Somehow this year I missed Jodi Taylors Christmas Day short story release – I did look for it and thought for some reason she didn’t do one this year! Silly me. Found it now, and after the previous book I read: the beautiful but kind of harrowing ‘The Stranding’ a bit of light silliness andContinue reading “The Toast of Time – Jodi Taylor – 17.02.22”
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The Stranding – Kate Sawyer – 15.02.22
Wow – I thought this book was just gorgeous. A young British woman finds herself on a beach in Australia on the brink of global disaster. She tries to save a beached blue whale in the pathetic but well meaning action of running back and forth from the sea scooping up small bag fulls ofContinue reading “The Stranding – Kate Sawyer – 15.02.22”
The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep (Audiobook) – H. G. Parry (Author), Calum Gittens (Narrator) – 09.02.22
I loved this book! I listened to the audiobook, and I really liked the New Zealand accent of the narrator. When I was sixteen my family had a year in California, and my best friend was the daughter of a family who moved there from New Zealand just after we arrived. I haven’t seen herContinue reading “The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep (Audiobook) – H. G. Parry (Author), Calum Gittens (Narrator) – 09.02.22”
The Language of Spells – Sarah Painter- 07.02.22 The Secrets of Ghosts – Sarah Painter – 11.02.22
I love Sarah Painter’s Crow Investigations books – an urban fantasy series up there with Ben Aaronovitch’s novels in my opinion, so I gave these earlier books by her a go. These are kind of urban fantasy, but much more cosy mystery/romance in feel. I thought the heroines were all obsessed with men and theirContinue reading “The Language of Spells – Sarah Painter- 07.02.22 The Secrets of Ghosts – Sarah Painter – 11.02.22”
The Nothing Man (Audiobook) – Catherine Ryan Howard (Author), Alana Kerr Collins (Narrator), John Keating (Narrator) – 04.02.22
Covid hit me really hard – there were three weeks when I could barely get up from the sofa and during that time I spent a lot of hours listening to audiobooks (and sewing a felt Christmas wreath for my daughter that I started over a year ago and never got around to finishing untilContinue reading “The Nothing Man (Audiobook) – Catherine Ryan Howard (Author), Alana Kerr Collins (Narrator), John Keating (Narrator) – 04.02.22”
The Fowl Twins – Eoin Colfer (AUDIOBOOK) – 01.02.22
After listening to Nomadlands I wanted something light and fun (also because I was ill with Covid at the time and not concentrating super well) and this kids book was perfect. I’m a fan of Eoin Colfer of old – my favourite of his books (and one of my favourite books ever) is the lessContinue reading “The Fowl Twins – Eoin Colfer (AUDIOBOOK) – 01.02.22”
The Fine Art of Invisible Detection – Robert Goddard – 04.02.22
From the title and the book cover design, I was expecting a sort of Urban Fantasy, Magical Realism type of book, but it really isn’t – it’s just a thriller. Saying that, I really enjoyed this book. The main character is a middle aged widowed Japanese woman who finds herself embroiled in a big criminalContinue reading “The Fine Art of Invisible Detection – Robert Goddard – 04.02.22”
A Night in the Lonesome October – Roger Zelazny (illustrator – Gahan Wilson) – 29.01.22
Wow – this book was really strange and I’m not quite sure what I made of it (and I have a high threshold for strangeness!). The story is narrated from the point of view of a dog who is the ‘familiar’ to a dark and shady character and his group of animal friends and acquaintancesContinue reading “A Night in the Lonesome October – Roger Zelazny (illustrator – Gahan Wilson) – 29.01.22”
Nomadland: Surviving America in the 21st Century (AUDIOBOOK) – Jessica Bruder, Karen White, et al. – 27.01.22
I loved the film adaptation of this book, and since the audiobook was going cheap, and usually books give more insight than movies, I gave it a go. I think what the book lacked over the film was the gorgeous cinematography – the film was just so visually stunning and showed the vast expanse ofContinue reading “Nomadland: Surviving America in the 21st Century (AUDIOBOOK) – Jessica Bruder, Karen White, et al. – 27.01.22”
My Grandmother Sends Her Regards and Apologises – Fredrik Backman – 25.01.22
This book is written by Fredrik Backman, who wrote A Man Called Ove, which I read a couple of years ago and loved. It was a news story in my Facebook feed about the American remake of the Swedish film adaptation of A Man Called Ove that led me to both watch the Swedish filmContinue reading “My Grandmother Sends Her Regards and Apologises – Fredrik Backman – 25.01.22”
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