

Betty - Tiffany McDaniel
Having spent about a year being sat on my book trolley, I don’t know why I decided now was the time to finally read Betty. Perhaps I wanted
Jessica Watson
Jun 20, 20223 min read


Perfume - Patrick Süskind
I had never heard of this book until it was picked as my book club’s read for May. I immediately fell in love with the cover, as well as...
Jessica Watson
May 29, 20223 min read


I Capture The Castle - Dodie Smith
I had never heard of this book before but after listening to Scarlett Curtis talk so excitedly and positively about the book on the...
Jessica Watson
May 29, 20222 min read


Conversations with Friends - Sally Rooney
I’ve now read all of Sally Rooney’s novels apart from Conversations With Friends and with the new television adaptation hitting our...
Jessica Watson
May 29, 20222 min read


Lesson in Chemistry - Bonnie Garmus
I had heard so many great things about this book before it was published here in the UK, and with the Waterstones special edition being...
Jessica Watson
May 29, 20222 min read


Young Mungo - Douglas Stuart
Since reading Shuggie Bain, I have been waiting very impatiently for Douglas Stuart's next book so as soon as Young Mungo was released, I...
Jessica Watson
May 29, 20222 min read


My Cousin Rachel - Daphne Du Maurier
Having fallen in love with Du Maurier and her most well-known novel, Rebecca, earlier last year, I have been desperate to read her other...
Jessica Watson
May 29, 20222 min read


Blindness - Jose Samingo
Blindness was a book I had never even heard of before it was picked as the April read for my book club. Written by Portuguese author,...
Jessica Watson
May 4, 20222 min read


The No-Show - Beth O'Leary
It was the one we’ve all been waiting for and I was lucky enough to read an exclusive proof copy of the most highly anticipated reads of...
Jessica Watson
May 4, 20222 min read


The Lost Daughter - Elena Ferrante
So I’m sure if you’re on Bookstagram, you must have seen her most recent book The Lying Life of Adults which was published last year and...
Jessica Watson
Apr 24, 20222 min read


The Final Revival of Opal & Nev - Dawnie Walton
So in my mission to read the majority of the 2022 Women’s Prize for Fiction nominees before the winner is announced this summer, I...
Jessica Watson
Apr 24, 20223 min read


Our Wives Under The Sea - Julia Armfield
This is a book that I’ve seen lurking around social media for so long now as part of the lead up to its publication earlier in March. Now...
Jessica Watson
Apr 24, 20222 min read


Saltwater - Jessica Andrews
‘It is not enough to be pretty and I am not clever enough and it is not enough to be clever and I am not pretty enough.’ Saltwater is a...
Jessica Watson
Apr 24, 20223 min read


Tall Bones - Anna Bailey
I had no intention of reading this until I saw the girls over at Book Reccos were reading it and then the book was popping up on all my...
Jessica Watson
Apr 24, 20223 min read


One Italian Summer - Rebecca Serle
I was kindly gifted an advanced copy of this beautiful book by Rebecca Serle from Quercus so first of all a huge thank you to Quercus for...
Jessica Watson
Apr 24, 20222 min read


Impossible - Sarah Lotz
I was lucky enough to be sent a beautiful advanced copy of Impossible by Sarah Lotz, together with some delicious treats, so huge...
Jessica Watson
Apr 24, 20223 min read


Cleopatra and Frankenstein - Coco Mellors
First of all, thank you so much to 4th Estate Books for my advanced copy of ‘Cleopatra and Frankenstein’ which is actually out in the UK...
Jessica Watson
Apr 24, 20223 min read


The Love Hypothesis - Ali Hazelwood
Ahhh the book that EVERYONE on TikTok is reading, posting about and recommending. If you’re on TikTok, you would no doubt have seen this...
Jessica Watson
Apr 24, 20223 min read


The Forty Rules of Love - Elif Shafak
I read my first Elif Shafak novel in 2020 and since then, I’ve been on a mission to collect (and read) all her books because I guess, I...
Jessica Watson
Apr 24, 20223 min read


Acts of Desperation - Megan Nolan
So just like I said in my review of The Bell Jar, there’s just something I love about complicated, unnerving female leads in a book and...
Jessica Watson
Apr 24, 20223 min read