BLOG TOUR: Sleepless by Romy Hausmann

“It’s over, my angel. Today I’m going to die. Just like her. He’s won.”

Sleepless by Romy Hausmann follows Nadja who, after her release from prison, wants nothing more than to live a normal life. It’s been years since she was convicted of a cruel crime. But when a murder occurs at a remote house in the woods, Nadja’s past makes her the perfect victim. And the perfect murderer…

My 2020 Reading Wrap-Up

Over the past couple of years, I have documented every film that I have watched and reviewed them all using Letterboxd. As a way to motivate myself to read more, I thought I would do the same for what books I have been reading, using Goodreads as a way to set myself a reading challenge every year.

I initially set my target as 25 books this year, but a few things happened that meant I reached this goal quite early on. Firstly, I had a baby, so this meant that I was awake at silly hours with plenty of time to read. Then, there was lockdown. Because of lockdown, I decided to join Bookstagram and NetGalley and get more serious about reviewing books. So now, instead of reading two books at most a month, I’ve been reading up to ten.

I upped my goal to 60 around halfway through the year, and still managed to pass that by reaching 74 books. This year has really rekindled my love of books, and I can’t wait to start 2021 with this new passion.

Here’s how my 2020 challenge went:

Book Review: Sleepless by Louise Mumford

“Don’t close your eyes. Don’t fall asleep. Don’t let them in.”

Set to be released on 10th December, Sleepless by Louise Mumford follows insomniac Thea. She hasn’t slept more than three hours a night for years, so when an ad for a sleep trial that promises to change her life pops up on her phone, Thea knows this is her last chance at finding any kind of normal life. Soon, Thea’s sleeping for longer than she has in a decade, so much so that she’s willing to overlook the oddities of the trial – the lack of any phone signal; the way she can’t leave her bedroom without permission; the fact that all her personal possessions are locked away, even her shoes. But it soon becomes clear that the trial doesn’t just want to help Thea sleep. It wants to control her sleep.