The Poet X – Elizabeth Acevedo

Blurb:A young girl in Harlem discovers slam poetry as a way to understand her mother’s religion and her own relationship to the world. Debut novel of renowned slam poet Elizabeth Acevedo.Xiomara Batista feels unheard and unable to hide in her Harlem neighborhood. Ever since her body grew into curves, she has learned to let her…

The Last 10 Seconds – Simon Kernick

Simon Kernick is one of my favourite authors of all time and I have so many of his books. But today I will be writing about one that I recently finished reading. Blurb: 36 Hours Ago A brutal serial kiler is arrested on the streets of North London after a two year reign of terror.…

Sharp Objects – Gillian Flynn

I had some trouble with this one because of how dark it was. I had to close it occasionally and put it aside due to the blunt tone which was used in some uncomfortable scenes. The book is actually quite short but can at times feel long amd it took me a while to read…

The Last Letter From Your Lover – Jojo Moyes

https://www.instagram.com/p/BLVQduPD9uG/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Having read two of Moyes book previously to this one I knew that I would enjoy this one. The Last Letter From Your Lover was an easy read for me. Yes it was long but the words just ran into each other and 'Just one more paragraph' became 'One more page' and then of…