Booking Ahead/Weekly Wrap Up
23 November 2025
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Weekly Update
Hey everyone. Hope you’re all doing well. I’m starting to tentatively ease back into blogging and I’ve started to catch up with reviews although I still have a few to post. My reading is good though and I’m enjoying the books I’m picking up very much. This week I have been busy with lots of going out and socialising – it’s that time of year – so slightly less reading than normal but I read The Austen Christmas Murders by Jessica Bull, I’m enjoying this series of books very much and this was a very intriguing read. I’ve also started Too Old For This by Samantha Downing which I’m really enjoying – oddly enough as it’s about a retired serial killer – the dark humour is very good (thanks Tammy).
Next Week’s reads
I’d like to finish reading Too Old for This and then my next read will be The Blackfire Blade by James Logan. I’ll also be posting on Monday about my ‘Countdown to Christmas’ which I will be once again hosting if you care to join in – there’s a list of prompts and no rules!
Reviews Posted:
The Everlasting by Alix E Harrow
Outstanding Reviews
- Play Nice by Rachel Harrison
- The Naked Light by Bridget Collilns
- The Place Where They Buried Your Heart by Christina Henry
- Ragwort by Sam K Horton
- The Austen Christmas Murders by Jessica Bull
Delayed Update? Booking Ahead/Weekly Wrap Up
17 November 2025
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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
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
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.
Booking Ahead/Weekly Wrap Up
17 August 2025
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Tags: Book Reviews, Booking Ahead, Books, Caffeinated Book Reviewer, Fantasy, reading, reviews, Sunday Post, Weekly wrap up
Books read this week:
My word this past week has been very warm, so warm it’s been difficult to sleep. Another busy week. I’ve read all my August review books and also posted three reviews – however, as I seem to be reading quite a lot at the moment I’m not really catching up with the reviews! I read Damned by Genevieve Cogman and really enjoyed it, a very satisfying ending. I also read This Vicious Hunger by Francesca May – mixed feelings for this one although I love May’s writing – I wasn’t in love with the story itself, it lacked any real sense of tension but at the same time I did want to finish it. I’ve been listening to This Monster of Mine by Shalini Abeysekara – intriguing so far, I’m about halfway through.
Next Week’s Reads:
So, I can now make a start on some of my August review books which is so exciting as I have some great titles. I think I’ll start with Play Nice by Rachel Harrison and The Hexologists: A Tangle of Time by Josiah Bancroft. And of course continue listening to This Monster of Mine by Shalini Abeysekara.
Reviews Posted:
- The Dead Husband Cookbook by Danielle Valentine
- The Last Soul Among Wolves by Melissa Caruso
- Hemlock and Silver by T Kingfisher
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
- Forget Me Not by Stacy Willingham
- This Vicious Hunger by Francesca May
- Damned by Genevieve Cogman
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 