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I am mad about books in all their forms - paper books, e-books and audio books.
I review books and share the bookish love. You may also see me talking about books on Twitter (X), Instagram and Threads (@brownflopsy).
I always give honest reviews of the books I have enjoyed, and the views expressed here are completely my own.
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Wednesday, July 2, 2025
Hard Copy by Fien Veldman
Hard Copy by Fien Veldman.
Translated by Hester Velmans.
Published in paperback 5th June 2025 by Apollo.
From the cover of the book:
Spending long hours in her claustraphobic office cubicle, a customer service assistant is struggling. Isolated, frustrated and lonely, she finds comfort in only one thing: the office printer. As she confides in the printer about her hopes and dreams, her fears and her past, it becomes clear to her that he is listening. But to her employees, the blossoming relationship is a worrying cry for help.Diagnosed with burnout and placed on leave, she faces severance and – worse – separation from her beloved printer. But she's not about to give up on her only friend without a fight. And, it turns out, neither is he.
Tuesday, July 1, 2025
Getting Away by Kate Sawyer
Getting Away by Kate Sawyer.
Published 3rd July 2025 by Zaffre.
From the cover of the book:
Margaret Smith is at the beach.It is a summer day unlike any other Margaret has ever known.
The Smith family have left the town where they live and work and go to school and come to a place where the sky is blue, the sand is white, and the sound of the sea surrounds them. An ordinary family discovering the joy of getting away for the first time.
Over the course of the coming decades, they will be transformed through their holiday experiences, each new destination a backdrop as the family grows and changes, love stories begin and end -- and secrets are revealed.
June 2025 Reading Round-Up
June 2025 Reading Round-Up
June was a busy, busy month, but I managed to squeeze in ten pretty spectacular books. You can find you way to my reviews by clicking on the pictures below:
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The School Gates by A.A. Chaudhuri |
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The Secrets of the Bees by Jane Johnson |
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Double Room by Anne Senes |
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Kill Them With Kindness by Will Carver |
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Broken by Jon Atli Jonasson |
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Book Boyfriend by Lucy Vine |
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Making It So by Patrick Stewart |
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Murder Tide by Stella Blomkvist |
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Crooked House by Agatha Christie |
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Overland by Yasmin Cordery Khan |
Overland by Yasmin Cordery Khan
Overland by Yasmin Cordery Khan.
Published in paperback 8th May 2025 by Apollo.
From the cover of the book:
It was supposed to be the trip of a lifetime: the open road, London to Kathmandu, just three young people looking for adventure. No one could have predicted the way it ended, and for fifty years the truth has been buried. But now, Joyce is ready to tell her story.London, 1970. Fresh out of a dead-end job, Joyce answers an ad in the local paper: Kathmandu by van, leave August. Share petrol and costs. Joyce is desperate to escape life in suburbia, and aristocrat Freddie looks like he can show her a wild time.
Together with Anton, Freddie's best friend from boarding school, they embark on the overland trail from London to Kathmandu in a beaten-up old Land Rover. But as they cross the borders into Asia, Freddie can't outrun his family's history, leading to devastating consequences for everyone.
Overland is a novel about youth, privilege, class and the sharp echoes of British imperialism from one of the most exciting new voices in literary fiction.
Monday, June 30, 2025
Crooked House by Agatha Christie
Crooked House by Agatha Christie.
This edition published 9th February 2017 by Harper Collins.
Originally published 1949.
From the cover of the book:
A wealthy Greek businessman is found dead at his London home…The Leonides were one big happy family living in a sprawling, ramshackle mansion. That was until the head of the household, Aristide, was murdered with a fatal barbiturate injection.
Suspicion naturally falls on the old man’s young widow, fifty years his junior. But the murderer has reckoned without the tenacity of Charles Hayward, fiance of the late millionare’s granddaughter…
Friday, June 27, 2025
Murder Tide (Stella Blomkvist Book Three) by Stella Blomkvist
Murder Tide (Stella Blomkvist Book Three) by Stella Blomkvist.
Translated by Quentin Bates.
Published 4th July 2025 by Corylus Books.
From the cover of the book:
The ruthless businessman left to drown by the rising tide at the dock by Reykjavik's Grotta lighthouse had never been short of enemies. The police have their suspect, and he calls in Stella Blomkvist to fight his corner as he furiously protests his innocence. Yet this angry fisherman had more reason than many to bear the dead man a grudge.It's a busy summer for razor-tongued, no-nonsense lawyer Stella. A young woman looking for a long-lost parent finds more than she bargained for. An old adversary calls from prison, looking for Stella to broker a dangerous deal with the police to put one of the city's untouchable crime lords behind bars at long last.
The books have been published under a pseudonym that still hasn't been cracked. The question of Stella Blomkvist's identity is one that crops up regularly, but it looks like it's going to remain a mystery...
He is the author of a series of crime novels set in present-day Iceland (Frozen Out, Cold Steal, Chilled to the Bone, Winterlude, Cold Comfort and Thin Ice which have been published worldwide.
He has translated all of Ragnar Jónasson’s Dark Iceland series.
Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Making It So: A Memoir by Patrick Stewart
Making It So: A Memoir by Patrick Stewart.
Published 10th October 2023 by Simon and Schuster.
Narrated by Patrick Stewart. Run time 18 hrs 50 mins.
From the cover:
The long-awaited memoir from iconic, beloved actor and living legend Sir Patrick Stewart.From his acclaimed stage triumphs to his legendary onscreen work, Sir Patrick Stewart has captivated audiences around the world and across multiple generations in a career spanning six decades with his indelible command of stage and screen.
No other British working actor enjoys such career variety, universal respect and unending popularity, as witnessed through his seminal roles – whether as Captain Jean-Luc Picard of Star Trek fame, Professor Charles Xavier of Marvel's X-Men hit film franchise, his more than forty years as part of the Royal Shakespeare Company and in such critically lauded roles for Hamlet and The Tempest on the West End and Broadway, his unforgettable one-man show adapted from Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, or his comedic work in American Dad!, Ted, Extras and Blunt Talk, among many others.
Now, he presents his long-awaited memoir, Making It So, a revealing portrait of a driven artist whose astonishing life – from his humble and hardscrabble beginnings in Yorkshire, to the dizzying heights of Hollywood and worldwide acclaim – proves a story as exuberant, definitive and enduring as the author himself.
Book Boyfriend by Lucy Vine
Book Boyfriend by Lucy Vine.
Published 19th June 2025 by Simon and Schuster.
From the cover of the book:
Jemma has lived a thousand lives through books. The only life she isn’t living is her own.That is, until the day she finds a note from a stranger in her favourite library book. When she replies, the pair begin a longhand conversation about their love of novels that sees Jemma finally coming out of her shell. Is she ready to fall in love for the first time – with someone she’s never met?
Clara has always run away from her problems, but this might finally be one she can’t escape.
Everyone wants to know what happened to Clara in America – but Clara isn’t talking. Instead she’s focusing all her energy obsessing over a hot new actor, starring in the TV adaptation of her twin Jemma's favourite book. Soon, Clara is reading every interview, trawling his social media, and following him to showbiz parties in the hopes he’ll notice she’s The One.
As the sisters fall hard for two men they’ve never met, it’s time to ask the question: Can either relationship survive the real world?
Friday, June 20, 2025
Broken by Jon Atli Jonasson
Broken by Jón Atli Jónasson.
Translated by Uentin Bates.
Published 12th June 2025 by Corylus Books.
From the cover of the book:
Two broken cops. One irretrievably damaged and the other an outcast.Dora struggles to cope with life after taking a bullet to the head. Rado is the child of refugees, his career shunted off the tracks due to his family conenctions to an organised crime gang. But they're the only ones available when a troubled teenager vanishes from a school trip, and the trail gets darker the further they pursue it.
Broken takes place in a side of Reykjavik no visitor would ever want to see, as the mismatched pair tread on all the wrong toes in the search for the missing youngster. This takes place against the backdrop of a vicious vendetta and price on Dora's head. A brutal turf war embroils Rado's family as he and Dora follow the threads of corruption higher and higher, to the top of the exclusive apartment block on the outskirts of the city.
The first novel by award-winning screenwriter Jon Atli Jonasson to appear in English, Broken is the first of a razor-edged crime trilogy shot through with black humour and characters who leap off the page.
He has also written a number of film scripts, most notably The Deep, produced by 101 Studios Iceland and based on his own play, which was shortlisted for Best Foreign Feature at the 85th Academy Awards in 2015. In addition to his theatrical and film achievements, he has been nominated for the Nordic Film Prize three times and was named the Nordic Radio Dramatist in 2011.
His literary work includes four novels, a short story compilation, and a novella. His crime novels all take place in modern-day Iceland and focus on themes such as corruption within the police force, changing dynamics in Iceland's society, the evolving underworld and shifting power structures in politics and business.