Sunday Post/Weekly Wrap Up/Monthly Wrap Up/What’s On My Plate June/July
30 June 2024
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Tags: Beat the Backlist 2024, book-blog, Bookforager, Books, Books Bones Buffy, Caffeinated Book Reviewer, June/July, Monthly Wrap Up, Picture Prompt Book Bingo, reading, Sunday Post, Weekly wrap up, What's on my Plate
Today I’m combining my Weekly Wrap Up with my Monthly Wrap Up and What’s on My Plate for July.
II’m linking up to The Sunday Post over at Kimberly’s Caffeinated Reviewer. Without further ado:
Books read this week:
Not as much reading this past week. I completed my final review book. Storm Child by Michael Robotham. I also started a backlist book which I hope to complete later.
Next Week’s Reads:
Middle of the Night by Riley Sager and The Moonlight Market by Joanne Harris.
- The Daughters’ War by Christopher Buehlman
- Two Sides to Every Murder by Danielle Valentine
- The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to the Wastelands by Sarah Brooks
- The September House by Carissa Orlando
- Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
- When She Was Good by Michael Robotham
- Lying Beside You by Michael Robotham
- Storm Child by Michael Robotham
My June in Review
Here’s what I read during June:
- Small Town Horror by Ronald Malfi
- Hera by Jennifer Saint
- Midnight Feast by Lucy Foley
- Winter Lost by Patricia Briggs
- Bitter Waters by Vivian Shaw
- We Used To Live Here by Marcus Kliewer
- Two Sides To Every Murder by Danielle Valentine
- The Daughter’s War by Christopher Buehlman
- Storm Child by Michael Robotham
- The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to the Wastelands by Sarah Brooks
Some very good reads during June. Here’s what I’m hoping to read during July (with links to Goodreads).
- Middle of the Night by Riley Sager
- The Moonlight Market by Joanne Harris
- The Undermining of Twyla and Frank by Megan Bannen
- Love Letters to a Serial Killer by Tasha Coryell
- The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst
- A Poisoner’s Tale by Cathryn Kemp
- The Sky on Fire by Jenn Lyons
- The Wilds by Sarah Pearse
- The Trouble With Mrs Montgomery Hurst by Katie Lumsden
- Bless Your Heart by Lindy Ryan
- The Drowning House by Cherie Priest
I think I may have got a little carried away with my requests for July but I’ll have a good try at completing these..
I’m hoping to complete my backlist book later today.
Bookforager‘s Picture Prompt book bingo
This month I’m ticking another book off my Picture Prompt bingo card. The picture with the harp. I’m using Winter Lost by Patricia Briggs. This involves the search for a magical item, a lyre – but this item changes and is sometimes referred to as a harp.
PICTURE PROMPT BOOK BINGO 2024 (TEXT VERSION)
| A microscope | A partially unrolled scroll and a pen | ||
| An old Roman coin | A simple crown | ||
| A seashell | |||
| An old camera and tripod | A beehive (with four bees flying around it) | Fluffy cumulonimbus clouds |
So far this year I’ve read a total of 62 books so I’m on track to read my 100 books for a year.
How did you get on during June?
Friday Face Off : The 57 Lives of Alex Wayfare by MG Buehrlen
28 June 2024
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Tags: Book Reviews, book-blog, Books, Friday Face Of, MG Buehrlen, reading, The 57 Lives of Alex Wayfare
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 from my backlist of books. The 57 Lives of Alex Wayfare by MG Buehrlen. Here are the two covers:
Which is your favourite?
Join me next week in highlighting one of your reads with different covers.
Sunday Post/Weekly Wrap Up
23 June 2024
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Tags: Book Review, book-blog, Booking Ahead, Books, Caffeinated Book Reviewer, currently-reading, reading, Sunday Post, 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:
What a nuisance week. In reading terms all has been good, but, my laptop is playing up. Basically, some of the keys are sticking, in particular the spacebar, so when I’m typing reviews or trying to comment on other posts, or reply to comments, therearenospacesinanentiresentenceorparagraph (which is intensely annoying and means everything takes so much longer. To be fair, my laptop is old. I think I’m going to have to buy a new one. Deep joy. Anyway, my reading. I completed Two SIdes To Every Murder by Danielle Valentine which I really enjoyed, maybe not quite as much as Delicate Condition but I definitely had fun. I picked up and tore through The Daughters’ War by Christopher Buehlman. I had high expectations for this and these were surpassed. I loved it. I’ve also completed The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to the Wastelands by Sarah Brooks, which was good, but at the same time quite slow in terms of pacing. I’ve read 25% of two of my SPFBO books and started my third.
I have one more review book to complete in June. I’d like to check out all five of the SPFBO books in my first batch, and, in an ideal world I should also to read a backlist book.
Reviews Posted:
- Bitter Waters by Vivian Shaw
- We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer
- The September House by Carissa Orlando
- Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
- When She Was Good by Michael Robotham
- Lying Beside You by Michael Robotham
- Two SIdes To Every Murder by Danielle Valentine
- The Daughters’ War by Christopher Buehlman
- The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to the Wastelands by Sarah Brooks
Friday Face Off : The Moonlight Market by Joanne Harris
21 June 2024
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Tags: book-blog, Books, Friday Face Of, Joanne Harris, reading, The Moonlight Market
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 I haven’t read yet but is a forthcoming read. The Moonlight Market by Joanne Harris is one of my July books that I can’t wait to dig into. Here are the two covers:
My favourite this week:
Which is your favourite?
Join me next week in highlighting one of your reads with different covers.
Sunday Post/Weekly Wrap Up
16 June 2024
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Tags: Bitter Waters, book-blog, Books, Caffeinated Book Reviewer, currently-reading, Marcus Kliewer, reading, Sunday Post, Vivien Shaw, We Used to Live Here, 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:
We’re back from Granada. We had a fantastic time. It’s a lovely city. We had great weather, the people are so friendly and there was plenty of wine and tapas. Highly recommended. Obviously my reading and blogging have been a little slower so I’m planning on catching up this week, fingers crossed. In reading news. I read Bitter Waters by Vivian Shaw. I also read We Used To Live Here by Marcus Kliewer (which was very chilling) and I’ve made a start on Two SIdes To Every Murder by Danielle Valentine. I’ve also made a start on my first batch of SPFBO books.
Complete Two Sides to Every Murder and then I have a few more review books to make a start on:
- Winter Lost by Patricia Briggs
Outstanding Reviews
- The September House by Carissa Orlando
- Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
- When She Was Good by Michael Robotham
- Lying Beside You by Michael Robotham
- Bitter Waters by Vivian Shaw
- We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer
