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…
Reading Wrap Up: January 2023
The first month of the year already gone by, but one that proved to be a pretty good one reading-wise. In January, I read 11 books, including one picture book. Six of these were mysteries, three children's books (one of which was a mystery), two works of translated fiction, and one nonfic volume. In addition,…
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…
Reading and Blog Reflections 2022
Another year coming to a close, and so time once again to reflect on the 365 days that have gone by in different ways; on this page of course, on how my reading went this year, and also how things were on the blog. 2022 has been rather a bumpy year for me, with reading…
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…
10 Books of Summer
#20BooksofSummer an annual challenge hosted by Cathy at 746Books and one I'll be joining in for the first time, though I did eye it in the past as well. This is a simple and flexible challenge where you pick a list of 10, 15 or 20 books to read between 1 June and 1 September…
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…
Literary Potpourri 