I was reminded that At the Sign of the Sugared Plum was on my TBR list (thanks for the review, Orangutan Librarian!) when I reread At The House of the Magician. I’m actually pretty thankful I forgot about this last year because I’m not sure if I would be able to read about the black… Read More Book Review: At the Sign of the Sugared Plum by Mary Hooper
I love the weekends because I get to read a lot more! I baked some cookies today and managed to finish a book while waiting for all the batches to bake and cool. And then I finished one after I got home and realised I didn’t have that much to do. Today, I read: I,… Read More March Rereading Madness: Day 13
I really enjoyed Shadow on the Crown, the first in the Emma of Normandy trilogy, so when I was offered a review copy of The Steel Beneath the Silk, I jumped at it. I even reread Shadow on the Crown to make sure everything was fresh in my head (it didn’t hurt that the British… Read More ARC Book Review: The Steel Beneath the Silk by Patricia Bracewell
Once I finished the two YA Ibbotson books that I bought, I decided to move to her children’s fiction – The Dragonfly Pool. Like The Morning Gift, The Dragonfly Pool is set in the WWII era, but unlike The Morning Gift, The Dragonfly Pool focuses on the value of friendship. The Dragonfly Pool starts with… Read More Book Review: The Dragonfly Pool by Eva Ibbotson
I have always loved The Secret Countess (aka A Countess Below Stairs) and it is my second favourite Ibbotson book after Journey to the River Sea. So obviously I had to get myself a copy when I saw it being sold at an extremely reasonable price. The Secret Countess is about Anna, one of the… Read More Rereading: The Secret Countess by Eva Ibbotson (and comparing it to The Morning Gift)
One amazing thing I found on BookXcess were several titles from Eva Ibbotson. I really loved Journey to the River Sea and The Secret Countess, but I only own Journey to the River Sea. So I took the chance to get a few more books from her and this week will be very much dedicated… Read More Book Review: The Morning Gift by Eva Ibbotson
It’s not that I’m looking for feel-good books for the Christmas season, but this I bumped up The Blessed Child in the TBR stack because: 1) it’s a physical book and 2) I wanted to read it before I finished all the teas in the Quaintly & Co. Tea and Book Box. And also because… Read More Book Review: The Blessed Child by Rosie Goodwin
One of my online friends, Jennifer, wrote a book! And she very kindly sent me a copy because shipping is expensive, so obviously I had to bump it up the TBR list. And totally no regrets because I have not read an Epic Story* in a while. The Long Guest is set post-Tower of Babel,… Read More Book Review: The Long Guest by Jennifer Mugrage
I read and loved The Thirteenth Tale all the way back in 2016, so when I saw One Upon a River in BookXcess, I decided that it wasn’t much of a risk if I got it. And I was right because I absolutely loved this novel. Once Upon a River is set on the banks… Read More Book Review: Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield
Midnight Without a Moon is one of the books I bought from BookXcess and I am so glad I did because I could not stop reading this. The book is centered around Rose Lee, an African-American girl living in Mississippi in 1955. Although Rose is smart and ambitious, her grandmother openly favours her lighter-skin cousin,… Read More Book Review: Midnight Without a Moon by Linda Williams Jackson