It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?
Hosted by Sheila @ Book Journey Fortunately I had lots of reviews stuffed up my sleeves last week as I didn’t get a whole lot of reading done! As always, I’ve cursed the “upcoming reads” from last week and completely forgotten about them so this…
Charlotte Street
There was a girl struggling with the door of a cab and her packages. And I don’t know why, but I asked if I could help. And she smiled at me. This incredible smile. And suddenly I felt all manly and confident, like a handyman…
Island of Wings
In 1830, Reverend Neil Mckenzie and his young wife, Lizzie, make their way to the remote island of St Kilda to start a new life and bring Christianity to the Pagan inhabitants. Poor, poor Lizzie. She is an English speaker on an island where everyone…
Hollow Pike
Liz knew she was dreaming, although this brought little comfort as the blood ran down her face. It rushed up her nostrils and caught in the back of her throat. The metallic taste choked her, panic creeping in. Liz has been having recurring nightmares. When…
Heart-Shaped Bruise
You all think you know who I am. But the one thing Google will never tell you is who I used to be… who I might have become if she hadn’t stabbed my father. The night that her father was stabbed was the night that…
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?
Hosted by Sheila @ Book Journey Happy World Book Night! Even if you’re not an official giver, think about giving away a book to someone that doesn’t read much. You never know, they may become as book crazed as the rest of us. I had…
The Immortal Rules
Allie lives on the fringe in a vampire city. Disease has wiped out millions of human lives and people have been forced under the so-called protection of the vampires. Outside city walls lurk the terrifying rabids, who will tear you apart just because you breathe….
Dave Gorman vs. the Rest of the World
Does anyone play any games? Real life, not computer games. Would you like a game? That was what Dave Gorman tweeted to the world and he wasn’t short of replies. There’s card games, board games, darts and more sport-like games. He meets an assortment of…
Black Sun
Today he would become a god. His mother had told him so. The opening line may seem like something any mother would tell her son, but in the case of Serapio, his mother truly believes he will become the Crow God reborn. She blinds him,…
Legendborn
The day Bree gets accepted into an early college placement at UNC, is the day her mother dies. The last words they spoke were of anger. Unable to deal with her dad’s grief on top of her own, Bree goes ahead with the placement. Once…
Ninth House
Alex Stern does not belong at Yale. When she awakes as the sole survivor of a multiple homicide, presumed a drug deal gone wrong, she is given an unlikely offer. Come to Yale, join the House of Lethe and oversee the rituals of the other…
A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor
Just let me dust off this blog thing, I have a review for you! One of my anticipated reads released during lockdown was the follow-up to An Absolutely Remarkable Thing. If you read that, of course will will be dying to know what happened to…