Friday Face Off: Sour Cherry by Natalia Theodoridou
6 December 2024
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Tags: Book Reviews, book-blog, Books, Friday Face off, Natalia Theodoridou, reading, Sour Cherry
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 I’ve chosen a book that is on my shelf waiting to be read. I love the sound of this one – it gives me Bluebeard vibes reading the description but I have no idea if that’s the case. Sour Cherry by Natalia Theodoridou. This is a debut novel but there are two very different covers. Check them out:
I’m guessing the first is going for a fairytale look with that shiny cherry – but, ahem, dripping with blood! The second is very sinister isn’t it! I really don’t know how to choose between the two. I think simply because it’s so unusual my favourite this week:
Have you read this book already? What did you think and which is your favourite?
Join me next week in highlighting one of your reads with different covers.
Countdown to 2025: Day 6: Christmas stocking – stocking fillers, a novella or short story
6 December 2024
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Tags: A Novella or short story, Cherie Priest, Christmas Stocking, Cinderwich, Countdown to 2025, Day 6, Stocking Fillers
Once again I am counting down to the New Year, as with the previous two years I shall be highlighting at least one book per day to fit the prompt on that given day. The main aim for this countdown is to highlight some of my reads during the past year and to shine the spotlight on them once again (although some of the prompts relate to forthcoming reads). Today is day 6 of the countdown to 2025 and a list of prompts can be found here if you wish to join me in counting down to 2025 and casting a spotlight on some of your favourite books (if you join in please leave me a link so I can check out your book choices).
Today’s Prompt : Christmas stocking – stocking fillers, a novella or short story :
25 Days Remaining
I don’t read a lot of short stories or novellas but Cinderwich was a compelling story.
Tomorrow’s prompt: Christmas Tree – a winter read
Countdown to 2025: Day 5: Chocolates – a book that was simply delicious
5 December 2024
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Tags: A Book That Was Simply Delicious, Chocolates, Countdown to 2025, Day 5, Sarah Beth Durst, The Spellshop
Once again I am counting down to the New Year, as with the previous two years I shall be highlighting at least one book per day to fit the prompt on that given day. The main aim for this countdown is to highlight some of my reads during the past year and to shine the spotlight on them once again (although some of the prompts relate to forthcoming reads). Today is day 5 of the countdown to 2025 and a list of prompts can be found here if you wish to join me in counting down to 2025 and casting a spotlight on some of your favourite books (if you join in please leave me a link so I can check out your book choices).
Today’s Prompt : Chocolates – a book that was simply delicious:
26 Days Remaining
The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst was absolutely a delight – it fits this prompt perfectly.
Tomorrow’s prompt: Christmas stocking – stocking fillers, a novella or short story
Can’t Wait Wednesday: The Impossible Thing by Belinda Bauer
4 December 2024
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Tags: Book Reviews, Books, Can't Wait Wedesday, fiction, 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 Impossible Thing by Belinda Bauer. Here’s the description and cover:
From the exceptionally original mind of CWA Gold Dagger Award winner and Booker longlisted author Belinda Bauer, a sweeping tale of obsession, greed, ambition, and a crime that has remained unsolved for a hundred years
How do you find something that doesn’t exist?
1926. On the cliffs of Yorkshire, men are lowered on ropes to steal the eggs of the sea birds who nest there. The most beautiful are sold for large sums. A small girl—penniless and neglected by her family—retrieves one such treasure. Its discovery will forever alter the course of her life.
A century later. In a remote cottage in Wales, Patrick Fort finds his friend, Nick, and his mother tied up and robbed. The only thing missing: a carved case containing an incredible scarlet egg. Doggedly attempting to retrieve it, Patrick and Nick discover the cruel world of egg trafficking, and soon find themselves on the trail of a priceless collection of eggs lost to history. Until now.
A taut, wonderfully imagined novel brimming with skullduggery at every turn, The Impossible Thing is a blazing testament to Belinda Bauer’s status as one of our greatest living crime writers.
Expected publication: February 2025
Countdown to 2025: Day 4: Gifts – a book you enjoyed more than you expected to
4 December 2024
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Tags: A Book You Enjoyed More Than You Expected To, A Little Trickerie, Blake Crouch, Countdown to 2025, Day 4, Gifts, Murder Road, Rosanna Pike, Run, Simone St James
Once again I am counting down to the New Year, as with the previous two years I shall be highlighting at least one book per day to fit the prompt on that given day. The main aim for this countdown is to highlight some of my reads during the past year and to shine the spotlight on them once again (although some of the prompts relate to forthcoming reads). Today is day 4 of the countdown to 2025 and a list of prompts can be found here if you wish to join me in counting down to 2025 and casting a spotlight on some of your favourite books (if you join in please leave me a link so I can check out your book choices).
Today’s Prompt : Gifts – a book you enjoyed more than you expected to:
27 Days Remaining
I’ve highlighted three books for this – these were all authors that I read for the first time and I loved all three so thought they well deserved a spot in the light. Run, A Little Trickerie and Murder Road.
Tomorrow’s prompt: Chocolates – a book that was simply delicious
Books and travelling with Lynn 