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
Friday Face Off : The Busy Body (The Ghostwriter #1) by Kemper Donovan
14 June 2024
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Tags: book-blog, Books, Friday Face off, Friday Face Off : The Busy Body (The Ghostwriter #1) by Kemper Donovan, Kemper Donovan, reading
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 Busy Body (The Ghostwriter#1) by Kemper Donovan.
Which is your favourite?
Join me next week in highlighting one of your reads with different covers.
Friday Face Off : Love Letters to a Serial Killer by Tasha Coryell
7 June 2024
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Tags: Books, fiction, Friday Face off, Love Letters to a Serial Killer, reading, Tasha Coryell
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’s already on my shelves. This is a title that feels like a sideways step in terms of my usual reading but it intrigued me. Love Letters to a Serial Killer by Tasha Coryell. Here are the covers:
I really like both covers this week. But I had to go with the reflection in the knife. I couldn’t help myself.
Which is your favourite?
Join me next week in highlighting one of your reads with different covers.
Monthly Wrap Up/What’s On My Plate May/June
1 June 2024
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Tags: Book Reviews, Books, Books Bones and Buffy, Cherie Priest, Christina Henry, Fantasy, Hell for Hire, May/June, Monthly Wrap Up, Rachel Aaron, reading, The CInderwich, The House that Horror built, 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 for May and what I’m hoping to read during June. Initial thoughts – I may have gone a little overboard with books this forthcoming month. It’s still doable I think (fingers crossed).
Here’s what I read during May:
- The Malevolent Seven by Sebastien de Castell
- The Silence Factory by Bridget Collings
- The House that Horror Built by Christina Henry
- Moonstone by Laura Purcell
- The CInderwich by Cherie Priest
- Scarlet by Genevieve Cogman
- Hell for Hire by Rachel Aaron
- Hera by Jennifer Saint
- Elusive by Genevieve Cogman
Again this month I managed to read and review all my requested books so I’m quite happy with that. I also read another Backlist Book. I had some really good reads. If you’re looking for a new Urban Fantasy then check out my thoughts on Hell for Hire by Rachel Aaron. I also really enjoyed The CInderwich by Cherie Priest which was very thought provoking. I have my new batch of SPFBO books for the 10th year of the competition – and I’ll be taking a look at those shortly.
What I’m hoping to read during June (with links to Goodreads).
- Small Town Horror by Ronald Malfi
- The Midnight Feast by Lucy Foley
- The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to the Wastelands by Sarah Brooks
- We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer
- Winter Lost by Patricia Briggs
- The Daughters’ War by Christopher Buehlman
- Two Sides to Every Murder by Danielle Valentine
- Bitter Waters by Vivian Shaw
- Storm Child by Michael Robotham
This month I read two Backlist books Scarlet by Genevieve Cogman and the Malevolent Seven by Sebastien DeCastell.
This month I’m ticking another book off my Picture Prompt bingo card. The picture with the dog. I read this month The Malevolent Seven (which also counted as one of my Backlist Books. If you check out the picture you can see a dog. And you’ll perhaps notice that there are only six characters in a book with a title about seven characters – yes, the dog is one of the characters. Not sure if it’s a very good doggo but…
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 | A harp (one of the big ones) | ||
| An old camera and tripod | A beehive (with four bees flying around it) | Fluffy cumulonimbus clouds |
How did you get on during April?
Books and travelling with Lynn 