Wandering the world

I ventured into The therapy house as the premise intrigued me. I hadn't previously read anything by NZ-born, Dublin-based author, Julie Parsons. Unfortunately, The therapy house didn't motivate me to look for her other titles. It was a mediocre read for me. Check out my review to see why. The therapy house | Published April 2017 | Read January 2025 OK, so the book is essentially about retired Garda Inspector, Michael McLoughlin, who lives next door to a prominent Dublin judg

I'd only just finished writing a post on the two Lesley Kara books that I had read at that point, when I spotted Who did you tell? in my local library. Here's my review of my third Lesley Kara read. You can also check out my review of The dare, a book I read after the one featured in this post. Who did you tell? | Published December 2019 | Read January 2025 Thirty-two-year-old Astrid has been sober for six months, but has been battling alcohol addiction since she was a teen

The Paris apartment is the second book that I have read by British thriller and historical fiction author, Lucy Foley. Check out my review of her 2020 book, The guest list . I can see the similarities between the two novels: both have an atmospheric setting, a bunch of fairly unlikeable characters, and some sinister goings-on in what seems on the surface to be an ordinary situation. Foley's novels are quite character-driven and I like thrillers written in this vein. It's not

I was travelling quite a bit for work during 2022 and 2023. I purchased a Kobo so that I could keep up my reading habit while I was without access to my local public library. Kobo has a monthly subscription that grants free access to their catalogue. I assume from doing a basic search of the authors I have reviewed in this post that the catalogue contains titles by certain publishing houses. New r eleases and books by super popular authors are not available. I hadn't heard