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Greenwich Park by Katherine Faulkner – Book Review

March 17, 2021 in Mystery & Thriller

Who can you really trust? The woman you just met at a birthing class? Your husband? How about your best friends? Your siblings? Greenwich Park by Katherine Faulkner latches onto this age old question and refuses to let go. I absolutely LOVE domestic thrillers. There’s just something about the anxiety of the things we become too complacent with. Everyday comforts like home and marriage turning out to be things to fear. So naturally, I was thrilled to receive an ARC of this new domestic thriller that’s coming out next month. And today, I’ll be sharing a little book review to tell you all about Greenwich Park.

Blog Update: Welcome to Hayley By The Book!

March 12, 2021 in Uncategorized

Happy Friday, friend! You might have noticed that all my URLs and usernames have changed this week so I just wanted to drop in and quickly tell you all about the new changes to my blog.

The Girls Are All So Nice Here By Laurie Elizabeth Flynn – Book Review

March 8, 2021 in Mystery & Thriller

Hello, again! I’m back with another book review. Today I’m going to be talking you through my thoughts about new thriller: The Girls Are All So Nice Here by Laurie Elizabeth Flynn. This is a college-based revenge thriller where two former best friends are beckoned to their reunion to deal with the consequences of what they did ten years ago. It’s mysterious, gripping and super intense! (And if I may say so myself, it’s a must-read for fans of Pretty Little Liars.) So without further ado, let’s get into my book review!

World Book Day 2021: 4 Supertato Reviews + Easy Supertato Craft!

March 5, 2021 in Children's Books

If you’re a booklover, you’ll know that Thursday was World Book Day. As a family of booklovers, it’s one of our favourite days of the year. It’s up there with Christmas and Pancake Day. We celebrate our love for books by scoping out the release announcements, pre-ordering our £1 books and spending the day itself all cosied up, reading to our heart’s content. It’s a lot of fun. This year, we went with a Supertato theme by reading FOUR Supertato books by Sue Hendra & Paul Linnet and making our very own Supertato. So today, I’m going to be sharing mini book reviews plus an easy peasy Supertato craft!

The Black Friend by Frederick Joseph – Book Review

March 3, 2021 in Non-Fiction

Have you read an anti-racism book yet this year? Not yet? Well, I challenge you to read at least one in 2021. There are so many books that raise the issue of systemic racism from non-fiction to genre fiction and everything in between so you’re bound to find a book that works for you. (I’ll include some links to listicles at the end if you need some recommendations!) And today I’m going to be talking about one anti-racism book in particular. That book is The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person by Frederick Joseph.

The Coven By Lizzie Fry

February 24, 2021 in Fiction

I don’t know about you but I’m always drawn towards stories about witches. Nothing too fantastical, of course. I prefer more of a contemporary urban setting. And the book that I’m going to talk about today ticks all of my boxes. The Coven is a hard book to define. Is it a thriller? A fantasy? Maybe even a dystopian? I honestly don’t know because it’s ALL of those things. It’s genre-bending in such an interesting way which really worked for me. So yeah, let’s talk about The Coven by Lizzie Fry!