May 2023 was my slowest month yet reading wise with the least number of books completed so far this year, but on the blog, luckily things weren't as slow with some spillover reviews, a blog tour, the usual memes, and of course plans for #ReadingtheMeow2023! While my month on the blog kicked off with my…
Shelf Control #231: The Magic Walking Stick by John Buchan
Wednesday, the 7th of June 2023, and time for Shelf Control once again! Shelf Control is a weekly feature created by Lisa at Bookshelf Fantasies, and celebrates the books waiting to be read on your TBR piles/mountains. Since early January 2023, Shelf Control has moved base here to Literary Potpourri. To participate, all you do…
Book Review: Green for Danger (1944/2022) by Christianna Brand
My thanks to Poisoned Pen Press for a review copy of this book via NetGalley! A military hospital amidst the blitz; a closed group of doctors, nurses and VADs working together, an unexplained but unsuspicious death on the operating table—a tense situation but nothing exceptional. But add to it one more incident (this time clearly…
Book Review: Six Ostriches (2023) by Philipp Schott
My thanks to ECW Press for a review copy of this book via NetGalley. Six Ostriches (2023) is the second of the Dr Bannerman Vet mystery series by Philipp Schott, set in New Selfoss, a small town in Manitoba inhabited by people of mostly Icelandic origin. Dr Peter Bannerman is the local vet with a…
Six Degrees of Separation: From Friendaholic to Magpie Murders (June 2023)
Six Degrees of Separation is a monthly meme hosted by Kate at Books are My Favourite and Best. Inspired by the concept of 'six degrees of separation', originally set out in a short story by Frigyes Karinthy, which suggests that any two people in the world are connected through a chain of six or fewer…
Shelf Control #230: Jane Austen: Her Life and Letters by William Austen-Leigh and Richard Austen-Leigh
Wednesday, the 31st of May 2023, and time for Shelf Control once again! Shelf Control is a weekly feature created by Lisa at Bookshelf Fantasies, and celebrates the books waiting to be read on your TBR piles/mountains. Since early January 2023, Shelf Control has moved base here to Literary Potpourri. To participate, all you do…
Book Review: The French Spy (2018) by Mark Ellis
My thanks to the author Mark Ellis for a review copy of this book via Booktasters. The French Spy (2018) also published under the title Merlin at War is the third in a series of historical mysteries/police procedurals featuring Inspector Frank Merlin and set in World War II London. Besides the mystery threads, this series…
Book Review: The Enlightenment of Katzuo Nakamatsu by Augusto Higo Oshiro and translated by Jennifer Shyue
My thanks to Archipelago Books (Steerforth Press) for a review copy of this book via Edelweiss. The Enlightenment of Katzuo Nakamatsu is a story of identity and loss, roots and community, of a man dealing with past, present, and much else in the face of impending death. Our story opens in the Parque de la…
Shelf Control #229: Behind That Curtain by Earl Derr Biggers
Wednesday, the 24th of May 2023, and time for Shelf Control once again! Shelf Control is a weekly feature created by Lisa at Bookshelf Fantasies, and celebrates the books waiting to be read on your TBR piles/mountains. Since early January 2023, Shelf Control has moved base here to Literary Potpourri. To participate, all you do…
Book Review: Kafka (2010/2023) by Nishioka Kyōdai and translated by David Yang
My thanks to Pushkin Press for a review copy of this book via Edelweiss. Kafka is among the authors I hadn’t yet got to reading despite having meant to (perhaps at one level because I am a little daunted and wonder whether I’d ‘get’ what he’s trying to convey), but when this book popped up…
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