At Christmas, I persuaded my son and husband to watch the movie adaptation of John Dies at The End with me (I hadn’t seen it before), and I told them that I was reading this book series and loving it (my son was familiar with the author from his podcasts). Well, I have to sayContinue reading “What the Hell Did I Just Read: A Novel of Cosmic Horror (John Dies at the End, Book 3) – David Wong – AUDIOBOOK – Narrator – Stephen R. Thorne – 01.12.22”
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Sweet Harmony – Claire North – 23.11.22
I have such a writer crush on Claire North – (I ❤ her!) and I have yet to read anything by her that I didn’t at least like and usually love. Like all her novels, Sweet Harmony takes a ‘what if’ idea as the central concept and then builds a world around it. In thisContinue reading “Sweet Harmony – Claire North – 23.11.22”
The Ghost Woods – C.J. Cooke – 21.11.11
I quite liked this book. It is a period piece, about girls sent to a mother and baby home with some unpleasant and eerie secrets. At the beginning of the book, the main character has no memory of how she came to be pregnant and the book slowly unravels her repressed memories along with theContinue reading “The Ghost Woods – C.J. Cooke – 21.11.11”
Small Things Like These – Claire Keegan – 08.11.22
Set in Wexford in Ireland in 1985 this beautiful novella follows Bill, a loving husband and father who works hard selling coal and timber and making deliveries around the town. When he delivers coal to the Magdalen laundry (an institute run by the Catholic Church in Ireland and now famous for the horrible abuse toContinue reading “Small Things Like These – Claire Keegan – 08.11.22“
Once There Were Wolves – Charlotte McConaghy – (BOOKGROUP) – 07.11.22
This was my book group read for November, and as you will see if you look at the My Book Group Reads page of my website, the group had a great discussion based on this (in my opinion at least) fabulous book. Here’s part of what I wrote about it on my book group readsContinue reading “Once There Were Wolves – Charlotte McConaghy – (BOOKGROUP) – 07.11.22“
This Book Is Full of Spiders: Seriously, Dude, Don’t Touch It
Book 2 of 4: John Dies at the End – David Wong – 05.11.22 Book three in this series was in the audible £3 sale, and I had read and enjoyed book one, and owned book two on kindle so I bought book three and read this one to get caught up. I think DavidContinue reading “This Book Is Full of Spiders: Seriously, Dude, Don’t Touch It“
The Invisible Ones – Stef Penney – (AUDIOBOOK) – 28.10.22
I was very quickly drawn in to this story and became gripped by the missing person mystery set in the gypsy traveller community. I loved the language and character development and was having a lovely time until about half way through the book, when I suddenly worked out the mystery twist completely. I know it’sContinue reading “The Invisible Ones – Stef Penney – (AUDIOBOOK) – 28.10.22“
The Magpie Key (Crow Investigations Book 8) – Sarah Painter – 30.10.22
This latest installment in the Crow Investigations series is quite dark and scary, as Lydia has dealings with her boyfriend Fleet’s estranged dad who is a very bad being. The ending is very dramatic and interesting and of course I now can’t wait for the next book in the series!
A Marvellous Light (The Last Binding Book 1) – Freya Marske – 27.10.22
I did enjoy this book set at the turn of the twentieth century. It is both a polite comedy of manners (at least that is the phrase they use on Amazon to promote it!) and a period drama urban fantasy, in that the protagonist stumbles upon a magical underworld which most ‘normal’ people know nothingContinue reading “A Marvellous Light (The Last Binding Book 1) – Freya Marske – 27.10.22“
About Time: The Time Police, Book 4 (AUDIOBOOK) – Jodi Taylor – 26.10.22
Another fun romp with the loveable Time police (not so) rookie (anymore) team. I do get a bit confused with the chronology between this series and the St Mary’s books and because I was listening to an audiobook rather than reading a physical or kindle version I couldn’t flick to the dramatus thingammy at theContinue reading “About Time: The Time Police, Book 4 (AUDIOBOOK) – Jodi Taylor – 26.10.22“
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