After dipping my toes in the icy waters of the first book in Andrew Cartmel’s Paperback Sleuth series, reading this was like sinking into a comforting warm bath. Back to the lovely mix of characters that are the unnamed Vinyl detective, his girlfriend, Nevada and their friends Tinkler and Clean Head. Once again they areContinue reading “Noise Floor: The Vinyl Detective Mysteries, Book 7 (Audiobook) – Andrew Cartmel – 20.04024”
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Death in Fine Condition (Audiobook) – Andrew Cartmel – 15.04.24
I really love Andrew Cartmel’s Vinyl Detective series, and when looking at reviews of his latest (Noise Floor) I saw people mentioning this new spin off series about the Paperback Sleuth. Like many of the reviewers, I really didn’t know what to make of this new series. There is a character in the Vinyl DetectiveContinue reading “Death in Fine Condition (Audiobook) – Andrew Cartmel – 15.04.24”
All the Murmuring Bones (Audiobook) – A.G. Slatter – 12.04.24
I enjoyed this book – a gothic, spooky, Irish folklore fairy tale with a strong and powerful heroine who has to fight controlling men (and women) family curses and angry creatures to save herself and right her family’s wrongs from the past. I think I’ll look out for more novels from this author now. (IContinue reading “All the Murmuring Bones (Audiobook) – A.G. Slatter – 12.04.24”
Quantum Radio – A.G. Riddle – 11.04.24
I bought this because I loved A.G. Riddle’s Lost in Time, and because I am fascinated by the world of quantum mechanics (at least, what little I can understand of it) which always seems very sci-fi even in the real world. I didn’t love this one as much. I liked how is started out, andContinue reading “Quantum Radio – A.G. Riddle – 11.04.24”
Making Money (Audiobook) – Terry Pratchett – 09.04.24
This is my latest in the buy any Terry Pratchett book that comes up cheaply on kindle or audible scheme. In Making Money, Sir Terry gives his wry and wise and witty commentary on the world of economics while telling a rollicking good tale. What can I say – it’s Terry Pratchett – if youContinue reading “Making Money (Audiobook) – Terry Pratchett – 09.04.24”
Fourteen Days: A Collaborative Novel (Audiobook) – Margaret Atwood – 02.04.24
This book was written and set during the covid lockdown period and is a collaborative novel, which means it was written by lots of different people. A lot of big names in the world of literature, in fact, contributed, and the proceeds were to support writers losing money due to lockdown. The premise is thatContinue reading “Fourteen Days: A Collaborative Novel (Audiobook) – Margaret Atwood – 02.04.24”
Death and the Penguin – Andrey Kurkov – 01.04.24
What a strange and beautiful book this was. Set in Ukraine in the immediate post Soviet era the book follows Viktor, a wannabe writer who takes a job for a newspaper writing obituaries for (not yet dead) important people. Viktor lives in a small flat with his penguin (the local zoo was so short ofContinue reading “Death and the Penguin – Andrey Kurkov – 01.04.24”
The Book Keeper (Unholy Island 2) – Sarah Painter – 27.03.24
I love Sarah Painter’s Crow Investigations books, so I was excited by this new series set on a remote island off the North East coast of England. While Crow Investigations in in the Urban Fantasy genre, this series is (I guess..) rural fantasy, in that it has magical realism/supernatural elements, set in a small townContinue reading “The Book Keeper (Unholy Island 2) – Sarah Painter – 27.03.24”
The Heart Goes Last (Audiobook) – Margaret Atwood – 27.03.24
Margaret Atwood once again shows her storytelling genius in this darkly comic dystopian romp. Stan and Charmaine are the ‘everyman’ couple who are forced to live in their car when the American economy takes a nose dive. They are tempted by a new scheme offering them a home and jobs in a enclosed society inContinue reading “The Heart Goes Last (Audiobook) – Margaret Atwood – 27.03.24”
Impossible Creatures – Katherine Rundell – 22.03.24
This young adult fantasy adventure feels like a classic, and I did enjoy reading it. A young boy discovers he is the heir to a family responsibility to protect a portal to a magical world. He gets drawn in to an adventure with a girl from that world and they discover that they must faceContinue reading “Impossible Creatures – Katherine Rundell – 22.03.24”
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