My Top 10 Most Memorable Twists

I love reading thrillers, however this can be a difficult genre because if you read a lot of it you begin to find it almost impossible to be surprised. The so called twists are always obvious to you within the first chapter or two and you end up reading on for reasons other than the …

My Top 5 Reads From 2021

I did read a handful of 5 star books in 2021, so it was a bit of a journey going back over them and picking my favourite 5 to do a bit of a roundup of. I settled on these ones because they have all stayed with me in one way or another, something about …

Frankenstein – Romance or Horror?

The question on my mind on this rainy October evening is whether Frankenstein, famed novel by Mary Shelley, is a romance or a horror? As lightening flashes outside so too does the answer flash in my mind. The answer is yes. Yes it is a Romance and a Horror, it is also many other things, …

The Woman in White – The First Thriller?

A favourite of mine from my studying days, The Woman in White is something that is never far from my thoughts and I often find similarities in the books I read on a regular basis. My favourite genre, I can't get enough of the twists and turns, suspense and the mystery and recently I have …

The Lit Place on Etsy

I have decided to try something that I have wanted to try for so long, maybe as long as it takes George R. R. Martin to finish a book! After an extensive 5 minutes of research I have decided to try out drop shipping, I created a couple of initial designs on good old Canva …

The Stages of Grief in A Monster Calls

With the recent transition to Homeworking that so many of us have undergone I have found a number of benefits not the least of which the fact that I am now able to listen to audio books throughout the day (in between calls). Recently I listened to A Monster Calls which in hindsight was not …

Books for Holidays

I am so pleased that holiday/vacation season is starting to creep back in. I can't wait for all the exciting trips I have coming up. I have recently returned from an awesome, but far too short, getaway to Albufeira in Portugal with my #PortuGALS Beach day in Albufeira When packing for my trip one of …

Reading Challenge Update

2018 was a great year, I achieved quite a lot.  I set up my blog which I had been wanting to try for a long time, I also got engaged and married, a very tiring experience, haha.  In addition I adopted two lovely little kitties who have made my family complete. This year, as I …

To Find A Birds Nest

Shirley Jackson, a horror and mystery writer whose career spanned over two decades published her first novel in 1948 and the novel I will be discussing today in 1954, later republished by Penguin Publishing in 2014. I had heard of Shirley Jackson recently due to The Haunting of Hill House being adapted for Netflix and …

Back to Blog

I have been gone for such a long time! I have missed my little space for writing down my thoughts about books and reading. My extended break from blogging started in the summer.  I got married in October 2019 and felt like the prep for that just took up all my thoughts and energy, didn't …