4/5 stars. Audible version, narrated by Jane Collingwood and Thomas Judd. This story is set in an imagined not too distant future, in the year 2115. A lot of scientific advancements have been made, including ECHOs. ECHO stands for Enhanced Computerised Humanoid Organism, and they’re essentially very advanced androids. They look human, they are built…
Book review: Harley Merlin and the Secret Coven by Bella Forrest
3/5 stars. OK, firstly, for the love of all that is good and holy – enough with the smirking! Surely there are other expressions your characters can have? I’ll get to the actual review part shortly, but this bothered me so much that I just have to get it out of my system.. There were…
My favourite reads in 2018
Disclaimer: featured image only contains 2 of the books on my list because I’m lazy and took a screenshot from my Goodreads 2018 overview. 2018 was a bit of a banner year for reading for me with a total of 63 books read. Of course there are people who read hundreds of books a year,…
New Year’s with Bridget
I’m not a big fan of New Year’s Eve. Not only do the loud bangs from the fireworks that have already been going off for the past few days startle the hell out of the cats – I’m not a fan of loud noises either. Or parties, or making resolutions that’ll be forgotten in a…
Book review: The Chocolate Lovers’ Christmas by Carole Matthews
3/5 stars Audible version, narrated by Lucy Price-Lewis I jumped into book 3 of this series without reading any of the previous books, frankly because it was Christmas themed and I thought it would be nice to read (listen to) something seasonal and festive. And it was, to a certain extent. You do get allusions…
Book review: The Paris Effect by K.S.R. Burns
3/5 stars So, this was an interesting one and honestly a little tricky to review in terms of star rating, as it definitely had me hooked but overall it left me kind of unsatisfied and therefore I landed on a 3. This story is about a woman (Amy) who is in mourning the death of…
Festive couscous salad with spiced roasted orange and sweet potato, almonds, feta and spinach
Roasting oranges So I was trying to come up with a festive seasonal salad with a slightly Mediterranean/Middle Eastern spin on it, and I thought to myself “is roasting oranges a thing?” There were indeed a few Google hits and based on what I found I decided to do some experimenting. I first tried just…
