Book Review | One Beats The Bush by Riall Nolan - The First in the Max Donovan Adventure Series

One Beats The Bush is a well-paced action thriller that ticks multiple boxes; page-turning twists, fight scenes, a lot of crime and, more importantly, a main character you cannot help but love. Vietnam veteran Max Donovan is in Bangkok, and very hungover, when his friend “Fat” Freddie Fields is arrested in San Francisco for the murder of an Australian diplomat. He knows his old buddy would never hurt a fly, so he rushes back to the Bay Area to help. Suspecting Freddie is being framed, Donovan tries to rustle up some cash to bail him out, but only succeeds in getting into trouble with the local mob.  He’ll have to solve the case on his own. Unfortunately, the only clue he has suggest the answer lies in the jungle-covered mountains of Papua New Guinea. As he comes face-to-face with smugglers, hostile tribesmen, insurgents, and a web of corruption and deception, can Donovan achieve what is seemingly impossible? Nolan has managed to achieve a page-turning action thriller that doesn’t feel

Monthly Wrap Up | April 2022


April has been a great reading month for me. Not only did I manage to read six books, but four of them were four/five star reads!! It’s always a great feeling when you read great book after great book, makes me remember why I fell in love with reading. 

What I Read

The Birdcage by Eve Chase

Lessons In Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

Loch Down Abbey by Beth Cowan-Erskine

Journal of a Husband by Marc Francis

The Burning Girls by C.J.Tudor*

This is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay

*I will update with a link to the blog post once published

My Favourite Book of the Month

I want to give so much love to a lot of the books this month, however Lessons In Chemistry ever so slightly creeps ahead. After seeing so many great reviews on Twitter, I was both excited and apprehensive to get stuck in. But thankfully this book did not disappoint. Unputdownable!! You will fall in love with Elizabeth Zott and Six-Thirty.

Next Months Plan

I have 30 books on my current tbr pile, all which I am dying to read (maybe a good time to ask for the super-power of being able to read multiple books at the same time, with super speed!) So hopefully my plan for May will be to get through as many books on my tbr pile as possible, trying my best not to buy any new books and push them straight to the top.

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