Monthly Archives: December 2022

This year (as you should have seen in my previous book news posts if you were paying attention), Matthew Cash released a selection of short stories each week up to Christmas. I decided to review these, but due to them … Continue reading →

When I saw the Blog Tour invitation for Fracture by Elyse Hoffman I signed myself up in an instant. Not only was I going to read and review this book anyway, I have reached a point where if there’s a … Continue reading →

I’ve actually never read A Christmas Carol until this year. I know the story like the back of my hand because I’ve watched every adaptation of the book, but I had never actually sat down and read it. For some … Continue reading →

I decided to write a little about burn out and self care around Christmas, because for a long time I didn’t know what I was experiencing and that burn out can be a huge source of guilt for a lot … Continue reading →

It’s not very often I’m left speechless at the end of a book but upon reaching the end of this story and closing it, I just sat there for a moment. See, I was unsure whether this was a thing … Continue reading →

Ghosts of Christmas Past Melancholy is an inherent quality of Christmas memory. Most often, it constitutes formative and beloved childhood recollections, of times less turbulent than most, when reality was a simpler place to negotiate. The pleasure of those recollections … Continue reading →

Recently we’ve been on a bit of an old movie binge, making our way through ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’, ‘Holiday Affair’, ‘Miracle on 34th Street’ and of course, ‘White Christmas’. I was quite surprised, having assumed Bing Crosby would have … Continue reading →

It’s a Wonderful Life was released in 1947 and I had never seen it until this month, having watched it and then discovered that Penistone Paramount Cinema was showing it, I knew I had to book it! This little single … Continue reading →

Today I’m spotlighting BBNYA Semi-Finalist – The Ones Who Could Do Anything by Nicholas J. Evans This year, the Book Bloggers’ Novel of the Year Award (BBNYA) is celebrating the 50 books that made it into Round Two with a … Continue reading →

The Sleigh Man is a short Christmas Horror Story by Cassie Daley, author of Brutal Hearts and Rosie Paints with Ghosts. This is very short, at only 18 pages so it’ll only take you the length of a nice Hot … Continue reading →