Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is the second book in the Harry Potter series. Harry is in the summer holidays after his eventful yet exciting first year at Hogwarts school for Witchcraft and Wizardry. He is spending the first part Read More …
My favourite series and possible favourite book of all time are the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling. Before I write this review can I just say that I’m not a fantasy reader. If I was given £10 to spend on a Read More …
“Play every game as if it is your last one. ” — Guy LaFleur Have you ever done something so bad, so shameful that you would do anything to keep it secret? What if your worst enemy knew . . . Read More …
“Memorials bring closure. You’re the exact opposite.” — The Perfect Wife Abbie awakens in a daze with no memory of who she is or how she landed in this unsettling condition. The man by her side claims to be her husband. Read More …
“Twists and turns abound in this suspenseful story, like the layers of an onion, peeled away one by one as the story progresses.” New York Times bestselling writer Joshilyn Jackson has crafted an engaging and superbly written social thriller in Never Have Read More …
Phoebe, Lady Clare — the Devil’s Daughter herself — is a determined, uncompromising heroine who will delight almost as much as her scandalous hero tantalizes. Author Lisa Kleypas combines two of her series here, with the Victorian-era Ravenels coming up against Phoebe, Read More …
The stories of two remarkable women a generation apart are cleverly intertwined in Williams’s sweeping family saga. In 1941, Lulu Randolph, a 25-year-old widowed American journalist, is in Nassau, Bahamas, to write society articles about the duke and duchess of Read More …
Brazen and the Beast is vintage Sarah MacLean. Which is, for me, a good thing. I was completely absorbed in the romance, which is perfectly paced and gets off to a good start, but unfortunately, not everything else is as good Read More …
Ever since Montaigne promised that “my defects will here be read to the life, and also my natural form, as far as respect for the public has allowed”, the essay has seemed a uniquely risky and pleasurable proposition. Not everyone enjoys its Read More …
“People tended to resent the things they couldn’t escape, even if those things were innocent.” — I’ll Never Tell What happened to Amanda Holmes? Twenty years ago, she was found bludgeoned in a rowboat at the MacAllister family’s Camp Macaw. No one Read More …