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A collection of 18 issues

Additional Review C - Our Greatest Living Mystery Writer?

The Searcher by Tana French The book jacket does indeed call Tana French our greatest living mystery writer. It seems a bold claim to make. The book is good, but not that good and not actually that much of a straight forward mystery. I would probably pick someone like Lisa

Audiobook - How Not to Fall in Love, Actually - Catherine Bennetto

Yeah, this was fine. Nothing problematic, pleasant enough characters, writing was ok. If you want a cozy romance in your ears while you go about your day this fits the bill. And for fans of 'Love, Actually' theres some hints about that movie too. Well written, cosy romance

Additional Review B - Should I trust BookTok recommendations?

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas I've been vaguely aware of they hype surrounding these books from BookTok and in other social media, so when I visited England last summer and saw my Sister-in-law had the whole set I asked her about them. She

Additional Review A - British Quiz-show host and comedian becomes a novelist?

We Solve Murders by Richard Osman After having so much fun completing my monthly reading challenge last year, I embarked on some other challenges this year. Namely to visit every library my Wake County Library Card gives me access to. This challenge saw me driving to the other side of

'25 February - theme: Black History Month

Will's Race for Home by Jewell Parker Rhodes I was sent this book for free as an Arc from goodreads. It was called Will and contained no illustrations so I don't know if they are any good! It was a great read for black history month,

December - theme: Winter (Snow)

Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow by Peter Høeg Time Magazine's "Book of the Year" in 1992. Unfortunately it is not 1992 anymore and while this book might have seemed fresh and genre defining back then, I've read the girl with the dragon

Additional Review 7

Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty First off, thanks Caitlin for getting all the Liane Moriarty audiobooks over the last few years and sharing them with me. You probable don't know it but you got me into her. Now I still think 9 perfect strangers is the best

Additional Review 5

The No-Show by Beth O'Leary Thanks Caitlin for the loan of this surprisingly good book. I thought it would be a typical rom-com chick lit kinda deal. It was a bit more complicated than that. Nicely written and easy to read, it felt reminiscent of Marian Keyes with

September - theme: Non-Fiction

A History of the World in Six Glasses by Tom Standage This was a London book box find. That book box was the first I had ever encountered and it was a delight. Housed in an old red telephone box, it had acres of choice and the books changed on

Additional Review 4

Bones Of The Lost by Kathy Reichs 10 years! I started this book in 2014 and made it to about the midway mark. Then Tempe went to Afganistan and suddenly all the bones were replaced with black Hawks, IUD's and military bases. Urgh. So there it sat for