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2025

A collection of 46 issues

Reading with Ella - Book 17

Storm the Lightning Fairy (Weather Fairies #6)- by Daisy Meadows Here's some interesting info: Daisy Meadows is not a person! My mental image of a bubbly blonde woman in her 20's or 30's writing sweet little stories for children is false! There are

Audiobook - The Guest List - Lucy Foley

What a fantastic audiobook! I read so many thrillers that are in fact - not thrilling. I am happy to announce this was not in that category. I was hooked from the very beginning. The story started at the end and slowly revealed the incident of the night before piece

'25 December - theme: courtesy of Mum: Tartan noir

Absolution(Anderson & Costello #1) by Caro Ramsay Tartan noir - a popular genre of dark, gritty Scottish crime fiction. This particular example was set in Glasgow with sections taking part on the Ayr coastal road. These were the sections I related to. It helped that I was reading this

Audiobook - The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (Hunger Games #0) - Suzanne Collins

Watching the movie before reading the book is a sacrilegious offence, and one I erroneously committed with this title. Luckily for me, both the movie and the book are fabulous. This is the prequel to the original hunger games and follows Coriolanus Snow (yes, evil President Snow) as a relatable

Reading with Ella - Book 9

Billie B. Brown (#3) - The Midnight Feast by Sally Rippin Oh jeez, annoying Billie B Brown is back again. This time to get scared in the dark outside. It was a little bit better than the swimming one but not by much. Will avoid these books in future whenever

Reading with Ella - Book 8

Rainbow Magic (#14), Weather Fairies (#7) Hayley the Rain Fairy by Daisy Meadows We found this in a bookbox without realizing that this is the seventh and final book in the weather fairies series. That's a bit of a pity as it was actually pretty good, and now

'25 October - theme: Agatha Christie

The Boomerange Clue (or "Why didn't they ask Evans?" by Agatha Christie Ahhh, after last month's epic, this is just what I needed. One of a few standalone mysteries by the queen of mystery, this is a cracking little book. This is definately one

'25 September - theme: '10 things I hate about you' related

The Golden Notebook by Dorris Lessing First off, I believe some clarification is in order for my readers. Every year on my birthday (in September) I watch my favourite film - '10 things I hate about you' - a modern (1990s) retelling of 'The Taming of the

'25 August - theme: Short Stories

Mavericks: Life stories and lessons of history's most extraordinary misfits by Jenny Draper While only tentatively fitting the theme of short stories, since all the stories are of real people and there is a considerable number of sources cited at the back of the book, this was a