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Sunday Salon: Re-connecting to the world
It felt so good to get home yesterday after my two week trek around Asia. No matter how luxurious the hotel, how wonderful the restaurants and how memorable the experiences, there is absolutely nothing...
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The Long Way Home by Louise Penny
Within just a few pages of The Long Way Home it’s evident that you’re in the hands of an accomplished writer. This is the latest novel in the Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series by Canadian best...
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Falling off the Wagon
At the start of this year I joined the Triple Dare Challenge @ James Reads Books. (actually I renamed this as a project since I know I don’t do well with challenges). I wanted to clear a little space...
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Three Faces of Crime
I don’t read a lot of crime fiction but now and again I get a hankering for something in that line. I am clearly not destined to be a detective however because I invariably pick the wrong person as...
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Reading Snapshot October 2016
I can pretend no longer. The tinges of red on bushes in my garden and the rate at which our copper beech is shedding leaves tells me that summer is over. Time for the season of mists and intermittent...
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A Great Reckoning by Louise Penny #crimefiction
Louise Penny has for a few years now been one of my favourite crime writers with her series featuring Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, Head of Homicide at the Sûreté du Québec. When we got to book...
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#12Days of Christmas book game: day 11
On the eleventh day of Christmas my true love sent to me Eleven Pipers Piping Day 11 of the 12 Days of Christmas game and giveaway. We’re almost at the end of this game and its much harder than I...
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Book series on my radar
This week’s Top Ten topic (as hosted by Broke and Bookish) is “Ten Series I’ve Been Meaning To Start But Haven’t.” This could turn out to be a very short post in that case since I don’t tend to be a...
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An ever so tiny book splurge
After six months in which I bought only three books I’ve been on a little spree this week. I say ‘little’ because I’m determined not to let the TBR get further out of control. This is a reward for...
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10 (or more) books on the horizon
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday invites us to list the books on our reading horizons for autumn. I had intended to say that I don’t have an Autumn reading plan because a) I’m no good at sticking to these...
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October 2017 Snapshot
Let’s get the good news out of the way first. Last month you may remember I said that, because I’d broken my upper humerus, I had limited movement in my arm. Good progress has been made in the past...
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Bookends #10 November 2018
This week’s Bookends post features an author whose books about a fictitious community in Quebec, Canada have become a favourite. I’m also giving you a challenge to name which author you would choose if...
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Kingdom of the Blind by Louise Penny #bookreview
How long can a series endure before it runs out of steam? Louise Penny’s crime series set in Quebec has long been one of my favourite crime writers. Her central character, Armand Gamache, chief of...
View ArticleReading horizons: Episode 20
Reading Horizons: July 2019 What I’m reading now The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny is book number 5 on my 15booksofsummer list which is a virtual ‘holiday’ around the world. So far I’ve visited Wales...
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Reading Horizons: August 2019 What I’m reading now Shell by Kristina Olsson is one of the books on my booksofsummer list which is a virtual ‘holiday’ around the world. Olsson’s novel gives me a...
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Reading Horizons: September 2019 What I’m reading now I’ve just started a book that was an international best seller in 2018. I’m honestly not sure I want to read this but it was loaned by a friend so...
View ArticleUncovered: An Overdose Of Crime On The Shelves
Today marked yet another attempt to bring some order to the chaos of my book collection. Thanks to a mini cull I can see some space on the bookshelves which is just as well because the piles on the...
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6 Degrees From A Redhead to The Long Way Home
This month’s #6Degrees starts with Anne Tyler’s most recent book Redhead By The Side of The Road. I’ve not read it but the title conjured up an image of a woman hitchhiking. A quick check of the...
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What I’m Reading : Episode 34, May 2021 – from Brit Bennett to William Golding
It’s the final Wednesday in the month so time for another episode of What I’m Reading. An opportunity to share what I’m reading now, what I just finished reading and what’s next on my reading...
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The Madness of Crowds by Louise Penny – a world infected
Freedom of speech. Academic integrity. The right to life. Louise Penny’s latest novel, The Madness of Crowds, seamlessly integrates these wide-ranging themes into a deftly-plotted murder mystery that...
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