Book Review: Sinister Spring: Murder and Mystery from the Queen of Crime (2023) by Agatha Christie

My thanks to Harper Collins UK for a review copy of this book via NetGalley. Sinister Spring: Murder and Mystery from the Queen of Crime (2023) is another season themed collection of (reprinted) short stories from Christie’s pen.  Like a previous volume of these I read Midsummer Mysteries (2021), we have in this collection 12…

Book Review: My First Highland Cow by Melanie Mitchell

My thanks to Kelpies for a review copy of this book via Edelweiss. My First Highland Cow is a cute little shape picture book which introduces little children to the highland cow, though the sweet Bonnie. With pretty illustrations and a single line of text per page, the reader is shown through the picture what…

Shelf Control #218: Arabella by Georgette Heyer

Wednesday, the 8th of March, 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 is…

Six Degrees of Separation: From Beach Read to Wolf by Wolf (January 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 #196: Murder on Sea by Jane A. Adams

Wednesday, the 17th of August, 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…

Shelf Control #194: Seven Gothic Tales by Isak Dinesen

Wednesday, the 27th of July, 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…

Shelf Control #181: Up the Country: Letters Written to Her Sister From the Upper Provinces of India by Emily Eden

Wednesday, the 20th of April, 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…