Everything to do with books! Mostly book reviews, but occasionally, I have the non-review bookish post too.
It took a while but I am back to the Dark is Rising sequence by Susan Cooper! The first book, Over Sea, Under Stone, felt like Enid Blyton with fantasy as we followed the Drew children on holiday as they get pulled into an adventure. The second book shifted to a darker tone pretty abruptly… Read More Book Review: Greenwitch by Susan Cooper
It brought a smile to my face to see that the blurb of the book ended with “this is a rare and joyful book” while the first line of the preface was “Now that I look back, I see that I have written with some anger.” Those are such different emotions that I wonder how… Read More Book Review: The Running Hare by John Lewis Stempel
There’s no good reason why I bought this book, except that I’ve bought and enjoyed a book about the history of neighbours in England and the word “Cream Teas” is in the title. This amusingly named book is a fascinating exploration into the topic of the Britsh on holiday – both domestically and abroad. Divided… Read More Book Review: Cream Teas, Traffic Jams and Sunburn by Brian Viner
So I read Hydra and WOW, I think this is even better than Six Stories, which I already loved. It’s taking me a lot not to just binge the whole series because there’s something in them that is just perfect for my current reading mood. Hydra follows the “case” of Arla Macleod, who murdered her… Read More Book Review: Hydra by Matt Wesolowski
I think I found this book after rereading Rabbits and looking for more stories from podcasts. Or maybe stories like podcasts (especially since I really enjoyed Sadie!). I can’t remember where I heard of Six Stories but it sounded fascinating so I decided to try the first book. Spoiler: I was hooked! Six Stories is… Read More Book Review: Six Stories by Matt Wesolowski
I was writing a review for a mystery novel and suddenly had a question that I wanted to ask everyone: do you (or how often do you) talk about spoilers in books and in what way? While I am generally okay with spoilers and sometimes quite desperately want to discuss something that would be a… Read More Discussion Post: How do you talk about spoilers?
Here is another book club book doing what it’s supposed to do: introduce me to new books that I’ve not read and should try reading, as well as giving us an opportunity to eat somewhere new (in this case, Turkish cuisine, though Greek cuisine could also work here). The Island of Missing Trees is both… Read More Book Review: The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak
In my quest to read more books about tea, I stumbled across this one called Tea and Tourism. It’s published in 2007, so it’s a bit dated, but I hadn’t really heard of tea being paired with tourism as a concept and I wanted to find out more about it. With contributions from multiple researchers,… Read More Book Review: Tea and Tourism edited by Lee Jolliffe
I had this book on my TBR list for quite a while, so after I talked about it in my post on 7 Fantasy books based on 7 Different Mythologies and when I was at the library, I decided that it was time to bite the bullet and read it! (I have a terrible habit… Read More Book Review: The Girl Who Fell Beneath The Sea by Axie Oh
Friends, I have to admit that I bought this book by accident. I saw the words “Love & Friendship” and “Jane Austen” on the page and thought it referred to her juvenilia Love & Freindship. However, this is actually a tongue-in-cheek version of Lady Susan, based on the movie Love & Friendship which was about… Read More Book Review: Love & Friendship by Whit Stillman