Booking Ahead/Weekly Wrap Up
31 May 2026
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Tags: Book Review, book-blog, Booking Ahead, Books, Caffeinated Book Reviewer, fiction, reading, Sunday Post, Weekly wrap up
Today I’m posting my Weekly Wrap Up and I’m linking up to The Sunday Post over at Kimberly’s Caffeinated Reviewer. Without further ado:
Weekly Update
Hey everyone, hope you’ve all been having a good week. The weather has been absolutely lovely and I’ve been making the most of it doing some gardening. We went on a short city break last weekend, returning half way through the week. I’ve been doing some good catching up both with blog hopping, reviewing and reading – but, it’s still early days, but you know, slowly but surely wins the race (apparently!) Since my last update I’ve managed to catch up with three of my outstanding reviews, I’ve only read one book but it was so good (I’ve already reviewed it – The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett). I’ve made a start on The Unicorn Hunters by Katherine Arden which has started very smoothly.
Next Week’s reads
I’m aiming to complete The Unicorn Hunters and then I shall be picking up The Children by Melissa Albert which I’m really looking forward to.
Reviews Posted:
- The Caretaker by Marcus Kliewer
- We Burned So Bright by TJ Klune
- Death’s Daughter by S.A. Barnes
- The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett
Outstanding Reviews
- This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me by Ilona Andrews
- All Hail Chaos by Sarah Rees Brennan
- The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson
Hoping to see you round the blogosphere this forthcoming week.
Booking Ahead/Weekly update – what’s been going on
17 May 2026
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Tags: Book Review, book-blog, Booking Ahead, Books, Caffeinated Book Reviewer, Fantasy, reading, Sunday Post, Weekly Update
Today I’m posting my Weekly Wrap Up and I’m linking up to The Sunday Post over at Kimberly’s Caffeinated Reviewer. Without further ado:
Weekly Update
You may or may not have noticed that I’ve taken a break recently. This wasn’t planned but happened as a result of travelling, seeing family and having visitors, in total, for almost a month, which meant in simple terms that I had very little free time. Over the next week I shall be travelling a little more but, I’m also hoping to ease myself back into blogging again and catching up with everything I’ve missed out on. I have been reading, although not as much as I’d like as I’ve been far too sociable. I have outstanding reviews to post for This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me by Ilona Andrews, The Caretaker by Marcus Kliewer, We Burned So Bright by TJ Klune, Death’s Daugher by S.A. Barnes, All Hail Chaos by Sarah Rees Brennan and The Raven Scholan by Antonia Hodgson.
Next Week’s reads
I have three books that I’ve already lined up for next week – I don’t expect to read three books but I think I’ll see where the mood takes me. This is what I’m thinking. The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett, The Tapestry of Fate by Shannon Chakraborty or The Killer in Room 5 by Sam Holland.
Reviews Posted:
- The Geomagician by Jennifer Mandula
Outstanding Reviews
- This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me by Ilona Andrews
- The Caretaker by Marcus Kliewer
- We Burned So Bright by TJ Klune
- Death’s Daugher by S.A. Barnes
- All Hail Chaos by Sarah Rees Brennan
- The Raven Scholan by Antonia Hodgson
Hoping to see you round the blogosphere this forthcoming week.
Booking Ahead/Weekly Wrap Up
29 March 2026
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Tags: Book Review, book-blog, Booking Ahead, Books, Caffeinated Book Reviewer, Fantasy, reading, Sunday Post, Weekly wrap up
Today I’m posting my Weekly Wrap Up and I’m linking up to The Sunday Post over at Kimberly’s Caffeinated Reviewer. Without further ado:
Weekly Update
Well, what can I say, my reading week has literally been atrocious and I don’t know why. To be fair, I’ve been busy and hardly posting, reading or blog hopping. I have been reading and enjoying Steel Gods by Richard Swan, it’s not a quick read but i do love it. I’m still listening to The Raven Scholan by Antonia Hodgson and I’m so close to finishing and I’m about a hair’s breadth away from completing The Geomagician by Jennifer Mandula. which I’m really enjoying And yet, I have not completed any – so, next week, given how close I am to finishing all of these -well, it’s probably going to look like I’ve read four or five books!
Next Week’s reads
Complete all the above and also think about my first April book which is This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me by Ilona Andrews.
Reviews Posted:
- None
Outstanding Reviews
None outstanding
Top Ten Tuesday: A Few Classic Quotes
24 February 2026
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Tags: book-blog, Books, Classic Books, Quotes, reading, That Artsy Reader Girl, The Broke and the Bookish, 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 prompt is:
Quotes from Books you Love
I decided to use classic books – some of the ones I really have loved over the years and the quotes are well known, so see how many of these you can guess.
‘Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again. It seemed to me I stood by the iron gate leading to the drive, and for a while I could not enter, for the way was barred to me.’
‘You may be an undigested bit of beef, a blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese, a fragment of underdone potato. There’s more of gravy than of grave about you, whatever you are!’
‘May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out’
‘Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.’
‘It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.’
‘Tomorrow I’ll think of some way to get him back. After all, tomorrow is another day.‘
‘Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.‘
‘My father’s family name being Pirrip, and my Christian name Philip, my infant tongue could make of both names nothing longer or more explicit than Pip. So, I called myself Pip, and came to be called Pip‘
‘Curiouser and curiouser’
‘The most wonderful thing about Tiggers is, I’m the only one.’
And the answers are:
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Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Winnie the Pooh by AA Milne
Booking Ahead/Weekly Wrap Up
22 February 2026
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Tags: Book Reviews, book-blog, Booking Ahead, Books, Caffeinated Book Reviewer, reading, Sunday Post, Weekly wrap up
Today I’m posting my Weekly Wrap Up and I’m linking up to The Sunday Post over at Kimberly’s Caffeinated Reviewer. Without further ado:
Weekly Update
This week the weather has been pretty awesome which has led me to go on a washing spree- well, things might change soon enough so I have to make hay while the sun shines or something like that. If it wasn’t nailed down it was getting washed. Everything has been washed. Also gardening, because, well, Day of the Triffids is happening out there at the moment what with all the warm wet weather. Anyway, I’ve been busy socially too but I’ve managed to stay on top of my reviews and been blog hopping. I completed Green and Deadly Things by Jenn Lyons and have already posted my review. It wasn’t totally my cup of tea but I’m sure it will find it’s audience, it felt a little YA for my tastes. I also completed listening to Boudicca’s Daughter by Elodie Harper which was really good and I should be posting my review this forthcoming week. I’m also just about to finish Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman – this is a very weird and dark story. I’m thinking to conclude it this evening so I’m waiting to see how things pan out. I have started listening to The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson. It’s early days but I’m enjoying it so far.
Next Week’s reads
Well, I’d like to complete Between Two Fires before this post goes lives if possible (haha, the best laid plans though). I’d then like to pick up my backlist book for this month which is The Magician’s Daughter by HG Parry – I am so excited to pick this up, I’ve read a couple of books already by this author and loved them. I will be continuing with The Raven Scholar and if possible might pick up How to Get Away with Murder by Rebecca Philipson, this is another March review book so I’d be really happy to squeeze it in but equally not going to stress about it.
Reviews Posted:
- Temple Fall by RL Boyle
- Green and Deadly Things by Jenn Lyons
Outstanding Reviews
- Boudicca’s Daughter by Elodie Harper
Books and travelling with Lynn 