Booking Ahead/Weekly Wrap Up
15 December 2024
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Tags: Book Reviews, Booking Ahead, Books, Caffeinated Book Reviewer, Fantasy, HG Parry, reviews, Strange Beasts, Sunday Post, Susan J Morris, The Scholar and the Last Faerie Door, Weekly wrap up
Books read this week:
I missed my weekly update last Sunday and have also been very quiet on the blog, apart from my Countdown to 2025 posts. Put simply we’ve been so busy. Firstly, it was my birthday and I had a surprise party – it literally was a surprise, I simply can’t believe that so many people managed to keep it a secret. Anyway, it was absolutely lovely with family coming to stay but also very busy. Followed by which my husband has now caught the usual seasonal bug and I’m trying very hard not to catch it too. Long story short – it’s been a chaotic couple of weeks. I don’t feel like I’m on top of anything, but I have enjoyed myself.
With all the partying and the run up to Christmas my reading has definitely taken a hit. I have read Strange Beasts by Susan J Morris and I’m currently reading The Scholar and the Last Faerie Door by HG Parry which I’m very much enjoying.
Next Week’s Reads:
Complete the Scholar and the Last Faerie Door and hopefully pick up one of these little beauties:
Reviews Posted:
- None
Outstanding Reviews
- Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
- The Last Hour Between Worlds by Melissa Caruso
- Strange Beasts by Susan J Morris
That’s it for me this week, what have you been up to, any good books to shout out about. Let me know.
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.
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
Booking Ahead/WeeklyWrap Up
1 December 2024
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Tags: Book Review, book-blog, Booking Ahead, Books, Caffeinated Book Reviewer, reading, Sunday Post, Weekly wrap up
Books read this week:
I’m very happy to say that I read one of my books this week and started a second. I’ve been catching up with reviews and blog hopping, I’m uptodate with comments, almost, and I’ve also started my Countdown to 2025. So, my reading might not be as strong as in past months but I’m making headway. Now, I just need to see if I can fit in a few more books before year end. This week I completed The Last Hour Between Worlds by Melissa Caruso. Review coming for that soon. I also started Strange Beasts by Susan J Morris – I suspect this will be a quick read, fingers crossed.
Next Week’s Reads:
Complete Strange Beasts. Then the skies the limits.
Reviews Posted:
- The September House by Carissa Orlando
Outstanding Reviews
- Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
- The Last Hour Between Worlds by Melissa Caruso
That’s it for me this week, what have you been up to, any good books to shout out about. Let me know.
Monthly Wrap Up/What’s On My Plate November/December
30 November 2024
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Tags: Book Reviews, book-blog, book-blogger, Books, Monthly Wrap Up, November/December, reading, What's on my Plate
I’m trying to post a wrap up for the end of each month, mainly to help me to keep track of my reading and at the same time look at what I’m intending to read during the month ahead (inspired by Books Bones and Buffy’s What’s on My Plate.
In this post I shall be looking at the reading I completed during November and also setting out what I’m hoping to achieve during December. So, I haven’t made great progress during November, or not nearly as good as I would have liked. I have caught up with comments and been blog hopping around (although I have more still to do). My reading has been sporadic at best, I think mainly due to the new time constraints imposed by learning a new language and the extra time out of the day, plus homework. I’m not sure I’ll be able to get fully on track with all my reads by the end of the year but I’m staying positive and hoping for the best.
Here’s what I read during November :
- You All Die Tonight by Simon Kernick
- Ink Ribbon Red by Alex Pavesi
- Blood by Sarah Pinborough
- The Last Hour Between Worlds by Melissa Caruso – to be reviewed
For the month of November I had a lot of carry over books from October and so I shall be hopefully picking up some of these during the forthcoming month. Lets take a look at my review books for December:
None. I have a completely blank slate which is brilliant because I’m hoping to catch up with as many books as possible. Which are:
- The Coven by Harper L. Woods
- The House at Watch Hill by Karen Marie Moning
- Candle & Crow by Kevin Hearne
- The Last One at the Wedding by Jason Rekulak
- Strange Beasts by Susan J. Morris
- The Fury of the Gods by John Gwynne
- Here One Minute by Alex Lake
- The Scholar and the Last Faerie Door by H. G. Parry
- The Queen by Nick Cutter
And two books sent to me by authors:
Land from Bjørn Larssen; and
Drown Deep by Phil Williams
Plus another unexpected review book that I’ve just started – Titanchild by Jen Williams
This month I yet again have read no Backlist Books -I started the year so well!
Bookforager‘s Picture Prompt book bingo
This month I’m ticking off the scroll and the pen using Blood by Sarah Pinborough. This is the fifth book in her fairytale series which I think the scroll and pen fits quite nicely.
PICTURE PROMPT BOOK BINGO 2024 (TEXT VERSION)
| A microscope | |||
| A beehive (with four bees flying around it) |
So far this year I’ve read and reviewed a total of 108 books.
How did you get on during November?
Books and travelling with Lynn 