Delayed Update? Booking Ahead/Weekly Wrap Up
17 November 2025
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Tags: Book Review, book-blog, book-blogger, Booking Ahead, Books, Caffeinated Book Reviewer, reading, Sunday Post, Weekly wrap up
Weekly Update
Well, until the last month I was doing very well with my review books – then everything went to hell in a handcart and you think to yourself that’s hubris for ya because up to that point I was actually on track! Anyway, here we are. I’m back to blogging, slowly catching up with all you peeps out there. Reading my books – and my lord I’m having some good reads. This week, I completed The Everlasting by Alix E Harrow – if any book was going to bring me to tears it would be this. Absolutely brilliant. I loved it.
Next Week’s reads
I’d like to read The Blackfire Blade by James Logan because I feel like I’ve been bursting at the seams to pick this up for so long now. And, maybe I’ll have time to pick up The Austen Christmas Murders by Jessica Bull – I’m really enjoying this series.
Reviews Posted:
King Sorrow by Joe Hill (spoiler alert – this book is phenomenal)
Outstanding Reviews
- The Naked Light by Bridget Collilns
- The Place Where They Buried Your Heart by Christina Henry
- The Everlasting by Alix E Harrow
- Ragwort by Sam K Horton
An update + Booking Ahead
So, firstly, a little update. I’ve been very quiet on the blog for a month now. Basically, I had a complication with the hip operation that I mentioned I’d had. As it happens I think (fingers crossed) that this has naturally worked itself out, but, for a little while there I cannot deny that I was feeling a bit low and I wasn’t really in the right headspace for reading or blogging. The break has served me well I think as I’m feeling a lot more positive now. What have I been reading?
Books read this week:
This week I finished reading King Sorrow by Joe Hill – and wow – what a phenomenal book. It was so good. Having finished that I thought my next book might struggle a little but nope, I’m reading and thoroughly enjoying The Place Where They Buried Your Heart by Christina Henry. I love this so far.
I’m not going to embellish much more today. I have some really good books to catch up with and also a few reviews plus I need to catch up with everything I’ve missed so will be visiting all the blogs soon.
Hopefully see you all on the blogosphere in the next week.
Booking Ahead/Weekly Wrap Up
14 September 2025
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Tags: Booking Ahead, Caffeinated Book Reviewer, Sunday Post, Weekly wrap up
Books read this week:
I’ve had another busy week so not as much reading as I would have liked. I’m making good progress with blog hopping and catching up with comments and shall continue with that this week. I still have quite a few reviews to post, I think I’ll maybe have to double up here and there. This week I read The Naked Light by Bridget Collins, I did struggle a little with this although it had all the components of a novel that usually have me falling over myself to pick up so I’m not sure why. I also read and really enjoyed The Cold House by AG Slatter and I’m now reading House of Splinters by Laura Purcell.
Next Week’s Reads:
Complete House of Splinters by Laura Purcell and then maybe pick up Cinder House by Freya Marske.
Reviews Posted:
- The Faerie Morgana by Louisa Morgan
Outstanding Reviews
- Shield of Sparrows by Devney Perry
- The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig
- The Library at Hellebore by Cassandra Khaw – DNF
- Play Nice by Rachel Harrison
- This Monster of Mine by Shalini Abeysekara
- No Women Were Harmed by Heather Mottershead
- The Naked Light by Bridget Collins
- The Cold House by AG Slatter
That’s it for me this week, what have you been up to? Any good books to shout out about. Let me know.
Booking Ahead/Weekly Wrap Up
7 September 2025
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Tags: Book Reviews, Booking Ahead, Books, fiction, reading, Weekly wrap up, What's on my Plate
Books read this week:
I’ve had a lovely week this week seeing friends and doing a bit more socialising – I was going stir crazy. And my reading is going very well too. I do need to catch up with blog hopping but I’ve made a start and as I can’t bear to think I might miss out on reading about another great book I will be visiting everyone in the next few days. As planned I carried on with my September books and managed to read The Faerie Morgana by Louisa Morgan – which I loved and also No Women Were Harmed by Heather Mottershead which had me totally gripped. I have one further review book for September which I’m about to pick up – The Naked Light by Bridget Collins.
Next Week’s Reads:
Complete The Naked Light by Bridget Collilns and then I can start on some of my October books.
Reviews Posted:
- The Ghosts of Merry Hall by Heather Davey
- No Friend to This House by Natalie Haynes
- A Honeymoon of Grave Consequence by Stephanie Burgis (The Unexpected Adventures of Lady and Lord Riven #2)
Outstanding Reviews
- Shield of Sparrows by Devney Perry
- The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig
- The Library at Hellebore by Cassandra Khaw – DNF
- Play Nice by Rachel Harrison
- This Monster of Mine by Shalini Abeysekara
- The Faerie Morgana by Louisa Morgan
- No Women Were Harmed by Heather Mottershead
That’s it for me this week, what have you been up to? Any good books to shout out about. Let me know.
Booking Ahead/Weekly Wrap Up
24 August 2025
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Tags: Book Reviews, Booking Ahead, Books, Caffeinated Book Reviewer, Fantasy, reading, Sunday Post, Weekly wrap up
Books read this week:
Well, the weather has cooled down this week which has made sleeping a lot easier. I’ve had a good reading week and also managed to post three reviews. I read Play Nice by Rachel Harrison and The Hexologists: A Tangle of Time by Josiah Bancroft and really enjoyed both. Play Nice has had it’s date pushed back I think so I might hold onto my post a little while for that one – we’ll see. I’ve also been listening to This Monster of Mine by Shalini Abeysekara and in fact I should complete that later today with just one hour of listening left.
Next Week’s Reads:
I’ll continue with my September review books so looking at picking up No Friend to This House by Natalie Haynes, or The Ghosts of Merry Hall by Heather Davey, or maybe I’ll be overcome with longing and pick up The Faerie Morgana by Louisa Morgan.
Reviews Posted:
- Forget Me Not by Stacy Willingham
- This Vicious Hunger by Francesca May
- Damned by Genevieve Cogman
Outstanding Reviews
- Shield of Sparrows by Devney Perry
- Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito
- The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig
- The Library at Hellebore by Cassandra Khaw – DNF
- Play Nice by Rachel Harrison
- The Hexologists: A Tangle of Time by Josiah Bancroft
- This Monster of Mine by Shalini Abeysekara
That’s it for me this week, what have you been up to? Any good books to shout out about. Let me know.
Books and travelling with Lynn 