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Christmas Books

December 7, 2022 by Helena Halme

If you love Christmas books, you'll love this post!  I read a lot of Christmas-themed stories, so I thought I'd give you a few recommendations. My selection of Christmas books includes Nordic Noir, Cozy Mysteries, as well as Romances. If you've never read a seasonal novel, I hope I will … [Read more...]

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Five Best Beach Reads 2020

July 31, 2020 by Helena Halme

Whether or not you are able to head for the beach this year, summer is the time for so-called beach reads, isn't it? I have selected a few of my favorites for you to devour on holiday or at home dreaming of sunnier climes. Here are my five best beach reads for 2020. The Weekend by Charlotte … [Read more...]

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Modern Lovers by Emma Straub – Book Review

November 9, 2016 by Helena Halme Leave a Comment

I bought Modern Lovers by Emma Straub because I'd read and thoroughly enjoyed The Vacationers by the same author. Moden Lovers is set in Brooklyn, NY and tells the story of two families. Elizabeth is a local realtor, married to a boy she met at college, Andrew. They now have a 17-year-old son, kind … [Read more...]

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Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty

September 22, 2016 by Helena Halme Leave a Comment

Australian author Liane Moriarty’s seventh novel, Truly Madly Guilty, follows a set of friends in Sydney’s quiet and wholesome suburbia, in very much the same vein as her previous books. Her characters are, however, anything but innocent or sedentary. They are all deliciously flawed, selfish but … [Read more...]

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Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith – Book Review

January 22, 2016 by Helena Halme Leave a Comment

I've read and liked all three Robert Galbraith (aka J K Rowling) novels featuring the ex-army private detective, Cormoran Strike, and his aptly named side-kick, the young and beautiful Robin. In Career of Evil, Robin's role as Cormoran's assistant is in jeopardy, when she receives a gruesome … [Read more...]

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5 Books for the New Year

January 15, 2016 by Helena Halme Leave a Comment

I love January and the new year, because I get more time to read than in the busy time leading up to Christmas. This year, because I am a fully-fledged Driven Woman, included in my reading list for the first time is a self-help book (for lack of any other description), which was recommended to me by … [Read more...]

Tagged With: Book reviews, Books, ebook, Finland, Kindle, Nordic Noir, romance

Want to receive free Awesome Indies e-books?

October 15, 2015 by Helena Halme 1 Comment

Awesome Indies Books invites you to join our Read to Review program. If you sign up, once a month we will email you details of the Awesome Indies approved books that are up for review. You then have two weeks to let us know if you’d like to read any of them. The author will then send you the book in … [Read more...]

A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler – 2015 Booker shortlisted novel

September 16, 2015 by Helena Halme Leave a Comment

My rating: 3 of 5 stars Anne Tyler’s books are never predictable – she creates characters that you love to love, but also those that you love to hate and those you cannot get any grip on at all. In A Spool of Blue Thread, among the Whitshanks, there are very few characters that you could even … [Read more...]

German Literary Critic Reviews IKEA Catalogue

September 13, 2015 by Helena Halme 2 Comments

I just had to share this with you. The new IKEA catalogue is out and is reviewed by a German literary critic. This shows what brilliant PR people those cunning Swedes are. I'm almost jealous. (Very, actually). … [Read more...]

My new life starts here…

August 22, 2015 by Helena Halme 2 Comments

The lovely flowers and card with beautiful messages, which I was given by my colleagues yesterday. Today is the first day of the rest of my life. That's such a cliche, I know, but this expression describes so accurately how I'm feeling today. After a night out with my (now former!) colleagues … [Read more...]

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