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My Friday Post: The Seven Sisters by Lucinda Riley
Every Friday Book Beginnings on Friday is hosted by Gillion at Rose City Reader where you can share the first sentence (or so) of the book you are reading, along with your initial thoughts about the...
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An Advancement of Learning by Reginald Hill: Mini Review
An Advancement of Learning is Reginald Hill’s second Dalziel and Pascoe novel, first published in 1971. It’s much better than the first one, A Clubbable Woman and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It’s set in...
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A Lovely Way to Burn by Louise Welsh: Mini Review
John Murray|2004|358 pages|Hardback| Library book|4* I’ve read a few of Louise Welsh’s books and enjoyed each one so when I saw this on the library shelves I borrowed it. I agree with Val McDermid’s...
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Two Crime Fiction Titles
I’m behind with reviewing the books I’ve read, so here are short reviews of two crime fiction novels I’ve read recently: Broken Ground by Val McDermid, the 5th Karen Pirie book. 4* This begins in 1944...
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Catching Up
I’ve found that this lockdown period has affected my blogging as I haven’t been writing about the books I’ve read recently. I’ve been doing posts that don’t really need much concentration – lists of...
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The Mystery of Princess Louise by Lucinda Hawksley
Vintage Books | 2014 | 416 pages | Paperback | library book | 4.5* This is another catching up post. I finished reading The Mystery of Princess Louise: Queen Victoria’s Rebellious Daughter by Lucinda...
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Books Read in October 2021: Part One
I won’t be able to finish reading any more books this month, but it’s been a bumper month of reading, with a total of 8 books. Five of them are nonfiction (including one audiobook) which is probably...
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The Island by Victoria Hislop: A Short Post
I have been struggling to write posts recently. I haven’t been able to settle down to writing after finishing a book, either because I’m too eager to read the next book, or like Heavenali I’ve been so...
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Aftermath by Peter Robinson – a brief review
A house of horror. A despicable serial killer. Banks’s darkest case.When a concerned neighbour calls the police to number 35 The Hill after a domestic disturbance, the two constables are led to a...
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Book Notes: Trying to Catch Up
It’s been too long since I read these books to write detailed reviews, so here are a few notes them. The Last Rose of Shanghai by Weina Dai Randel 3* – historical fiction set in Japanese-occupied...
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