My thanks to NetGalley and Sapere books for a review copy of this book. The Catherine Howard Conspiracy is the first in a trilogy, the Marquess House trilogy, and is a mystery/thriller that unfolds in two parallel timelines. After a brief prologue setting out some events in 1542 Pembrokeshire, we come to the present day…
Shelf Control #37: On the Come Up
The final Wednesday of March, and time again for Shelf Control. I've missed putting up posts under this feature through most of this month, and have been slack in my blogging generally, but am hoping to get back into it. [Reading has been going well this month, however.] Shelf Control is a feature hosted by…
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She talked like a woman who knew more books than people. Melissa Albert, The Hazel Wood (2018) Image Source: Pexels.
Children’s Book of the Month: Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend
First in a fantasy series, this book has been compared to Harry Potter, and is one I’ve been hearing so much about, and was very much looking forward to reading. Morrigan Crow is cursed, and as a result blamed for pretty much everything that happens (or rather goes wrong) in her town of Jackalfax. Her…
Book Review: Golden Pavements by Pamela Brown
My thanks to Steerforth Press/Pushkin Press and NetGalley for a review copy of this book. Golden Pavements is the third in the Blue Door series of books by Pamela Brown set around a group of children (three sets of siblings) interested in theatre, who are now training to be professional actors, and aspire to make…
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For there to be betrayal, there would have to have been trust first. Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games (2008) Image Source: Pexels.
Review: Ever Alice by H.J. Ramsay
My thanks to NetGalley and Red Rogue Press for a review copy of this book. Ever Alice is pretty much a sequel to the Alice books taking place when Alice is fifteen. Alice has never ceased to believe in Wonderland and those she met there, but in the “real” world, this has meant that people,…
February ‘Historical Mysteries’ Lazy Wrap Up: Covers and Links
It's nearly half way through March, and I realised I still haven't done a wrap up post for February. For February, my reading theme was historical mysteries, and I had a list of four books that I wanted to pick up (see February reading plans here), besides what I had on NetGalley and what I…
Review: A Murder at Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey
This is the first in a mystery series featuring Perveen Mistry, the first female lawyer in Bombay (based on the real firsts, Camelia Sorabji and Mithan Tata Lam) set in the 1920s. Perveen is 23, has read law at Oxford, and is employed in her father’s firm as no one else would employ her. She…
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"we must always be vigilant, because power comes infected with the only disease left to us: the virus called human nature." Neal Schusterman, Scythe (2016)
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