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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Cold days and bookish nights… a weekly check-in
This week I had Susan Earlam on my blog answering some questions about her new book, go check out my Q+A. I also reviewed Jeff VanderMeer’s Hummingbird Salamander which is out this week. I finished off Last Night at the…
