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The Rook by Daniel O’Malley and the problem with ‘chunksters’ #20booksofsummer24Before I get to my review of The Rook , my third read in this year’s 20 Books of Summer challenge, let’s have a discussion about...
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Boxes by Pascal Garnier – #ReadingtheMeow2024 #20booksofsummer24Translated by Melanie Florence It’s a while since I read any Pascal Garnier novellas. Gallic Books have published translations...
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Husbands by Mo Fanning, blogtourI can’t resist a road trip novel, and one taking in Route 66 even more so. But we’re not there yet… In the prologue, a...
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It’s #20booksofsummer24 reviews 1 & 2And I’m away, with my first two books in Cathy’s #20booksofsummer24 . May into the early days of June I had so many blogtours, but...
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The Venus of Salò by Ben Pastor – blog tourAlthough The Venus of Salò is the eighth book in Ben Pastor’s Martin Bora series, due to the nature of Wehrmakt officer Colonel Martin von...
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Piece of My Heart by Penelope TreeIn the 1960s, Penelope Tree was one of the supermodels of the day. Born in 1949, she was first photographed aged 13 by Diane Arbus, she...
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Toxic by Helga Flatland – #blogtourTranslated by from the Norwegian by Matt Bagguley Helga Flatland does complicated relationships as I discovered when I read her novel One...
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Review catch-up – novels by Marian Engel & Alicia DrakeI managed to sign up for rather a lot of blog tours – but for some fab books – in May, which has meant the other books I’ve read...
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Hera by Jennifer SaintI am delighted to be one of those leading off the blogtour for Jennifer Saint’s fourth novel, another feminist retelling of the stories of...
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The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers by Samuel Burr – BlogtourWhat a delight this novel was to read: a feelgood quest to find himself for young fogey Clayton Stumper, who was left in a hatbox on the doorstep...
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20 Books of Summer – My books… !!!A very quick post to say, yes, of course I shall participate in the 20 Books of Summer challenge hosted each year by Cathy of...
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Hattie Brings the House Down by Patrick GleesonIt was a true delight to read this debut novel for the blogtour. A cosy crime mystery set in the world of the theatre, the story is led by Hattie...
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The Coming Storm by Greg Mosse – blogtourLast year I read Mosse’s first novel, The Coming Darkness (reviewed for Shiny here ). A labyrinthine thriller set in the near future in...
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Watchlist: AprilSeries watch: Telly suddenly got good again – I’ve had a splendid April’s viewing – largely thanks to Prime offering...
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Murder Under the Midnight Sun by Stella BlómkvistTranslated by Quentin Bates It’s my turn on the blogtour for the second Blómkvist novel to be translated by Quentin Bates for Corylus...
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The Book of Witty Women – introduced by Helen Lederer – #blogtourI don’t read that many short stories, but those I do read tend to fall into horror and weird genres, sometimes or...
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Profile K by Helen FieldsI love thrillers that will standalone, and Helen Fields’ latest took me by surprise slightly. I was expecting a sequel to The Institution...
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Weekend Miscellany – the skip, the novels and the poems.It’s been a busy week, mentally and physically. I picked up several extra playground duties due to staff absence on trips etc, I’ve...
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The 1937 Club – Ali & Nino by Kurban SaidI did intend to read Eric Ambler’s Uncommon Danger for the 1937 Club, but it’s been so busy I’ve not managed to get started...
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All You Need is Love: The End of the Beatles by Peter Brown and Steven GainesI am delighted to have been able to read this amazing book and review it for the blogtour. Whereas I’m by no means a Beatles completist, I...
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Honour Among Spies by Merle Nygate, #NoExitPress blogtourYou know me, I never say no to a spy novel, and this one, the second to feature spyrunner Eli Amiram. I’ve not read the first, but...
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Review catch-up – Erdrich & McDanielThe Antelope Wife by Louise Erdrich – book group report. Our ‘A is for… flora/fauna’ book via our new book...
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The List of Suspicious Things by Jennie GodfreyI’d started seeing a lot of love for this novel on X. It looked a little cosy with the crow picking at the milk-bottle tops on the cover....
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Six Degrees of Separation: Travel BooksFirst Saturday of the month and new year too, time for the super monthly tag Six Degrees of Separation, which is hosted by Kate at ...
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Lost & Found by Helen Chandler-Wilde – blogtourI’m delighted to be one of those leading off this blogtour for such an fascinating book. Subtitled “…from someone who lost...
