With a glass of red in one hand and a novel in the other, making you swoon like the romantic you are! <3 By Emma Coton Every month has an emotion connected to it, and if it wasn’t for the commercialised ‘V Day’ celebration, it would be right now that we all need a romance read to help warm our frozen hearts and bodies due to the weather. Don’t worry shes, hes, and theys, I got your back and will help you delve into these books so hard, you’ll be crying into your pillows for why you don’t have a romance like that (just me? Oh ok…). The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood THEMES: Enemies to lovers, fake relationships, romance,                  power, past trauma, assault.                                        ...

Looking back at 2022 , it has been a bumper year for my reading pile. Books are booming and TBR lists are groaning, so to add to the literary abundance here are my best and most favourite reads of 2022, almost like doing a yearly tax return, but for books. These are the books that have stayed with me, taught me, enchanted me and resonated deeply.  We are now beginning February, another month of cruel winter beauty, where lying low, recuperating and reading seem like some of the most sensible activities a bookworm can do. So join me and make like a hibernating dormouse, but with a drier nest and an excellent selection of books both old and new.  The Enchanted April by Elizabeth Von Arnim.  Originally published in 1922 making it an unbelievable 100 years old, this engaging novel starts in dreary London, where it is raining and fish suppers are being eaten on the same dull day every week, and wives are expected to be good, and a ‘nest egg’ of savings is never to be spent, a...

By Emma Coton Hey folks! With the rise of BookTok inviting new contemporary fiction to climb into your to be read list, it’s good to know which ones are worth reading and which will get you in your groove for beginning your reading challenge for 2023!  Here are some diamonds in fiction that I just must share with you! Then you can pop into our store and discuss with me what you thought! I’m always up for chat about my favourites in this list, or if you just need more recommendations. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid Themes: Old Hollywood, Romance, LGBTQ+, Tragedy  Oh my! Where do I start? This was my favourite read of 2022,  it’s about the life of Evelyn Hugo read in a interview style where she recollects her life, her career, her romances and what she  did to get to the top in the world of Hollywood. As they say,  most of the drama happens behind the camera…  1. If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio Themes: Dark Academia, Friendships, Mu...