CommunityBy Hetty McKinnonSnappy ReviewFinally a salad book with not a lettuce leaf in sight! Recipes look complicated, but aren’t and not one has ever missed the mark! Faves: Chargrilled Zucchini and Pearl Barley with Whipped Feta and Dill (pg151) Chargrilled Cauliflower with Fried Butter Beans and Pumpkin Hummus (pg77) and the Baked Sweet Potato with[Read more]
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Blackbirds – Miriam Black#1By Chuck WendigSnappy ReviewGritty doesn’t do it justice… Tension filled..? Razor packed action..? Nothing comes close – just read it!SynopsisMiriam Black knows how you’re going to die. This makes her daily life a living hell, especially when you can’t do anything about it, or stop trying to. She’s foreseen hundreds of car[Read more]
A Spool of Blue ThreadBy Anne TylerSnappy ReviewA languid read… A slow and beautiful novel of the stories that have come to define a family.SynopsisTHE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2015 SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN’S FICTION PRIZE It was a beautiful, breezy, yellow-and-green afternoon’ This is the way Abby Whitshank[Read more]
The Dragonbone Chair – Memory, Sorrow and Thorn#1By Tad WilliamsSnappy ReviewI picked it up again, to see if it was as amazing as it was when I first read it. It was… And more. Bloody brilliant!SynopsisThe Dragonbone Chair is the story of Simon, a young kitchen boy and magician’s apprentice, whose dreams of great deeds[Read more]
WitchworldBy Emma FischelSnappy ReviewLaughed throughout the story and delighted in all the new words of this wacky and quirky world. The Grotts loved it… And so did I!SynopsisThe witches of Witchworld have no need for old-fashioned wands or broomsticks, not when they have shiny Spellsticks and super-whizzy Skyriders instead. And no one has a cauldron[Read more]
Drake – The Burned Man #1By Peter McLeanSnappy ReviewYou know when that one, little decision catapults you into a comedy of errors and catastrophes..? Put all of that into an urban fantasy setting and you have a hell of a roller-coaster ride… You’ll wince, shake your head and laugh out loud.SynopsisHitman Don Drake owes a[Read more]
The Darkest SecretBy Alex MarwoodSnappy ReviewEasy to read and compelling from the start, you’ll love them, hate them and will have misconceptions throughout the entire book… Then you’ll be slapped in the face with a twist you see coming.SynopsisThe new novel from the Edgar-Award winning author of The Wicked Girls and The Killer Next Door.[Read more]
How the Light Gets InBy Louise PennySnappy ReviewWow ? brilliant! Just when you think everything is falling apart for Gamache and Beauvoir… It does but with incredible elasticity that will have you guessing and guessing!SynopsisThe number one New York Times bestseller from critically acclaimed and multi-award winning author, Louise Penny, shortlisted for the prestigious CWA[Read more]
The Beautiful MysteryBy Louise PennySnappy ReviewYou know you’ve invested yourself into the lives of characters when you exclaim out loud. Away from Three Pines, which I think was a much needed break, the focus is entirely on the workings Gamache and Beauvoir with the malicious intent of a third finally out in the open.SynopsisThe ingenious,[Read more]
A Trick of the LightBy Louise PennySnappy ReviewFinally! Claras big showing. And of course it doesn’t go to plan, not they anyone realises until the next day. Fractures appear in the pursuit of artistic endeavours and murder most tragic once again strikes Three Pines. But for all of that it never reads samey. This is[Read more]