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Book Information and Review | Netgalley | Alice in Brexitland by
Humor
Random House
June 1, 2017
Mobi
112
Netgalley
Thank you to the Author publisher and Netgalley for allowing me to read this book in exchange for An honest unbiased review.
Read from may 9th to 17th 2017
Lying on a riverbank on a lazy summer’s afternoon – 23rd June 2016, to be precise – Alice spots a flustered-looking white rabbit called Dave calling for a referendum. Following him down a rabbit-hole, she emerges into a strange new land, where up is down, black is white, experts are fools and fools are experts... She meets such characters as the Corbynpillar, who sits on a toadstool smoking his hookah and being no help to anyone; Humpty Trumpty, perched on a wall he wants the Mexicans to pay for; the Cheshire Twat, who likes to disappear leaving only his grin, a pint, and the smell of scotch eggs remaining; and the terrifying Queen of Heartlessness, who’ll take off your head if you dare question her plan for Brexit. Will Alice ever be able to find anyone who speaks sense?
I would like to start this book review by thanking the Author, Publisher and NetGalley for allowing me to read this well written, laugh out loud book in exchange for an honest unbiased review. My opinions of this book have not been influenced in anyway by the fact that I received it for review purposes.
The book tells the story of what happens to Alice when she spots & follows a a flustered-looking white rabbit called Dave calling for a referendum down a rabbit hole on the 23rd of June 2017. It follows her journey through the strange new land she emerges in, where up is down, black is white, experts are fools and fools are experts… During her journey through the strange new land of Brexit she meets characters such as Corbynpillar (who sits on a toadstool smoking his hookah and being no help to anyone); Humpty Trumpty (perched on a wall he wants the Mexicans to pay for); the Cheshire Twat (who likes to disappear leaving only his grin, a pint, and the smell of scotch eggs remaining); and the terrifying Queen of Heartlessness who’ll take off your head if you dare question her plan for Brexit). Will Alice ever be able to find anyone who speaks sense.
I loved the authors satirical twist on Lewis Carole’s story Alice in Wonderland as well as his take on the Key players in Brexit including the idiocy of some of the things they said during the campaign.
This is a book that came at exactly the right time for me as I had recently read lots of books with some hard subjects in them and although this was about a very topical heavy subject due to its satirical nature I gave me some much needed light relief. It was also a very quick and easy read.
Although this is a book will date quickly due to the nature of its content it is still a book that I may re-read in the future as well as recommend to others and buy for people I know who I think may enjoy it.
It is for the reasons above that I have given this book a 5 star rating.
Books & Reading/ Book Information/ Sleigh Bells in the Snow (Snow Crystal Trilogy) by Sarah Morgan
Snow Crystal Trilogy #1/3
Fiction
HarperCollins UK
October 4, 2013
Kindle
384
Amazon
Read from 10/12/18 to 18/12/18
Suddenly Summer,
Kayla Green, Jackson O'Neil, Alice (Grams) & Walter (Gramps), Sean O'Neil, Tyler O'Neil
Snow Crystal, Colerado
Once upon a time Kayla loved Christmas
Now she’s more dedicated to her job than decking the halls, and can’t wait for the ‘most wonderful time of the year’ to be over.
Until she arrives at the enchanting Snow Crystal ski resort, determined to win gorgeous owner Jackson as a marketing client.
But wooing Jackson professionally quickly turns personal as they spend flirty festive nights in this glittering winter wonderland.
With snowflakes swirling and sleigh bells ringing…could Jackson be the one to make Kayla fall back under the Christmas spell? (less)
Book Information| Hillbilly Drug Baby: The Story by Andrea Brunais
Biography & Autobiography
Hillbilly Drug Baby
2018-12
175
BQBpublishimg
Read from 20/11/18 - 25/11/18
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2600361603?book_show_action=false&from_review_page=1
Jesse-Ray Lewis, 19, enters a West Virginia "safe house" with few possessions beyond the kerchiefs that identify him as a gang member. An aged-out foster child, he lands in Bluefield, where a charity gives him food. What follows is the personal, dramatic story of two people who intervene in the life of a homeless, drug-abusing teen with a background of violence and neglect. In their next-door suite called the safe house, they impose three rules: "No alcohol or drugs. You have to work. You have to go to school." Jesse-Ray expresses gratitude for shelter and a middle-aged couple concerned with his welfare. But what does he want? The couple struggle to determine his true motives, especially after he admits being high on meth at their first meeting. At night he writes verse reflecting trauma and violence, shame and love, even despair. Author Andrea Brunais sees more than just a street-smart boy who can write. She sees a soul who can be saved from a downward spiral. But will Jesse-Ray accept the help of strangers, as glimmers of hope expressed in his writings suggest? Will the couple succeed in steering him toward a new life? And how will the ordeal transform everyone?
Weekly Reads | 2018 | Week 18 April 30th to 6th May
This post is going to be looking at the books that I have read or finished reading as well as started or continued reading this week. If all the things listed (Book Information post etc.) under each of the short reviews are not links once this post published then they will be as soon as the reviews etc. are published themselves.
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The Books I read or finished reading this week are: The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gower <Narrator: Juliet Stevenson Mobi ebook from Edelweis & Audibook Reading period: read from 21st to 30th April 2028. Star Rating: 5/5 Stars book information and review post
I heard great things about this book from many Booktubers on you tube (simon from Savage Reads, Merceides form merciesbookmusings) all saying how amazing it was which is why I purchased and read it (as a Kindle book with audible Narration(aduio book)). This is an amazing well writen book which was thoroughly engrosing and an interesting
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The Baroneetes Wedding Engagement (Royal Wedding Invitations 2/4) by Jessica Hart Kindle Book Reading period: 21/4 to 1/5 2018 Star Rating: 4/5 Stars book information & Book Review post I immediately started reading this as soon as I’d strated reading this book as soon as I’d finished the first book in the series (Just One Darned thing after another) because I’d enjoyed it so much that I wanted to know what happened next. Initially I was reading it as a Kindle Book then I added audble narration to the book and as soon as I started listening to the book I was toatlly immersed in the story due to the skill of the Narrator. It was great being back in this world and with the characters again. For my full review please feel free to follow this link….
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The Dazzling Heights (The Thousandth Floor 2/2) by Katherine McGee [Narrator: Phoebe Strole] Mobi ebook via Edelweiss & Kindle Book with Audible Narration Reading Period: read from 14/2 to 13/4 2018 Star Rating: 4/5 Stars Book information & Review Post I started reading this book when I fnished reading the previous book in this series .
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Nora & Kettle (Paperstars 1/2) by Lauren Nicole Taylor <Narrator: Hailey Landers> Kindle book with Audible Narrarion Reading Period: read from 14/2 to 13/4 2018 Star Rating: 4/5 Stars Book information & Review Post
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Paper Princes (The Royals 1/4) by Erin Watt <Narrator: Angela Goethals> Kindle Book with Audible Narration Reading Period: Read from 7/2 to 3/5 2018 Star Rating: 5/5 Stars Book Information and Review Post
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Darkfever (Fever 1/4) by Marie Moning <Narrator: Joyce Bean> Kindle Book with Audible Narration Reading Period: Read from 31/7/17 to 3/5/18 Star Ratint: 5/5 Stars Book & Information Reveiew
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The Books I Started or Continued with this week are: * Started – [Kindle Book] The Bestmans Bride (Royal Wedding Invitations 3/4) by * Continued – [Kindle Book] Deadly Harvest (Flynn Brothers 2/3) by Heather Graham * Continued – [Kindle book with audible Narration] Dreams of Gods and Monsters (Daughter of Smoke & Bone 2/4) by Laini Taylor <Narrator: Kristin Hvam> * Continued [Kindle Book] Murder in the House of Rooster Happiness (Ethical Chaing May Detective Agency 1/2) by David Casarett
On the whole I had a good reading week which is quite surprising as it was during the Easter Holidays so obviousley my son was at home so I wasn’t expecting to be able to read very much during the day. I enjoyed everything I read this week whether it was something I finished reading or started/continued reading. If any of you have anything you want to share with me about the books that I have reviewd and mentioned in this post then please feel free to share them with me in the comments below,
Weekly Reads | 2018 | Week 17 23rd – 29th April
In this post I will be discussing the books I currently reading or have started this week and the books that I have read/finished reading this week.
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The Books that I read this week are:
Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah <Narrator: Susan Erickson> Read from 15th to 16th April 2018 Star Rating: 5/5 Stars book information & Review Post I heard about this book from Jen on her channel Jen Talks Audiobooks who gave it an effusive review on her channel. This was a fantastically well written book which told the story of a Family where the mother had lived through the Siege of Leningrad during the second world war. The mother told the story of her life during the Siege bit by bit through a fairytale which she’d been telling her daughters the initial part of since they were children. The imagery that the words created in places was amazing and was helped along the way by the skill of the Narrator, and it made me feel like I was a part of the story. Both this author and Narrator have become auto reads and listens because their both good in their fields.
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The Final Empire (Mistborn 1/ ) by Brandon Sanderson <Narrator: > Read from 28th March to 26th April 2018 My Rating: 5/5 Stars book information & Review post I am so glad that I finally read this book which I’d heard about from several book tubers that II follow all of whom had said how great it was and they were all right. This is the first book in a multi book series and it told the story of Vin a young girl who’s an untrained Mistborn. I thoroughly enjoyed this well written book especially once I started listening to it via audible narration with my Kindle book as i felt totally engrossed in the story and world. The magic system in the book is fascinating and I can’t wait to see how it and all the character’s who I loved for different reasons develop further in future books in the series. It is for this reason that I can’t wait to get and start reading the next book, The Well if Ascension, in the series.
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The Baronet’s Wedding Engagement (Royal Wedding Invitations 2/4) by Jessica Hart Reading Period: Read from April 21 to 27 2018 My Rating: 5/5 Stars book information & Review post
This is the second book in the Royal Wedding Invitations series by various authors in which continues the story of Hope and Jonas’s Wedding planning/organization as well as Max (Hope’s Brother) and Flora’s (one of Hope’s Best friends and Bridesmaids) story. I loved the fact that although the engagement between Max and flora started as a fake one for the sake of the Crown Princess it became a real one in the end. I enjoyed this book more than I did the first one, as in this one unlike the other one there were no extra words in sentences – which when it happened in the first book and drew me out of the story. It was great being back in the world of an upcoming Royal Wedding and with the characters from the first book as well as meeting the new characters introduced in this book. Having read this book I know I want to read more books by this author as I enjoyed her writing style. This book is a lovely short little contemporary romance and it fits in to the contemporary romance very well
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Days of Blood and Starlight (Daughter of Smoke and Bone 2/4) by Laini Taylor <Narrator: Emilia Fox> Read from 12/3/17 to 19/4/18 Star Rating: 5/5 Stars Book Information and Information Post As soon as I had finished the previous book in this series (Daughter of Smoke and Bone) and was able to get hold of this book I started reading it. I again got the audible narration with the kindle book as I know that this is the way that I am going to read all the books in this series. The combination of Laini’s writing and Emilia’s Narration meant that I was thoroughly engrossed in the story and plot, and strong belief in the characters. I can honestly say that I love Laini’s writing so she has become an auto read author as well as due to the skill of the narrator she has become an auto listen narrator. This book fits well in to the YA Paranormal Fantasy Romance genre so I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys reading books from these genres.
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Currently Reading Started * The Bridesmaids Bodyguard (Royal Wedding Invitations 3/4) by Liz Fielding [Kindle Book] * The Bronze Horseman (The Bronze Horseman 1/3) by Paulina Simmons [Audio Book] <Narrator: James Langdon> Continued * The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gower [Mobi e-book from NetGalley/Audio Book] * Murder at the House of Rooster Happiness (Ethical Chaing Mai Detective Agency 1/) by David Casarett [Kindle Book] * The Dazzling Heights (The Thousandth Floor 2/2) by Katherine McGee [Mobi ebook from Edelweiss] * Nora & Kettle (Paper Stars 1/2) by Lauren Nicole Taylor [Kindle Book with audible Narration]
Well as you can see I have had a good and varied reading week. if any of you have read or want to read any of these books then feel free to let me know what you thought of them or what makes you want to read them as Idlove to talk to you about them.
Weekly Reads | 2018 | Week 16 – 16th to 22nd April
In this post I will be discussing the books I currntly reading or have started this week and the books that I have read/finished reading this week.
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The Books that I read this week are:
Ghost Memories (The Bone Island Series 0.5/4/Prequel) by Heather Graham Read from 15th to 16th April 2018 Star Rating: 5/5 Strs book information Book Review Series Review This a short prequel Novella about the Ghost, Bartholomew, who appears in the main booksin this series (Trilogy). It was quick and easy to read and gave a good background to the stories from the main books, as well as Bartholomew’s history. I would reccomend this book to anyone who enjoys this series or any of Heathers other books but I would recommend that it is read after the books from the main
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American Street by Ibi Zoabi <Narrator: Robin Miles> Read from to 16th April 2018 My Rating: 5/5 Stars book information post Book review I am so glad that I finally read this book which I’d heard about from several book tubers that II follow all of whom had said how great it was and they were all right. This told the story of Fabiola a young girl who had travelled to America with her mother from Port-au-Prince,Hati and their journey through her mother being arested at Customs. This was a fantastically well written
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Heart of Evil (Krewe of Hunters 2/26) by Heather Graham <Narrator: > Read from to 2018 My Rating: 5/5 Stars book information post Book Review This is the second book in the Krewe of Hunters series in which the team are asked to investigate the Murder of one of the Reenacters at the Donegal Plantation the home of one of the groups, Jake Mallory, old flame of the Granddaughter, Ashley Donegal, of the owner of the Plantation.
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The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce 1/) by Alan Bradley <Narrator: Emillia Fox> Read from 12/3/17 to 19/4/18 Star Rating: 5/5 Stars Book Information Post Book Review I started reading this book as Paperback but as I hadn’t finished reading it by the time i had to return it to the library I then bought a copy on my kindle however I ended up buting the audiobook version of it as I still wasn’t able to get it finish it in kindle format. It has to be said that I am glad that I got it in audiobook format because it meant that i was finally able to finish reading it due to the narrators skill in voicing all the different characters. The Characters and plot in the story were well written and developed which meant they were beleivable.It was a good introduction to what i am sure is going to be a great YA historical mystery series.
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China Rich Girlfriend (Crazy Rich Asians 2/3) by Kevin Kwan [Narrator: Lydia Look] Read from 7th to 20th April 2018 My Star Rating:5/5 Stars Book information & Review Post Book Review This is the second book in the Crazy Rich Asians Trillogy and I started reading it as soon as I’d finished reading the previous Book (Crazy Rich Asians, because I enjoyed it so much. I enjoyed this book as much as the first one especially as I listened to it as I had the first one. Although the Narrator for this book was different from the first one she narrated the book as well as the other one and I will make a point of finding other books she’s narrated.
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The Prince’s Bride (Royal Wedding Invitations 1/4) by Sophie Watson Read from to 2018 Book information & Review post
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The Books I Started or Continued with this weekare: * Started – [Kindle Book] Sacred Evil (Krewe of Hunters 3/26) by Heather Graham * Started – The Bachelor Girl’s Guide to Muredr (Herringford and Watts Mystery 1/) by Rachel McMillan * Started [Netgalley Mobi/audible Audio Book] The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock * Continued – [Kindle book with audible Narration] The Final Empire (Mistborn 1/6) by Brandon Sanderson * Continued – [Kindle Book] Deadly Harvest (Flynn Brothers 2/3) by Heather Graham * Continued – [mobi] The Dazzling Heights (The Thousandth Floor 2/2) by Katherine McGee * Continued [Kindle book with audible Narration] Days of Blood and Starlight by Laini Taylor <Narrator: >
Weekly Reads | 2018 | Week 15 9th to 15th April
This post is going to be looking at the books that I have read or finished reading as well as started or continued reading this week. If all the things listed (Book Information post etc.) under each of the short reviews are not links once this post published then they will be as soon as the reviews etc. are published themselves.
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The Books I read or finished reading this week are:
Autumn (Seasonal Quartet 1/4) by Ali Smith [Narrator: Melody Grove] Reading period: read from 7th to 9th April. Star Rating: 5/5 Stars book information post Book review Series Review
I heard great things about this book from many Booktubers on you tube (simon from Savage Reads, Merceides form merciesbookmusings) all saying how amazing it was which is why I purchased and read it (as a Kindle book with audible Narration(aduio book)). This is an amazing well writen book which was thoroughly engrosing and an interesting take on Britains withdrawl from the EU. The skill of the Narrator along with the authors great writing made the book a joy to read and the story engrossing. I would thoroughly recommend this book to anyone who’s interested in the current political position in the UK particularly in connection with Brexit.
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A Symphony of Echoes (The Chronicles of St Mary’s1/16) by Jodi Taylor [Narrator: Zara Ramm] Reading period: 27/10/17 to 9/4/18 Star Rating: 4/5 Stars book information & Book Review post I immediately started reading this as soon as I’d strated reading this book as soon as I’d finished the first book in the series (Just One Darned thing after another) because I’d enjoyed it so much that I wanted to know what happened next. Initially I was reading it as a Kindle Book then I added audble narration to the book and as soon as I started listening to the book I was toatlly immersed in the story due to the skill of the Narrator. It was great being back in this world and with the characters again. For my full review please feel free to follow this link….
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The Shadow of the North (Sally Lockhart Mystery Series 2/4) by Phillip Pullman [Narrator: Anton Lesser] Reading Period: read from 14/2 to 13/4 2018 Star Rating: 4/5 Stars Book information & Review Post I started reading this book when I fnished reading the previous book in this series (The Ruby in the Smoke) because I enjoyed it so much. In this book Sally Lockheart investigates the mystery of the dissapearance of the steamship the Ingrid Linde and the rich financier Axel Bellmann. This book was just as good as the first one and it was great being back with the characters and in the world. Phillip has developed the characters and the plot with great skill and this along with the skill of the narrators narration eneabled me to become engrosed in the story.
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Ghost Moon (The Bone Island Series 3/4) by Heather Graham Reading Period: read from 14/2 to 13/4 2018 Star Rating: 4/5 Stars Book information & Review Post weekly Reads- Week 15 series review I started reading this book as soon as I’d finished the previous book (Deadly Night) in the series because i’d enjoyed the book so much and I wasn’t dissapointed. This book was really welll written and the plot was well developed and beleivable. As with all the other books in the series I connected with all the characters in the book at different points throughout the book.
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The Books I Started or Continued with this week are: * Started – [Kindle Book] Spellslinger (Spellslinger 1/3) by Sebastien de Castell * Continued – [Kindle book with audible Narration] The Final Empire (Mistborn 1/6) by Brandon Sanderson * Continued – [Kindle Book] Flawless (New York Confidential 1/3) by Heather Graham * Continued – [Kindle Book with audible Narration] China Rich Girlfriend (Crazy Rich Asians 2/3) by Kevin Kwan * Continued – [mobi] The Dazzling Heights (The Thousandth Floor 2/2) by Katherine McGee * Continued – [Kindle Book] Deadly Harvest (Flynn Brothers 2/3) by Heather Graham * Continued – [epub ebook from library via BorrowBox] Flawed (Flawed 1/3) by Cecilia Ahern * Continued [Kindle Book and Audobook] America Street by Zoabi * Continued [Kindle book with audible Narration] Days of Blood and Starlight (Daughter of Smoke & Bone 2/4) by Laini Taylor * Continued [Kindle Book/Audio Book] Heart of Evil (Krewe of Hunters 2/26) by Heather Graham
On the whole I had a good reading week which is quite surprising as it was during the Easter Holidays so obviousley my son was at home so I wasn’t expecting to be able to read very much during the day. I enjoyed everything I read this week whether it was something I finished reading or started/continued reading. If any of you have anything you want to share with me about the books that I have reviewd and mentioned in this post then please feel free to share them with me in the comments below,
Book Information and Review | 2018 | Ghost Memories (Bone Island Prequel/Bone Island Series 0.5/4) by Heather Graham
Bone Island Trilogy Prequel 0.5/4
Paranormal Mystery Romance
HarperCollins UK
June 1, 2013
Kindle Book
400
Amazon
Read from 15th to 16th April 2018
Ghost Moon
Bartholomew Miller
Florida Keys
In the early nineteenth century, pirates and privateers still wreaked havoc in the Caribbean. Bartholomew Miller had been one of them. After years of plying the seas for England as a privateer, he finally found a home and love on Bone Island off the Florida coast.
I started reading this book as soon as I’d finished the last book in the trilogy that this is the prequel for because I’d enjoyed it and the other books in the trilogy so much. This is a book that although it wasn’t a necessity for me to read it as it was only a short prequel novella about the pirate ghost from the trilogies life and death so enabled me as the reader to get an insight into his life.
Although this book was only a short novella Heather had still written with as much detail as she does in any of her books. The plot and characters in the book were really well-developed and believable for the shortness of the book. By the time I had read the book I really felt I knew Bartholomew like a I would a friend what with what I’d learnt about him in the main books of the trilogy. It was also really interesting getting all be it a brief glimpse into what life and Key West was like in the time when he lived.
The research that Heather had done about the time period and place during the period came through in the fact that it really felt like you were living in that time along with the characters.It was also great seeing how Bartholomew’s relationships/friendships developed.
All in all i loved this book and am immensely glad that I have read it.I would love to hear what any of you out there who’ve read it and the main trilogy thought of them so feel free to leave a comment.
Book Review | 2018 | Ghost Moon (The Bone Island Series (Trilogy) 3/4) by Heather Graham
Book Information Post Weekly Reads Post Series Review Post
This is the third book in the bone Island series (original trilogy) and it is the story of Kelsey Donovan and Liam O’Hara around the mystery attached to the family home she’s Inherited from her grandfathers. I read this book as soon as I’d finished the previous book in the series (Ghost Night) because I enjoyed it so much and I wasn’t disapointed.
It was great being back with the characters and in the place because I loved them so much in the previous books. I enjoyed getting to know the new atcharacters from this book especially Kelsey the Granddaughter of Merlin Cutter. All the characters and the plot in this story were well writen and developed which meant that it was really beleivable.
This was a great close out to what has been a great trilogy because although it was a story in and of its self it also gave closure to the personal stories of the characters that had been in from the beginning. Although there is another book in this “Trilogy” which technically makes it a series you don’t have to read it as it is not a continuation to the story just a little bit of history about Bartholomew the Ghost from the Trilogy.
I can honestly say that Heather Graham is becoming an auto buy ad uthor because her writing is so easy to read and the descriptons of characters, places and events are so well carfted that when I am reading I feel like I am actually experiencing what is happening.. This is a book that I would recomend to anyone who enjoys reading historical mysteries with a paranormal slant.