Everything to do with books! Mostly book reviews, but occasionally, I have the non-review bookish post too.
And we are back with another book in the Chrestomanci series! Unlike the previous books, Mixed Magic isn’t one long standalone story, but rather consists of four stories set in the world of Chrestomanci, with three that revolve around the Chrestomanci – both the current one and Cat, the next Chrestomanci. Warlock at the Wheel,… Read More Book Review: Mixed Magics by Diana Wynn Jones
I can’t quite remember why this was on my TBR list (perhaps I heard of an adaptation of the book?) but it was on hold and I’m not going to turn down the opportunity to read a Christie when it arises. The Pale Horse is a standalone Christie mystery, belonging neither to the Poirot nor… Read More Book Review: The Pale Horse by Agatha Christie
And at last, we come to the end of the Dark is Rising sequence. It’s pretty interesting to look back at the first book and see how Cooper infused the whole series with Arthurian and Welsh mythology, as well as to see the change in tone as the book matures and develops. The first few… Read More Book Review: Silver on the Tree by Susan Cooper
I found this book while looking for other books that Dorothy Ko was involved in (she wrote the excellent Cinderella’s Sisters) and was instantly intrigued by this memoir by a crown princess of 18th century Korea. Ko wrote the foreward to this translation, which is how I found it. To make things more interesting, Lady… Read More Book Review: The Memoirs of Lady Hyegyong translated by JaHyun Kim Haboush
Recently, someone commented on an old review of A Shilling for Candles and recommended that I also read The Franchise Affair. Apart from My Brother’s Killer, I haven’t read a Golden Age mystery in a while so I was eager to do so. And wow, The Franchise Affair was intense! I pretty much gobbled this… Read More Book Review: The Franchise Affair by Josephine Tey
I heard about this book and thought it sounded very charming, so when I saw it in the airport bookstore, I thought it was the perfect time to strike it off my TBR list. Murder Before Evensong is a story about life in Champton, with one or two murders thrown in. Canon Daniel is the… Read More Book Review: Murder Before Evensong by Richard Coles
I came across this book while browsing through the library and I thought the author’s name sounded family. Oddly enough, I don’t have any books by Sager on my TBR. But I figured I heard about her through someone’s review and the synopsis of this book sounded interesting so I decided to borrow it. Home… Read More Book Review: Home Before Dark by Riley Sager
I remember hearing about this book around the same time I heard about the Six Stories series. And as you know, I got swept up in Six Stories and didn’t get around to Night Film until very recently. Honestly, this book had a really long time before the payoff but whew, what a ride it… Read More Book Review: Night Film by Marisha Pessl
This got on my radar fairly long ago thanks to a review by The Orangutan Librarian, but I never had the urge to read it till just before my trip to France. Unfortunately, it wasn’t immediately available. Fortunately, it became available while I was still in France The Paris Apartment starts when Jess impulsively makes… Read More Book Review: The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley
After watching A Haunting in Venice, I wanted more Poirot and while going through my library’s collection, I came across Agatha Christie’s Poirot. I’ve heard of the author, Mark Aldridge, on a Christie podcast so I felt fairly confident borrowing this. As indicated by the title, this book follows Poirot through the books as well… Read More Book Review: Agatha Christie’s Poirot by Mark Aldridge