Dear Blair Fell, I stumbled across this author’s debut audiobook when it was a daily deal at Audible in 2022 (which for some reason feels like last year). The Sign for Home made my Best listens of 2022. (I have a brief review of it at Goodreads, here). So, when ... more >
Content Notes: reference to disordered eating and body image issues, parental death (off page, in the past) Dear Katherine Center, Katie Vaughn is a film-maker. She works in mid-level video production, mostly making corporate/promotional videos, while, on the side, making short, six-minute documentaries about a day in the life of ... more >
Dear Emily Henry, For some reason, articles about this author in places like the New York Times tend to describe her writing as groundbreaking and unique as if no-one has ever written a fabulous romance novel before. I don’t subscribe to that view. Henry walks in the footsteps of giants. ... more >
Content notes: reference to the opioid crisis Dear Emma Barry, I played a (very) little chess as a teen, so I know how the pieces move but I have never watched a match played by others. Even so, I was happy to dive into the world of competitive chess in ... more >
Dear Jo Lovett, Nadia plans to meet her blind date (a friend of a co-worker) under the clock at Waterloo Station. Tom is also meeting someone there – the “one who got away” ten years earlier. Lola and Tom shared an evening of connection a decade earlier but she was ... more >
Dear Beth O’Leary, I’ve had a banger of a reading month. The three most recent reads for me have been 5 star/A category experiences – My Big Fat Fake Marriage by Charlotte Stein, Promise Me Sunshine by Cara Bastone, and this one. Probably the premise is a little on the ... more >