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Three Little Birds – Sam Blake (AUDIOBOOK), Narrated by: Jessica Regan – 10.02.26

This is an Irish police procedural murder mystery with the main character being an expert in facial reconstruction and looking at cold cases. I liked it alright, but often found my attention drifting when listening to it, and ended up being a bit confused about who was who and what was going on. Couldn’t beContinue reading “Three Little Birds – Sam Blake (AUDIOBOOK), Narrated by: Jessica Regan – 10.02.26”

The Complete Tawny Man Trilogy: Fool’s Errand, The Golden Fool, Fool’s Fate – Robin Hobb – 10.02.26

This third trilogy returns to Fitz’s life after some time has passed and he is a settled older man trying to raise his adopted son and live a peaceful life in a remote woodland location with his wolf, Nighteyes. All kinds of things prevent this quiet existence from continuing and Fitz is drawn back intoContinue reading “The Complete Tawny Man Trilogy: Fool’s Errand, The Golden Fool, Fool’s Fate – Robin Hobb – 10.02.26”

The Society of Unknowable Objects – Gareth Brown (AUDIOBOOK) Narrated by: Olivia Vinall – 20.01.26

I loved The Book of Doors, by Gareth Brown, so I was very excited to read this (although disappointed that it wasn’t a hoped for sequel to the book of doors). The genre and style is this book is similar to the first – ordinary people finding themselves as guardians to magical artifacts that couldContinue reading “The Society of Unknowable Objects – Gareth Brown (AUDIOBOOK) Narrated by: Olivia Vinall – 20.01.26”

The Complete Liveship Traders Trilogy: Ship of Magic, The Mad Ship, Ship of Destiny – Robin Hobb – 19.01.26

I was so in love with Fitz’s story in the Farseer trilogy by Robin Hobb that this second trilogy in her world took me a while to get into since it is set in a different country with a whole new set of characters with different cultures and mythologies. The Liveship traders own ships madeContinue reading “The Complete Liveship Traders Trilogy: Ship of Magic, The Mad Ship, Ship of Destiny – Robin Hobb – 19.01.26”

The Complete Farseer Trilogy: Assassin’s Apprentice, Royal Assassin, Assassin’s Quest – Robin Hobb – 08.01.26

Apart from the Game of Thrones (song of ice and fire) books, I haven’t really read much world building type fantasy since I was a young adult (so a LONG time ago, ha ha!) but my son, Christy asked me if I had read anything by this author, because he thought I would like it,Continue reading “The Complete Farseer Trilogy: Assassin’s Apprentice, Royal Assassin, Assassin’s Quest – Robin Hobb – 08.01.26”

Rebecca – Daphne Du Maurier (BOOKGROUP)– 13.01.26

This was my book group read for January and we decided to do a classic once again and as is often the case realised why this book is a classic as we all agreed that the writing is sublime. Rebecca, though daring for its time is quite dated to our modern eyes in attitudes towardsContinue reading “Rebecca – Daphne Du Maurier (BOOKGROUP)– 13.01.26”

The Everlasting – Alix E. Harrow (AUDIOBOOK) Narrated by: Moira Quirk, Sid Sagar – 06.01.26

This is a clever and beautiful book which, I think transcends genre. It is set in a world similar but not the same as our world around the time of the second world war. The main character is a historian who seems to have an affinity for an ancient language he never learned and aContinue reading “The Everlasting – Alix E. Harrow (AUDIOBOOK) Narrated by: Moira Quirk, Sid Sagar – 06.01.26”

A Single Thread – Tracy Chevalier (Audiobook) Narrated by: Fenella Woolgar – 15.12.25

This is a gentle and evocative novel set in the 1930s. A coming of age of sorts, although the protagonist is 39 at the beginning of the book – it is more a birthing and childhood of an era – post war, with so many young men killed, that women have had to take upContinue reading “A Single Thread – Tracy Chevalier (Audiobook) Narrated by: Fenella Woolgar – 15.12.25”

The Stuff of Thought – Steven Pinker (Audiobook) Narrated by: John Chancer – 05.12.25

Continuing with my new found appreciation of non-fiction books (more so with audiobooks I think – I still find reading non-fiction on kindle to be quite boring) I listened to this book about language and how the evolution of language across different language groups and cultures can tell us about the evolution of human thoughtContinue reading “The Stuff of Thought – Steven Pinker (Audiobook) Narrated by: John Chancer – 05.12.25”

The Long Shoe – Bob Mortimer (Audiobook) Narrated by: Bob Mortimer, Diane Morgan, Arabella Weir – 17.11.25

I continue to very much enjoy listening to Bob Mortimer’s audiobooks – his stories are funny while also poignant and edge of your seat thrilling, with twists and turns enough to keep you guessing. I would encourage people to read the books in order (starting with The Satsuma Complex) as the characters are going onContinue reading “The Long Shoe – Bob Mortimer (Audiobook) Narrated by: Bob Mortimer, Diane Morgan, Arabella Weir – 17.11.25”