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What’s Left Unsaid by Deborah Stone
Engaging, complex and absorbing family drama. Recommended reading. Synopsis Sasha is just about managing to hold her life together. She is raising her teenage son Zac, coping with an absent husband and caring for her ageing, temperamental and alcoholic mother, as well as holding down her own job. But when Zac begins to suspect that he has a secret sibling, Sasha realises that she must relive the events of a devastating night which she…
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Coming Home to Maple Cottage by Holly Martin (Sandcastle Bay #3)
This utterly addictive new novel from bestselling author Holly Martin will make you smile until your cheeks hurt, sob tears of pure joy and fall head over heels in love with a totally unforgettable romance… Synopsis Isla Rosewood is creating a new life for herself and her sweet nephew Elliot in their cosy, yellow-brick family cottage, brimming with special memories. Living in Sandcastle Bay was never part of Isla’s plan but, after her brother Matthew’s…
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This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor by Adam Kay
The Sunday Times Number One Bestseller and Humour Book of the Year Winner of the Books Are My Bag Book of the Year Winner of iBooks’ Book of the Year Synopsis Welcome to the life of a junior doctor: 97-hour weeks, life and death decisions, a constant tsunami of bodily fluids, and the hospital parking meter earns more than you. Scribbled in secret after endless days, sleepless nights and missed weekends, Adam Kay’s This is…
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The Man You Meet In Heaven by Debbie Viggiano
Synopsis When Hattie Green pops to the shop one afternoon, she never expects her life to flash before her eyes between the tins of baked beans and a special offer on sliced white. One minute she’s loading her trolley and thinking about what to give her son for dinner, and the next she’s speaking to a gorgeous man in a glowing white suit about what her life could have been… If you had the chance to go…
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Did I Mention I Was Getting Married? by Julie Butterfield
Best enjoyed on a cosy chair with a large mug of tea and some biscuits. Synopsis Two years ago Rebecca Miles won the lottery and ended her marriage to her overbearing and unpleasant husband Daniel. She had every intention of putting the past behind her and starting again, but it turned out to be so much more difficult than she had imagined. Then Daniel announces he is getting married again and as Rebecca broods over…
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Murder in the Morning by Betty Rowlands (Melissa Craig #2)
MoMo Book Diary recommends ‘Murder in the Morning’ which is the second of the Melissa Craig cozy mystery series by Betty Rowaland. Having enjoyed the first Melissa Craig instalment I was eager to get into the follow up. I found this instalment, which begins where the previous book concluded, to be more entertaining than the first. However, this could be due to reading them both in order and in the same week – I would…
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Perfect Liars by Rebecca Reid
I enjoyed Rebecca Reid’s compelling debut novel Perfect Liars. Perfect Liars is a thoroughly satisfying character driven psychological thriller. It’s cleverly plotted and clear from the beginning, despite being paced on the slow side, that it is a compelling tale. The characters are somewhat unlikeable in that they are typical stereotypical pretentious, entitled, self-centered women. The story is told using a dual timeline, past and present. Whilst they display a close friendship to the world…
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Did I Mention I Won The Lottery? By Julie Butterfield
Synopsis Rebecca Miles has won the lottery and is now living a millionaire lifestyle. The only problem is – she hasn’t told her husband. So at weekends she’s a dutiful wife in Darlington, working at the local deli and making shepherd’s pie for dinner, but during the week she’s living in her new mansion in Leeds spending her days shopping whilst her husband thinks she’s looking after her sick mother. Will she get the courage…
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One Day in December by Josie Silver
MoMo Book Diary highly recommends this beautiful tale of friendship, romance and how you can live a life without drama. I loved the idea of this book and it sounded just my perfect romance read. However it was so much more than I could have hoped for! I read it in one sitting and found the lovely sunny day had gone dark and wet by the time I moved from the sofa – but oh!…
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The Corner Shop In Cockleberry Bay by Nicola May
MoMo Book Diary highly recommends this FABULOUS must read! This book and author were brought to my attention by an author friend via twitter and as soon as I saw the cover, with a cute little dachshund, I knew I had to read it. (Thanks Sheryl Browne!) It may be the first Nicola May book I have read but I can say it definitely won’t be the last. This book is so much more than…
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Murder at Hawthorn Cottage by Betty Rowlands (Melissa Craig #1)
MoMo Book Diary recommends this extremely enjoyable cozy mystery. This is the first in the ‘Melissa Craig’ series and I am already looking forward to Book 2 ‘Murder in the Morning’ which I have waiting for me on my kindle (thanks again NetGalley)! Melissa Craig, crime writer and amateur sleuth, has left her old life in London behind and moved to the quaint little Cotswolds village of Upper Bembury. Melissa intends to focus on writing…
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The Secrets We Keep by Kate Hewitt
MoMo’s Book Diary highly recommends the new release by Kate Hewitt – “The Secrets We Keep” which is a powerful, emotional and captivating book. This book tells the story of one summer for two families with alternating chapters which I found captivating yet slow and I was continually wishing the book would speed up – until it did and then I wished for it to slow down and last longer. I think this may be…
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Strangers on a Bridge by Louise Mangos
MoMo’s Book Diary recommends this dark and gripping thriller. This debut novel by Louise Mangos is set in the Swiss Alps and is nail-biting. The story strongly focuses on Alice and Manfred. Manfred is about to jump off a bridge and Alice spots him as she is running past….. something I like to think anyone would do – but then the story takes a twist! This is a slow burner of a thriller where I found…
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He Will Find You by Diane Jeffrey
MoMo’s Book Diary recommends this intriguing thriller. After reading Diane Jeffrey’s debut thriller Those Who Lie I couldn’t wait to read He Will Find You. I was not disappointed. This domestic thriller had me gripped from the start. The author expertly weaves the clues throughout the story. I was reading whilst my brain was trying to work out what was really going on. I could not read fast enough and it was clear from the first…
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Those Who Lie by Diane Jeffrey
MoMo’s Book Diary recommends this intriguing debut thriller. This captivating domestic thriller had me fascinated from the opening page. There were so many questions which really got my mind working. I couldn’t read fast enough – page turning at an alarming rate… trying to guess what comes next… the tension was unbearable. This is a tense read with complex emotionally developed characters which will…
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The Little Book Café: Tash’s Story by Georgia Hill
MoMo’s Book Diary recommends this as an enjoyable novel, part of The Little Book Cafe series. This is the first Georgia Hill book I have read. I enjoyed it and would recommend this author as an easy sweet and light read – perfect for the beach – with a shaded undercurrent running through it. This is the first of four in ‘The Little Book Café’…
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House. Tree. Person. by Catriona McPherson
I eagerly recommend Catriona McPherson’s “House. Tree. Person.” as an intriguing novel. I really do enjoy reading Catriona McPherson’s books based in the Dumfries and Galloway region and enjoy following the characters journey’s between the towns that my family spoke of during my childhood. This book is a good paced thriller filled with so much suspense you just don’t know what the twist is until the very end (or at least I didn’t). This book…
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The Affair by Sheryl Browne
MoMo’s Book Diary recommends “The Affair” as a brilliant suspense novel. UN-MISSABLE Followers of my book blog (momobookdiary) will be aware of how highly I rate the author Sheryl Browne. Whilst I have enjoyed her romance / chicklit novels, I must admit I really do prefer her gripping psychological thrillers. I love the way that Sheryl’s mind works – so much suspense and you just never know what twist is coming next. This book fantastically…
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Come and Walk With Me Through my Breast Cancer Experience by Fiona Williams
I would recommend this book. I feel it is a good and honest look at one woman’s journey through breast cancer diagnosis and treatment. Every woman’s journey is different. Every woman faces her own journey not knowing what is around the corner but this book tells the tale of a straight forward journey – no big dramas, no scary stories – just honest notes on how it was! The author writes quickly, and with caution…
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Brain Tumours: Living low grade by Gideon Burrows
I found this book very interesting and extremely helpful following my brain tumour diagnosis and have recommended this to many people already. Gideon Burrows has written this from his own experience and gathered quotes and stories from all walks of life. I found I could relate to so much of it. Reading his and others comments through the book made me feel less alone with my thoughts. It has a mass of information and links…
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