Category Archives: NetGalley

“The Irish Boarding House” by Sandy Taylor – Book Review #ReadingIrelandMonth23 @SandyTaylorAuth #TheIrishBoardingHouse @Bookouture #BookReview

Posted on March 29, 2023 by Fictionophile

This novel was heart-warming and filled with delightful, likeable characters. Set in Dublin in the 1950s, it was peopled with mostly Catholic women – women who had faced adversity of one kind or another. Mary Kate Ryan was a wonderful … Continue reading →

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“The Missing Wife” by Sheila O’Flanagan – Book Review

Posted on March 22, 2023 by Fictionophile

If you like reading women’s fiction novels about starting over, then this is the book for you! Imogen, who lives in Dublin has been married for five years. During that time her husband Vince has changed her so much that … Continue reading →

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“A Nice Place To Die” by J. Woollcott – Book Review

Posted on March 19, 2023 by Fictionophile

It is always so gratifying when you start a new series, and try a new author, and your efforts pay off. This was an engrossing novel, essentially a police procedural but it also contained elements of domestic thriller and had … Continue reading →

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“A Likely Story” by Leigh McMullan Abramson – Book Review

Posted on March 16, 2023 by Fictionophile

Another worthy debut! Literary fiction which was slow paced, yet it held my interest throughout. Mind you… the characters were not very likeable. Riddled with entitled attitudes, fragile egos, elitist lifestyles, and emotional insecurities, some of them, like the egoist … Continue reading →

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“No Safe Place” by Patricia Gibney – Book Review

Posted on March 13, 2023 by Fictionophile

I’ve read and thoroughly enjoyed the first three novels in Patricia Gibney’s Lottie Parker police procedural series.  They were fantastic! I’ve been meaning to read the fourth in the series for some time now – I’m SO glad to report … Continue reading →

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“Weyward” by Emilia Hart – Book Review

Posted on March 8, 2023 by Fictionophile

“A great many things look different from a distance. Truth is like ugliness: you need to be close to see it.” What an entrancing debut novel! Told via three narrators, with three separate timelines, this book kept me spellbound. Altha … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday – March 7, 2023 #NewBook #YouShouldHaveKnown @keller_reb @crookedlanebks @penguinrandom #TeaserTuesday #TuesdayBookBlog

Posted on March 7, 2023 by Fictionophile

My Tuesday post where I’ll ‘tease‘ you with the cover, blurb, and first paragraph of one of the titles from my own TBR. This book is a title I received from Crooked Lane Books/Penguin Random House via NetGalley and I’ll … Continue reading →

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“The Institution” by Helen Fields – Book Review

Posted on March 4, 2023 by Fictionophile

I’m worn out. This novel was one of the most intense novels I’ve ever read. Set in a very isolated, maximum security prison hospital, the novel was so claustrophobic that I longed to leave there… but not before I found … Continue reading →

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“The Secrets of Hartwood Hall” by Katie Lumsden – Book Review

Posted on March 2, 2023 by Fictionophile

I’m always keen to try new authors, and this debut novel was a corker! Anyone who enjoyed “Mrs. England” by Stacey Halls will probably love this one. Hartwood Hall is an isolated and somewhat dilapidated manor in Somersetshire, England. It … Continue reading →

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“Secrets At The Last House Before The Sea” by Liz Eeles – Book Review

Posted on February 24, 2023 by Fictionophile

With a stunning setting, empathetic characters, and a myriad of secrets, this warm-hearted romance novel ticked all the boxes. I mean, with a place called Heaven’s Cove, how could it not? The ramshackle old Driftwood House high on the hill … Continue reading →

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