Booking Ahead/Weekly Wrap Up
13 September 2026
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Tags: Book Review, Book Reviews, Booking Ahead, Books, Caffeinated Book Reviewer, Emily St John Mandel, Exit Party, fiction, Kate Atkinson, Our Noble Selves, 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
It’s been a nice chilled week. I carried on with my read of Our Noble Selves by Kate Atkinson. This was a real change of pace. A historical novel set in the period just after World War II. Atkinson is literally a genius at capturing the essence of a period and also bringing quirky characters to the scene. This is a very mild murder mystery with an essence of espionage. Very easy to read and with a cheeky fun element. I also couldn’t resist picking up the latest book by Emily St John Mandel, Exit Party – and, much as I expected, this was wonderfully complex, strangely compelling and utterly unusual. Where on earth do these ideas come from! I’ve just started Worry Box by Chris Panatier, it’s early days but I’m hoping to tuck a good chunk of this under my belt later today.
Next Week’s Reads
Complete Chris Panatier’s Worry Box and then I’m hoping to pick up either Pride, Prejudice and Peril by Jessica Bull or Carry Me To My Grave by Christopher Golden. Lets see how I get on.
Reviews Posted:
- Murder At The Grand Alpine Hotel by Lucy Foley
- Serenity Falls by CJ Tudor.
Outstanding Reviews
- The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson
- This Blade of Ours by Shalini Abeysekara
- Our Noble Selves by Kate Atkinson.
- Exit Party by Emily St John Mandel
Hoping to see you round the blogosphere this forthcoming week
Booking Ahead/Weekly Wrap Up
6 September 2026
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Tags: Book Reviews, Booking Ahead, Books, Kiss Slay Replay, Rachel Harrison, 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
Woah this week has been a hot one – which was nice in terms of making me slow down with some things and instead chill with a book, literally too warm to do anything other than lollop. In fact I’ve been having a very good time with my reading. I read – literally in one sitting – Kiss Slay Replay by Rachel Harrison and absolutely loved it, couldn’t put it down. I then stayed on track and picked up Murder at The Grand Alpine Hotel by Lucy Foley which is a Miss Marple murder mystery. I quite enjoyed this one, it was a nice change in pace. Finally, and I don’t know how I managed to fit in another book but I read Serenity Falls by CJ Tudor. I liked this, the writing was good and I was curious about what was going on but I didn’t find it as good as some of the other books I’ve read by this author. I’ve now picked up the latest Kate Atkinson book, Our Noble Selves, too early to have any opinion one way or the other just yet having read only 4%. Fingers crossed that I love it.
Next Week’s Reads
Hopefully complete Our Noble Selves by Kate Atkinson and then I’m either going to pick up The Island of the Lost by Daisy Stephens or I might let my enthusiasm get the better of me and jump straight into Exit Party by Emily St John Mandel.
Reviews Posted:
- Kiss Slay Replay by Rachel Harrison
- Aphrodite in Pieces by Lauren JA Bear
Outstanding Reviews
- The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson
- This Blade of Ours by Shalini Abeysekara
- The Grand Alpine Hotel by Lucy Foley
- Serenity Falls by CJ Tudor.
Hoping to see you round the blogosphere this forthcoming week
Booking Ahead/Weekly Wrap Up
30 August 2026
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Tags: Aphrodite in Pieces, Book Reviews, book-blog, Booking Ahead, Books, Caffeinated Book Reviewer, Lauren JA Bear, reading, Sarah Pinborough, Sunday Post, They Say A Girl Died Here, 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
At the moment the weather is good, not too hot and not too cold. I seem to suddenly have a little more time and my reading is going well. Last week I was a bit moody and struggling with my books. I put down a couple of books but then I had the feeling of wanting to pick one of them up again – They Say A Girl Died Here by Sarah Pinborough and as it happened it worked out well. Not my favourite by the author but a good read. I then decided to pick up Aphrodite in Pieces by Lauren JA Bear and it frankly blew me away, I loved it and read it in two sittings. It’s definitely one of my favourite books so far this year, I definitely need to go and check out the author’s other books, it made me want to ignore everything around me and just sink into the story. Yes, it was that good. I’ve just picked up Kiss Slay Replay by Rachel Harrison and hoping to make good progress on that one later this evening.
Next Week’s Reads
Kiss Slay Replay by Rachel Harrison and then I’m thinking of a change in style and pace with Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel by Lucy Foley. I’ve enjoyed this author’s books previously and here she’s written a Miss Marple mystery which I’m really keen to tuck into and see how it compares.
Reviews Posted:
- They Say A Girl Died Here by Sarah Pinborough
Outstanding Reviews
- The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson
- This Blade of Ours by Shalini Abeysekara
- Aphrodite in Pieces by Lauren JA Bear
Hoping to see you round the blogosphere this forthcoming week
Booking Ahead/Weekly Wrap Up
23 August 2026
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Tags: Book Reviews, Booking Ahead, Books, Caffeinated Book Reviewer, Fantasy, Max Doty, reading, Sunday Post, The House That Eats the Dead, 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
The weather has finally changed. Thankfully a little bit of rain and more forecast next week. It’s been a busy week and also a bit up and down for me for some reason, I’m in a very unusual mood which has definitely had an impact on my reading. I finished reading The House That Eats the Dead by Max Doty and found it very entertaining. Next I picked up Daggerbound by T Kingfisher – but for some reason, and very unexpectedly, I found myself unable to sink into this one and so I’ve set it aside for now. I then picked up They Say A Girl Died Here by Sarah Pinborough – and I’m also struggling with this. Two of my favourite authors and two very highly anticipated books and yet I’ve had to set them aside. It’s clearly my mood. I don’t know what’s going on with me! Anyway, it is what it is.
Next Week’s Reads
I’m going to wait for a few weeks to retry the Kingfisher and Pinborough books and see if that makes a difference. Instead I’m going to pick up a couple of September review books. Aphrodite in Pieces by Lauren JA Bear and Kiss Slay Reply by Rachel Harrison.
Reviews Posted:
- A Trade of Blood by Robert Jackson Bennett
- The House That Eats the Dead by Max Doty
Outstanding Reviews
- The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson
- This Blade of Ours by Shalini Abeysekara
Hoping to see you round the blogosphere this forthcoming week
Booking Ahead/Weekly Wrap Up
16 August 2026
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Tags: Booking Ahead, Caffeinated Book Reviewer, 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 has been another rather warm and sticky week – I’m not going to complain but it is always a bit worrying at this time of year as the dryness continues and the threat of fires is so real. Anyway, hope everyone is good and had a great week. I didn’t do a lot of reading this week but the book I did complete was so good that I now have the mother of all book hangovers. This week I read and loved A Trade of Blood by Robert Jackson Bennett. And I’ve started reading The House That Eats the Dead by Max Doty. It’s early days but I’m finding the introduction very easy to sink into so far.
Next Week’s Reads
If I manage to get a few more hours extra this week I’d like to finish The House That Eats the Dead by Max Doty and then if I can squeeze it in Daggerbound by T Kingfisher.
Reviews Posted:
- The Unknown by Riley Sager
Outstanding Reviews
- The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson
- This Blade of Ours by Shalini Abeysekara
- A Trade of Blood by Robert Jackson Bennett
Hoping to see you round the blogosphere this forthcoming week
Books and travelling with Lynn 