Dial A for Aunties
1 (accidental) murder 2 thousand wedding guests 3 (maybe) cursed generations 4 meddling Asian aunties to the rescue! Family is important to Meddy Chan. She chose to join their wedding business rather than following her boyfriend across the country. She’s never been able to find…
Wilderwood and wild woods… a weekly check-in
I got back into a blogging routine last week and posted reviews of Future Perfect and A History of What Comes Next, as well as my round up of May releases on my radar. On Saturday we dusted off the New Forest Walks book and…
A History of What Comes Next
There can only ever be two. They were the Ninety-Eight, now they are the Ninety-Nine, a mother and daughter with a mission to send humans to the stars. With the Germans defeated, Von Braun and his scientists are trapped in Germany. The Ninety-Nine cannot risk…
On My Radar: May
I may have a whole ten of these books pre-ordered and I am tempted by plenty of the others. May seems to be a massive month for new releases. My copy of Heartstopper Volume Four has arrived early, yay for Waterstones, and I have a…
Future Perfect
A bomb explodes on a New York catwalk, killing a young model. The designer has a follow-up show in London where Police Commissioner, Christian Verger, has just been notified by his voice assistant that he has a 99.74% chance of dying tomorrow. Algorithms are already…
The magical woods… a weekly check-in
I reckon we are a day or two away from peak bluebell. The woods we walk Scully through every day are full of secretive bluebell bulbs, and every year they look like they are not going to do much, then BAM, everywhere is blue. The…
The One Stop #Readathon Update Post
Updated at: 13:00 Hours spent reading: 16.5 Books finished: 3 Pages read: 886 Books: Moonstruck: Magic to Brew + Across the Green Grass Fields + Rule of Wolves Welcome to my update post for this weekend’s 24 Hour Readathon. Drop me a link to your…
Getting Ready for #Readathon
Can you believe I’ve being doing Dewey’s 24 Hour Readathons for ten years? I have never quite made the full 24 hours, I think I managed 22 hours one year, but these days I have a good old sleep in the middle. It’s not too…
Last Night at the Telegraph Club
It’s 1954 and the Red Scare is in full force. Chinese Americans such as Lily’s family must keep a low profile or risk being accused of Communism and deported. When Lily finds an advert for a male impersonator performing in San Francisco, she is drawn…
Del Rey Showcase
It’s been a while since I attended a blogger event, but thanks to everything being digital these days, I popped along to the Del Rey showcase today, and oh my, they have a whole bunch of books that are right up my street. The highlights…
Endless painting… a weekly check-in
It’s Dewey’s 24 Hour Readathon at the weekend! Make sure you’re signed up for an excuse to read and snack all day long. I’d love to say I finished painting the fence, but alas, no. Why is fence painting such hard work?! At least we’re…
Top Ten Books as Crayola Colours
Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. This week’s fun topic is book titles that would make good Crayola crayon names. I have recreated these ten titles in colour swatches (but click each one to either read my review or see the…