Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Instinct is a marvellous thing,” mused Poirot. “It can neither be explained nor ignored.Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920)
Review: Murder at the Village Fete by Catherine Coles #NetGalley #BookReview #1920s #Mystery
My thanks to NetGalley and BooksGoSocial for a review copy of this one. After not really requesting books from NetGalley for a bit (so as to tackle by own TBR pile), last month I came across a handful that sounded so interesting and I ended up requesting. One of these was this one–Murder at the…
Book Review: House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig
House of Salt and Sorrows is a young adult fantasy novel which is essentially a retelling of the Twelve Dancing Princesses but with a dark, in fact, a very dark twist. This one I came across purely by chance in a YouTube video by Hailey in Bookland and got a copy because it sounded so…
Shelf Control #115: One of Us is Lying by Karen M. McManus #YoungAdult #Mystery #TBR
Wednesday, the 25th of November, and time for Shelf Control once again! Shelf Control is a weekly feature hosted by Lisa at Bookshelf Fantasies, and celebrates the books waiting to be read on your TBR piles/mountains. To participate, simply pick a book from your TBR pile, and write a post about it--what it's about, why…
Bookquotes: Quotes from Books (136) #AgathaChristie #Poirot #Quotes
Photo by Karolina Grabowska on Pexels.com An appreciative listener is always stimulating...Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920)
#BookReview: The Hand on the Wall by Maureen Johnson #Mystery #YoungAdult #TrulyDevious
In The Hand on the Wall, Maureen Johnson gives us a satisfying conclusion to the two mysteries surrounding Ellingham Academy which we have been following from book 1. This is of course, the third book of the Truly Devious series of Young Adult mysteries (I recently found out that there is to be a fourth…
Shelf Control #114: Miss Moorthy Investigates by Ovidia Yu #HistoricalFiction #Mystery #TBR
Wednesday, the 18th of November, and time for Shelf Control once again! Shelf Control is a weekly feature hosted by Lisa at Bookshelf Fantasies, and celebrates the books waiting to be read on your TBR piles/mountains. To participate, all you do is pick a book from your TBR pile, and write a post about it--what…
Bookquotes: Quotes from Books (135) #AgathaChristie #Quotes #Poirot
Photo by Andrea Piacquadio on Pexels.com My dear Poirot,” I said coldly, “it is not for me to dictate to you. You have a right to your own opinion, just as I have to mine.Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920)
Book Review: Naked Heat by Richard Castle
Naked Heat is book 2 in the Nikki Heat series of books. The series was published as to tie-in with the TV series Castle in which Richard Castle, an author, first comes in contact with Detective Kate Beckett when a copycat killer bases his crimes on the former’s books, and decides to base his next…
Shelf Control #113: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
Wednesday, the 11th of November, and time for Shelf Control once again! Shelf Control is a weekly feature hosted by Lisa at Bookshelf Fantasies, and celebrates the books waiting to be read on your TBR piles/mountains. To participate, simply pick a book from your TBR pile, and write a post about it--what its about, why…
Literary Potpourri 