I’ve just done and submitted my assignment five for my second module with the OCA. I just have to wait for feedback, write an extended commentary and then upload ready for assessment in November and that’s module two done. I’ll wait till my results on the 14th of August before I apply for my thirdRead More
Book Review: Girl in the Window by Penny Joelson
Genre: Teen/YA Rating: 5/5 Plot: Nothing ever happens on Kasia’s street. And Kasia would know, because her illness makes her spend days stuck at home, watching the world from her bedroom window. So when she sees what looks like a kidnapping, she’s not sure whether she can believe her own eyes . . . ThereRead More
Book Review: I have no secrets by Penny Joelson
Genre: Teen/Ya Rating: 5/5 Plot: Fourteen-year-old Jemma has severe cerebral palsy. Unable to communicate or move, she relies on her family and carer for everything. She has a sharp brain and inquisitive nature, and knows all sorts of things about everyone. But when she is confronted with this terrible secret, she is utterly powerless toRead More
Book Review: The time of our lives by Lynda Page
Genre: Historical Fiction Rating: 5/5 Plot: When Rhonda Fleming runs away from home the last place she expects to end up is at a Jolly’s holiday camp. But a chance encounter with a chalet maid at the train station leads Rhonnie to Mablethorpe on a cold winter’s day and her life changes for ever. ThrownRead More
Book Review: The beauty of your face Shara Mustafah
Genre: Multicultural interest Rating: 5/5 Plot: A uniquely American story told in powerful, evocative prose, The Beauty of Your Face navigates a country growing ever more divided. Afaf Rahman, the daughter of Palestinian immigrants, is the principal of Nurrideen School for Girls, a Muslim school in the Chicago suburbs. One morning, a shooter–radicalized by the online alt-right–attacksRead More
Book Review: Differently Normal by Tammy Robinson
Genre: Teen/ Ya Rating: 5/5 Plot: For Maddy, life is all about routine. It has to be, to keep her autistic sister happy and healthy. With just Maddy and her mother as Bee’s full-time carers, there’s no time in Maddy’s life for complications like friends, let alone a boyfriend. So when Maddy meets Albert, theRead More
Buy a copy of my novel Carefree and Consequences on Amazon
Dear readers, I haven’t done any book promotion in a while so I’ve decided to post a link to my amazon page where you can buy my Historical Romance novel, Carefree and Consequences where you will have the opportunity to buy a paperback or E book. The above videos shows a snapshot of my reviewsRead More
Book Review: Brave enough by Kati Gardner
Rating: 5/5 Genre: Teen/YA Plot: Teenager Cason Martin is the youngest ballerina in the Atlanta Ballet Conservatory. She never really had a choice of whether she learned to dance or not. Her mother, the conservatory’s artistic director, has made all the decisions in Cason’s life. But that’s about to change. Cason has been hiding anRead More
Book Review: A million little lies by Bette Lee Crosby
Rating: 4/5 Genre: Domestic fiction Plot: When Suzanna Duff was ten years old, she lost her mama, and that’s when the lies began. At first, they were just harmless little fibs, a way to hide her unbearable loneliness and the truth about a daddy who came home rip-roaring drunk every night. But in time, theRead More
Book Review: The Paris children by Gloria Goldreich
Rating: 4/5 Genre: Historical Fiction Plot: Inspired by the true story of one woman’s fight to survive during the 20th century’s darkest hour Paris, 1935. A dark shadow falls over Europe as Adolf Hitler’s regime gains momentum, leaving the city of Paris on the brink of occupation. Young Madeleine Levy—granddaughter of Alfred Dreyfus, a JewishRead More