Review: The Search Party - Hannah Richell - January 2024 As a reviewer, it's perks like this that I love so much. That I get to read books months before they are released and published, makes me feel special. I had seen recently The Search Party on another Instagrammer's page and they talked about how they loved it and it was in their top 2023 list of thrillers. I knew I had it on my Kindle, so decided to give it a read and I enjoyed it. Not on my top list but was still a good read and an enjoyable one. The only downside I felt for myself in this book was it was a bit too many characters and I spent the book each time a character was mentioned trying to connect the dots of who was connected to who and belonged to which family. In this book, Annie and Mark and their son Kip have moved to the country and Annie and Mark are opening a glamping business called Wildermost. Before the opening date, they invited their family and friends to try it out and give their advice. However, n...

Review: Five Go Glamping - Liz Tipping - August 2015 I was drawn to this book through the title "Five Go Glamping" and thought it might have been similar to Bruno Vincent's adult Enid Blyton stories. In a way, the book did pay homage to Enid Blyton with having the Four friends and their dog. We have the four friends - Fiona, Steph, Sinead and Kirk and their dog Brian Harvey. This part made me giggle as my partner's name is Bryan Harvey. So whenever I saw the dog's name mentioned, it made me connect more with the story. Fiona has found herself in a dead-end job and in a relationship that seriously isn't going anywhere with a douche named Connor. When Fiona and her friends are offered a trip to a music festival and staying in a luxury yurt, they think Why not? And head to the countryside. It is on this trip that Fiona meets Sam - the local pub owner and the pair get talking, and Fiona finds herself doing what she loves - cooking a...