The final Wednesday of the month, and time again for Shelf Control. Shelf Control is a feature hosted by Lisa at Bookshelf Fantasies, and celebrates the books waiting to be read on your TBR pile. To participate, simply pick one of the books from your TBR and write a post about it. Link back to…
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"But since printing came in no one wants illustrated works, they are happy with these cheap books with their ugly, square letters all squashed together. "C.J. Sansom, Dissolution (2003)
Review: A Country Rivalry by Sasha Morgan
My thanks to NetGalley and Aria for a review copy of this one. A Country Rivalry is set in Treweham village in the Cotswalds where we “meet” and follow the stories of numerous characters—the lord of the manor Tobias Cavendish-Blake, recently married to Megan; his younger brother Sebastian who is seeing success on the stage…
Shelf Control #35: The Hanover Square Affair
Wednesday the 20th of February, and time for another Shelf Control post. Shelf Control is a weekly feature hosted by Lisa at Bookshelf Fantasies, and is all about celebrating the books that are waiting to be read on your TBR. To participate, all you do is to pick a book from your TBR pile and…
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"We live for books. A sweet mission in this world dominated by disorder and decay."Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose (1980)
Shelf Control #34: Murder at Maypole Manor
Wednesday the 13th of February--Shelf Control day again! Shelf Control is a feature hosted by Lisa at Bookshelf Fantasies, and celebrates the books waiting to be read on your TBR pile. To participate, all you do is to pick a book from your TBR pile, and write a post about it. Link back to Lisa's…
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"Fear is only incomplete knowledge", said Hori. "When we know, Renisenb, there will be no more fear."Agatha Christie, Death Comes As the End (1944)
Review: #ThePorpoise by Mark Haddon
My thanks to Penguin Random House UK and NetGalley for a review copy of this book. Part of the description of this book on NetGalley was this: “A newborn baby is the sole survivor of a terrifying plane crash.She is raised in wealthy isolation by an overprotective father. She knows nothing of the rumours about…
Review: #Shelley by David Vandermeulen, Daniel Casanave, and Patrice Larcenet
My thanks to NetGalley and Europe Comics for a review copy of this one. This graphic novel tells the story of Percy Bysshe Shelley. Opening in Oxford in 1811, when he gets expelled for his essay on Atheism (he was always in trouble there, pretty much), to his meeting with his first wife Harriet, and…
Review: #RenéeStone 1: Murder in Abyssinia #NetGalley #GraphicNovel #HistoricalFiction
My thanks to NetGalley and Europe Comics for a review copy of this book. This is a graphic novel and first in series featuring Renée Stone, author of detective fiction, who arrives in Ethiopia (then, Abyssinia) along with a number of other “hand-picked Europeans” in October 1930 to witness the coronation of the last Emperor…
Literary Potpourri 