2021 is drawing to a close, and everyone's coming up with their best of the year reads. This is something I struggle with, since while I know what books I liked or loved and which I didn't, sometimes I don't really know how to pick between my higher ranked reads, so I never end up…
Book Review: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis #Narniathon21
This was a reread of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950) as part of #Narniathon21 hosted by Chris at Calmgrove. He has discussion prompts for the book up so do head there if you'd like to join in. Banner from Calmgrove The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is a truly classic children's…
Shelf Control #166: The Rivals of the Chalet School by Elinor Brent-Dyer
Wednesday, the 29th of December, and time for Shelf Control once again--the last one of 2021 if one can believe it! 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…
Meowy Kitmas: Some Kitty Christmas Reads!
Merry Christmas, every one! Hope you all have as good a celebration as possible, with all the restrictions back again. I didn't think there'd be yet another variant rearing its head this time around as well, but I guess we must make the best of things. This time around, for my Christmas post, I have…
Book Review: Nature is Never Silent by Madlen Ziege
My thanks to Scribe UK, and NetGalley for a review copy of this book! In Nature is Never Silent: How Animals and Plants Communicate With Each Other, author Madlen Ziege takes us on a journey through the world of nature to acquaint us with the many fascinating ways in which different beings—from unicellular to complex…
Shelf Control #165: The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa
Wednesday, the 22nd of December, 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…
Book Review: An Evening with Claire by Gaito Gazdanov (trans. Bryan Karetnyk)
My thanks to Pushkin Press and NetGalley for a review copy of the book. The first book by Russian émigré writer Gaito Gazdanov, An Evening with Claire (1929), opens in Paris where we are introduced to our narrator and main character, Nikolai Sosedov or Kolya. After ten years, Kolya has been reunited with his first…
Shelf Control #164: The Cousins by Karen M. McManus
Wednesday, the15th of December, 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 it's…
Book Review: The Lost Legends by Cait Marie
My thanks to the author for a review copy of the book via BookTasters. In The Lost Legends, the first of a series, author Cait Marie gives us a very readable and entertaining fantasy tale with prophecies and myths, journeys and pursuits of lost lands and people, romance, and some swashbuckling adventure. We are introduced…
Book Review: The Sittaford Mystery (1931) by Agatha Christie
The Sittaford Mystery (or The Murder at Hazelmoor), a standalone by the Queen of Crime, first published in 1931, is a quite perfect read for the season with a murder in a snowed-in English village difficult to navigate, a fair few suspects, and a touch of spookiness! Our story opens in the small village of…
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