I think this book must have been on sale at Audible, and when I saw it I bought it thinking of Susan Hill’s spooky ghost stories and not realising that this is actually the first in a series of police detective murder mystery books. Well, just as well I didn’t realise this, as it mightContinue reading “The Various Haunts of Men: Simon Serrailler 1 (AUDIOBOOK) – Susan Hill – 18.07.22“
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84K – Claire North – 16.07.22
This is my third Claire North book, and one thing that I liked about it is how different it is from each of the other Claire Norths I’ve read. It’s a dystopian novel set in a not too distant future where capitalism has gone crazy and monetary value is given way more weight than humanContinue reading “84K – Claire North – 16.07.22“
The First 15 Lives of Harry August – Claire North – 05.07.22
This is the second in my Claire North binge, and another great book. Similar in plot in many ways to Life after Life by Kate Atkinson, which I enjoyed reading, and I loved the TV adaptation of. In both novels, the main character is reborn every time they die to re-live the same life overContinue reading “The First 15 Lives of Harry August – Claire North – 05.07.22“
Honeycomb – Joanne Harris (AUDIOBOOK) – 03.07.22
I enjoyed listening to these beautiful and lyrical, if dark and cautionary adult fairy tales read perfectly by the author, Joanne Harris. The stories stood alone but also interweaved into one narrative whole and were full of the fey folk mythology that I love, with some twists by Joanne Harris incorporating the insect world intoContinue reading “Honeycomb – Joanne Harris (AUDIOBOOK) – 03.07.22“
The Sudden Appearance of Hope – Claire North – 26.06.22
When I finished reading this book, I rattled off a string of superlatives in my head of how wonderful it was (since as always I’m super late in writing this up, I can’t remember the half of them) something like: beautiful, poetic, gripping, relatable, intelligent, thoughtful, devastating, fun, amazing… (and so on – you getContinue reading “The Sudden Appearance of Hope – Claire North – 26.06.22“
Yestertime: A Novel of Time Travel (Yestertime Series Book 1)
– Andrew Cunningham – 20.06.22 This book has thousands of great reviews and Amazon, which confounds me because I thought it was one of the worst written books I’ve ever read (or almost read – I gave up at 80% – you’d think having got that far I’d see it through, but no, it wasContinue reading “Yestertime: A Novel of Time Travel (Yestertime Series Book 1)“
The Shining Girls – Lauren Beukes – 14.06.22
I watched TV adaptation of this novel first, with Elizabeth Moss and loved it. In the TV series, Elizabeth Moss’s character survives a vicious attack and is convinced that she was the victim of a serial killer, a conviction which the police initially at least don’t take seriously. In the TV series, since the attack,Continue reading “The Shining Girls – Lauren Beukes – 14.06.22“
This One Sky Day – Leone Ross – 08.06.22
This is a beautiful, magical, surreal, though provoking, funny, lovely book. Set in an imaginary part of the Caribbean, whose inhabitants have individual special skills, often magical it follows a chef’s quest to create a perfect wedding feast, although that is incidental really to all the other things that are going on. In this gloriouslyContinue reading “This One Sky Day – Leone Ross – 08.06.22“
The Vinyl Detective – Attack and Decay – Andrew Cartmel (AUDIOBOOK) – 04.06.22
In this latest installment of The Vinyl Detective, the gang go to Sweden in search of a rare Death Metal album, and murder and mayhem ensues. The series still makes me laugh and there are lots of wee things I like about the characters – how they love cats and are foody and so nerdyContinue reading “The Vinyl Detective – Attack and Decay – Andrew Cartmel (AUDIOBOOK) – 04.06.22“
A Woman Made of Snow – Elizabeth Gifford – 29.05.22
I found this to be an intriguing and enjoyable historical fiction novel. The story takes place in two time streams – the more modern being in 1949 and the earlier in the 18 hundreds. A woman who wants to be taken seriously as a modern intelligent person finds herself as a stay at home motherContinue reading “A Woman Made of Snow – Elizabeth Gifford – 29.05.22“
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