Cath 'n' Kindle Book Reviews

  I love a book you can't wait to pick up at any free moment but is also one you don't want to finish because you enjoy it so much. ...

  Rob Rinder is one of those TV celebs I never hesitate to watch. He has a wry and intelligent sense of humour and a dry wit. This qualifi...

  I thoroughly enjoyed Miller's debut novel, The Antique Hunter's Guide to Murder , so of course I was really keen to read novel num...

  This * is the third of Kaufman's books I've read. After the first, I knew I had to read more (if not all) of his books, and now,...

  I'm afraid I found this * rather tedious and stodgy. It was less about the 'boy from the sea' (baby abandoned on a beach, th...

  This* is a little word-dense, but as I progressed, I realised how important all the words are. Every character has a history and baggage (...

  Ahern's In a Thousand Different Ways  was the first book I read by her, and I enjoyed it enough to want to read another of her books. ...

  You realise how good an author is when, despite not really liking any one of the four main characters (four women, friends since universit...

  I have mixed feelings about this. Banville isn't an author I've read before…I therefore haven't read any of the preceding boo...

  This had the potential to be the perfect beach/fireside read. (Despite the loathsome present-tense narrative.)  But it failed miserably.  ...

The author teaches English, apparently. God help her pupils. Not once did she give a human being in the story the correct subjective prono...

  Reading this novel is like buying a house: you know the minute you step through the front door when a house is the one you have to buy. ...

If you love GBBO, you'll love the story of Mrs Quinn, who, unbeknownst to her husband, enters a television cooking contest and does real...

  You know within the first few pages of a book whether or not you are going to like a new-to-you author. Despite the present-tense narrati...

  The Chamber was my first introduction to this author, which has a good but slightly 'stodgy' plot, and I found the characters dif...

  What a ride! I thoroughly enjoyed this. It focuses on the ridiculous, draconian American anti-abortion laws and how the legislators' ...

  I couldn't help thinking, three quarters of the way into my reading year, that something was missing. Then I realised, it must be Lein...

  This is certainly a gripping psychological thriller as the blurb promises, and yes, a page turner, told in alternate POVs (the two main pr...

  I've eaten breakfast for many years watching Louise on the BBC Breakfast sofa, and she was always one of my favourite presenters: gen...

  Susie Dent is a logophile, so it was no surprise to come across a treasure trove of unusual words, along with a cracking plot: an excellen...

  Oh my giddy aunt. My first introduction to this author was A Broken Reality , and what stood out for me was the way he could turn a book ...

  This is quite a pacy thriller. Two murders, and trying to solve them are two parties: one, a pair of detectives, the other, a fledgling re...

  I discovered when I started to read this that it's a relatively short book…about two thirds the length of your average thriller. By t...

  I'm six books into Marsh's masterpieces, and this is the third in the Princess Island series. It's always an immense pleasure ...

  Up until the last few pages, I'd made up my mind that I was quite enjoying this: it's a little bit chokka with explanations about...