Booking Ahead/Weekly Wrap Up
19 May 2024
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Tags: Book Reviews, Booking Ahea, Books, Caffeinated Book Reviewer, Cherie Priest, Cinderwich, Fantasy, Genevieve Cogman, Laura Purcell, Moonstone, Scarlet, 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:
So, update on the stomach bug. Still not 100% unfortunately but I’m a lot better than I was so at least I seem to be on the mend. In terms of reading this week. I read Scarlet by Genevieve Cogman, this is the first in the Scarlet Revolution series and is one of my Beat the Backlist books from last year. I enjoyed this, it was light and charming and a good start to series. I have number two waiting to be read and hopefully will make a start this week. I also picked up and completed Cinderwich by Cherie Priest which I really liked and already reviewed (link below). Finally I picked up Moonstone by Laura Purcell. This is Purcell’s foray into YA. I enjoyed the writing for this one and it is packed with the author’s trademark gothic style but I didn’t love it as much as her adult books. Finally, I’ve made a good start on Hell for Hire by Rachel Aaron which is shaping up into what I hope will become a new UF that I love.
Complete Hell for Hire by Rachel Aaron and then pick up Hera by Jennifer Saint and Elusive by Genevieve Cogman.
- The House That Horror Built by Cherie Priest
- Cinderwich by Cherie Priest
- The Silence Factory by Bridget Collins
- The September House by Carissa Orlando
- Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
- When She Was Good by Michael Robotham
- Lying Beside You by Michael Robotham
- Scarlet by Genevieve Cogman
- Moonstone by Laura Purcell
Top Ten Tuesday : Books I Meant to Read in 2023 but Didn’t Get To
23 January 2024
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Tags: Alex North, Andrea Stewart, CE McGill, Genevieve Cogman, HG Parry, Joanne Harris, Juliet E McKenna, Katie Lumsden, Rowenna Miller, Stacey Thomas, That Artsy Reader Girl, 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 topic:
Books I Meant to Read in 2023 but Didn’t Get To
Well the first half of last year was fairly dreadful for me and so I had a number of books for review that I didn’t pick up. Thankfully my reading is now back on track but I do have a number of books that I would like to try and catch up with. Here is a selection:
The Magician’s Daughter by HG Parry
The Fairy Bargains of Prospect Hill by Rowenna Miller
The Secrets of Hartwood Hall by Katie Lumsden
Our Hideous Progeny by CE McGill
Scarlet by Genevieve Cogman
The Revels by Stacey Thomas
Broken Light by Joanne Harris
The Bone Shard War by Andrea Stewart
The Half Burnt House by Alex North
The Cleaving by Juliet E McKenna
Have you read any of these – do you have a favourite that I should start first?
Can’t Wait Wednesday : Scarlet by Genevieve Cogman
16 November 2022
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Tags: Can't wait Wednesday, Genevieve Cogman, Scarlet, 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 : Scarlet by Genevieve Cogman. I love this author and a reimagining of the Scarlet Pimpernel in an alternate revolutionary France, with Vampires – sign me up.
A thrilling reinvention of the tale of The Scarlet Pimpernel with the addition of magic and even more mayhem.
In Revolutionary France, the aristocrats are vampires – and they face the guillotine. However, the Scarlet Pimpernel, a disguised British noble, is determined to rescue them. These predators are being offered sanctuary by their aristocratic British kin, but at great cost to London’s ordinary people. Then an English maid discovers the only power that could stop them. Assuming she survives.
Scarlet is the first book in the trilogy, set during the turbulent French Revolution, and featuring all of Genevieve Cogman’s trademark wit and fast-paced plotting. It’s perfect for fans of The Invisible Library series, Kim Newman and Gail Carriger.
Expected publication : May 2023
“I should infinitely prefer a book.”
3 November 2017
Filed under Book Reviews
Tags: Books by Proxy, Friday Face off, Genevieve Cogman, The Invisible Library
Here we are again with the Friday Face Off meme created by Books by Proxy . This is a great opportunity to feature some of your favourite book covers. The rules are fairly simple each week, following a predetermined theme (list below) choose a book, compare a couple of the different covers available for that particular book and choose your favourite. Future week’s themes are listed below. This week’s theme:
‘Desperate affairs require desperate measures’ – a regency style cover
I had a couple of books in mind for this one but I’ve gone for Genevieve Cogman’s Invisible Library. Not sure if this is a perfect representation but anyway!:
My favourite:
Which is your favourite?
Next week – a cover featuring a key
Future themes:
10th November 2017 – ‘zip it, lock it and throw away the key – a cover featuring a key
17th November 2017 – Snap! – a cover featuring a double image or reflection
24th November 2017 – ‘I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently’ – a cover featuring snow
1st December 2017 – The pen is mightier than the sword – a cover featuring a fancy font
8th December 2017 – ‘Do not go gentle’ – a cover featuring the night…
15th December 2017 – Hubble bubble toil and trouble – a cover featuring a portion/perfume bottle
Waiting on Wednesday : The Lost Plot (The Invisible Library #4) by Genevieve Cogman
4 October 2017
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Tags: Breaking the Spine, Genevieve Cogman, The Lost Plot, Waiting on Wednesday
After being commissioned to find a rare book, Librarian Irene and her assistant, Kai, head to Prohibition-era New York and are thrust into the middle of a political fight with dragons, mobsters, and Fae.
In a 1920s-esque New York, Prohibition is in force; fedoras, flapper dresses, and tommy guns are in fashion: and intrigue is afoot. Intrepid Librarians Irene and Kai find themselves caught in the middle of a dragon political contest. It seems a young Librarian has become tangled in this conflict, and if they can’t extricate him, there could be serious repercussions for the mysterious Library. And, as the balance of power across mighty factions hangs in the balance, this could even trigger war.
Irene and Kai are locked in a race against time (and dragons) to procure a rare book. They’ll face gangsters, blackmail, and the Library’s own Internal Affairs department. And if it doesn’t end well, it could have dire consequences on Irene’s job. And, incidentally, on her life…
Due for publication January 2018
Books and travelling with Lynn 