the post} Today {the 3rd… Read More
2022-01-26 16:19
That this book was received for World Book Night, a scheme that was stopped for individuals to apply to here in the UK several years ago now, shows how long this has sat on… Read More
2022-01-21 12:10
One of several bloggers who over 7 days will be participating in this Blog Tour {the full schedule for both of which can be found at the bottom of the post}. Today {the 5th day of… Read More
2022-01-14 17:31
Having previously enjoyed Chocolat by Joanne Harris {unfortunately I read this pre Pen and Paper and therefore there is no review} and, the second book in the series, The Lollipop shoes {rel… Read More
2022-01-10 14:59
KAYCIE DISCOVERS HER TALENT by TIFFANY GRANTHAM {With illustrations by Benedicta Buatsie}Kaycie is an exciting new series about a young girl with a grand curiosity about the world and self-e… Read More
2021-12-22 08:58
Having shared my thoughts on two of the author's previous books, Shadow Jumper {Part 1 in the Shadow Jumper series} and Bad Hair Days {I can't tell you what an honour it was for a… Read More
2021-12-08 17:00
My sincere apologies to both the Book Tour organiser, Rachel of Rachel's Random Resources and the author/publishers of My First Animal Moves, alas unforeseen circumstances meant I was… Read More
2021-12-02 16:01
One of several bloggers who over 7 days will be participating in this Blog Tour {the full schedule for both of which can be found at the bottom of the post} Today {the 7th day of the T… Read More
2021-11-22 14:19
One of several bloggers who over 14 days will be participating in the Blog Tour for two books from the Full Media Ltd stable {the full schedule for both of which can be found at the bottom o… Read More
2021-11-19 15:50
One of several bloggers who over ten days will be participating in this Blog Tour (the full list of which can be found in the Schedule at the bottom of the post). Today {the 4th day of… Read More
2021-11-11 09:23
One of several bloggers who over fourteen days will be participating in this Blog Tour for two books from the Full Media Ltd stable {the full schedule for both of which can be fo… Read More
2021-11-05 16:55
THE SHATTERED VIOLIN by JARED BODNAR.Conner and his fiancée Cassie had a fairytale future ahead of them. In one day, that future is destroyed. Cassie is brutally murdered, leaving Con… Read More
2021-11-01 15:33
One of several bloggers who over seven days will be participating in this Blog Tour (the full list of which can be found in the Schedule at the bottom of the post). Today {the 5th day… Read More
2021-10-26 12:20
One of several bloggers who over ten days will be participating in this Blog Tour (the full list of which can be found in the Schedule at the bottom of the post). Today {the 6th day o… Read More
2021-10-21 15:51
Despite my having read many of this author's books during my teens/early twenties and watched the films {including this one} based on them, for some reason it is only this year that I… Read More
2021-10-17 11:47
One of several bloggers {including Gina over at Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers who shared her thoughts on the 12th of October} who over ten days will be participating in… Read More
2021-10-12 08:29
Today its my pleasure to be sharing my thoughts on a novel by an author hitherto unknown to me, False Truth by C.D. Steele.THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH ...Priv… Read More
2021-10-10 13:29
PHILOMENA by MARTIN SIXSMITH.GENRE ... Non-fiction, Movie picture PUBLISHER ... Pan BooksNUMBER OF PAGES ... 452As a teenager in Ireland in 1952, Philomena Lee fell pregnant and w… Read More
2021-10-02 11:18
One of several bloggers who over eight days will be participating in this Blog Tour (the full list of which can be found in the Schedule at the bottom of the post). Today {the 6th day… Read More
2021-09-23 08:28
One of several bloggers who over seven days will be participating in this Blog Tour (the full list of which can be found in the Schedule at the bottom of the post). Today {the 6th day… Read More
2021-09-16 11:04
One of several bloggers who over eight days will be participating in this Blog Tour (the full list of which can be found in the Schedule at the bottom of the post). Today {the 4th day… Read More
2021-09-13 11:16
One of several bloggers who over five days will be participating in this Blog Tour (the full list of which can be found in the Schedule at the bottom of the post). Today {the 1st day o… Read More
2021-09-08 14:23
Hello,My apologies its been such a long time since my last post here on Pen and Paper. Alas several health issues have meant that my blog has had to take a bit of a back seat as it were. Sti… Read More
2021-08-14 17:37
Over the summer we've been binge watching/catching up with several box sets online; currently watching season 3 of the 11 seasons of MODERN FAMILY, we have finished all 15 sea… Read More
2021-08-09 12:49
One of several bloggers who over ten days will be participating in this Blog Tour (the full list of which can be found in the Schedule at the bottom of the post). Today {the 7th day of… Read More
2021-08-06 18:24
One of several bloggers who over fourteen days will be participating in this Blog Tour (the full list of which can be found in the Schedule at the bottom of the post). Today {the… Read More
2021-08-04 15:13
THE COBRA'S HEART by RYSZARD KAPUSCINSKI.Ryszard Kapuściński goes to stub out his cigarette, his head pounding. He and his travelling companions are on the way to Uganda to r… Read More
2021-07-27 14:31
THE RACKETEER by JOHN GRISHAM.GENRE: ThrillerPUBLISHER: HodderNUMBER OF PAGES: 386Malcolm Bannister is a lawyer. He is in prison.Five years ago, the FBI set him up as the fall guy for… Read More
2021-07-20 15:39
Written by the late brother of a very good friend of mine and definitely one for my collection of hedgehog story books, today its my pleasure to share ...ISBN 0 85236 356 7HARVEY AND T… Read More
2021-07-07 09:02
Excited to be one several bloggers {amongst whom is Gina over at Satisfaction For Insatiable Readers who shared an excerpt which you can find here} who over 10 days will… Read More
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