Can’t Wait Wednesday : The Hungry Dark by Jen Williams
29 November 2023
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Tags: Can't Wait Wedesday, The Hungry Dark, Wishful Endings
“Waiting On Wednesday” is a weekly meme that was originally created by Breaking the Spine. Unfortunately Breaking the Spine are no longer hosting so I’m now linking my posts up to Wishful Endings Can’t Wait Wednesday. Don’t forget to stop over, link up and check out what books everyone else is waiting for. If you want to take part, basically, every Wednesday, we highlight a book that we’re really looking forward to. This week my book is : The Hungry Dark by Jen Williams. Here’s the description:
Macabre murders plague a rural town as a scam-artist psychic races to find the answers in this haunting thriller from award-winning author Jen Williams, perfect for fans of Camilla Sten and Alex North.
As a child, Ashley Whitelam could often see odd things nobody else quiet, watchful figures she called the Heedful Ones kept a strange vigil wherever she went. As an adult, she keeps these visions to herself, but she’s turned her taste of the beyond into a career as a “psychic” – parting people from their money with a combination of psychology and internet research. When the Lake District is gripped by a series of grisly child murders, Ashley offers her services to the police for the free publicity. But as Ashley leads the police on a fruitless search around the small town of Green Beck, she catches a glimpse of those old ghosts of her childhood and, following them into the woods, she finds something she never the corpse of the latest missing child.
The press fly into a frenzy and the police grow either Ashley’s psychic abilities are real, or she is guilty of murder. Hounded by interviews and interrogations, Ashley teams up with Freddie Miller, a podcaster covering the crimes. As they investigate, Ashley realises that there’s no way to distance herself from these whoever or whatever it is that’s haunting the Lakes is haunting her, too.
Master of unsettling suspense Jen Williams is back with another chilling, dark read that will draw readers into a gruesome and atmospheric nightmare.
Expected Publication : April 2024
Top Ten Tuesday : Books Set In ‘X’
28 November 2023
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Tags: Books set in the Winter, That Artsy Reader Girl, Top Ten Tuesday
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme where every Tuesday we look at a particular topic for discussion and use various (or more to the point ten) bookish examples to demonstrate that particular topic. Top Ten Tuesday (created and hosted by The Broke and Bookish) is now being hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl and future week’s topics can be found here. This week’s topic:
Books Set In ‘X’
I’ve gone for books set in winter so expect snow and freezing temperatures. These are all books that I’ve read in the last few years with links to my reviews:
The Drift by CJ Tudor
Road of Bones by Christopher Golden
Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
Shiver by Allie Reynolds
The Wolf in the Whale by Jordanna Max Brodsky
Mistletoe by Alison Littlewood
Little Eve by Catriona Ward
The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley
The Shining by Stephen King
The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
Countdown to 2024
Once again I am doing my December Countdown. This is a one per day prompt where I will literally post the prompt and the book I think fits the prompt. I’m hoping to use books read during 2023 where possible and use this as an opportunity to shine the light on some good reads. Books will be linked to reviews where possible or Goodreads. If you fancy joining me feel free to dip in and out. This is just a little fun and isn’t meant to be hard work..
Here are the prompts: 31 days of December and 31 opportunities to give a very quick shout out to a book you’ve loved or are highly anticipating.
Prompts:
- Snow – a book set in a cold or wintry climate
- Shopping – the last book added to your wishlist
- Wrapping paper – a lovely cover
- Gifts – a book you enjoyed more than you expected to
- Chocolates – a book that was simply delicious
- Christmas stocking – stocking fillers – a novella or short story
- Christmas Tree – a winter read
- Baubles – these add some colour, a very colourful and striking cover
- Fairy Lights – something magical
- Under the Tree – a book you forgot you owned
- Mistletoe – a little bit of romance
- Holly and Ivy – a book with great world building
- Feast – a book that was magnificent
- Christmas pudding – if you could squeeze in just one more book for 2020
- Mince pies – a little sweet something
- Turkey Dinner– eye’s too big for your belly? A chunkster
- Glitter – A book that you simply have to have
- Christmas Cards – a book with a message
- Christmas Carols – a book with musicians, song or instruments
- Eggnog – a book that was out of your comfort zone
- Santa’s Snack – a book that was a ‘light read’ between heavier books
- Reindeers – a book with memorable critters
- Sleigh bells – a series that you want to ring out the praise for
- Christmas Eve – One of your most anticipated books for 2021
- Christmas Day – a book you received as a gift
- Boxing Day – feeling bloated, a palate cleanser
- Christmas Crackers – Ended with a bang
- Candlelight – a book that kept you up into the early hours
- A roaring fire – a book that was heartwarming
- Family and Friends – a book with great characters
- Bottle of Bubbly – your first read for 2023
Booking Ahead/Weekly Wrap Up
26 November 2023
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Tags: Booking Ahead, Caffeinated Book Reviewer, Weekly wrap up
I’m trying to get back into the habit of doing a round-up of the week just completed and also take a look at my plans for the forthcoming week. I rather got out of the habit of doing so but I would like to reinstate this type of post as I feel it keeps me on track. So, I’m linking up to The Sunday Post over at Kimberly’s Caffeinated Reviewer. Without further ado:
Books read this week:
I’ve been enjoying my reading this week. I finished The Ghosts of Beatrice Bird by Louisa Morgan which was lovely. I’ve continued listing to Jay Kristoff’s Empire of the Vampire, I’ve still got about 17 hours left – this is a long book! I also read Good Girls Don’t Die by Christina Henry and I’m a third of the way into What the River Knows by Isabel Ibañez which, when complete, means I’m all up to date with my November review books.
Complete What the River Knows by Isabel Ibañez. I’m then going to pick up one of the SPFBO Finalists which will make a start on the second stage of the competition.
Reviews Posted:
- The Witchwood Knot by Olivia Atwater
Friday Face Off : The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden
24 November 2023
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Tags: Friday Face off, Katherine Arden, The Warm Hands of Ghosts
Today I’m returning to the Friday Face Off, originally created by Books by Proxy). I’ve missed these for the past few months and so would like to get back to comparing covers (and hopefully I will be updating this page with a new banner. This is an opportunity to look at a book of your choice and shine the spotlight on the covers. Of course this only works for those books that have alternative covers (although sometimes I use this to look at a series of books to choose a favourite). . So, if you have a book that has alternative covers, highlight them and choose your favourite. If you’re taking part it would be great if you leave a link so I can take a look at what you’ve chosen.
This week my book is a title that I am really excited about. The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden. I absolutely loved her Bear and Nightingale (Winternight) trilogy and cannot wait to see what she does next. Click on the link above to read what this book is about – it sounds amazing. Two covers for this one. Let’s take a look:
It’s difficult to choose a favourite this week. I love the first cover. It’s the cover I’m familiar with and it has a ghostly appeal – something about the way the hands are almost luminous appearing out of the darkness, plus I love the font – and the poppy. The second cover is also, well, my cup of tea. I love covers that have this classic stylised feel, the little intriguing details plus the colours work so well together. If pushed, and probably because it’s the first cover I saw and grew attached to:
Which is your favourite?
Join me next week in highlighting one of your reads with different covers.
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