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- Top Ten Tuesday: Books Set in the Interwar Years
This is also a week when I have noticed a strange coincidence in my current reading: three of the books I am currently reading are set in the interbellum years between the two World Wars: the roaring twenties and the increasingly ominous 1930s as war encroaches. And as this is a Freebie week, I thought this might be an interesting focus. It is an interesting time: in hindsight the urge towards modernity and optimism and hopefulness – to a jazz soundtrack of course, in an art deco ballroom populated with flappers – looks just a little desperate and hollow but still strangely compelling.… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Books Set in the Interwar Years - Book Review: Legends and Lattes, Travis Baldree
A sweet and cosy, very low-stakes fantasy novel with engaging characters and a heart: even if Viv and her friends are not terribly distinct from each other, they were a pleasant bunch to spend time with.… Continue reading Book Review: Legends and Lattes, Travis Baldree - Top Ten Tuesday: Cosy Reads
There was a time when I would have derided cosy reads – yes, I confess it – because surely books should be disquieting and challenging, shouldn’t they? And yes, of course they should. But they should also be heartwarming and sweet and create that feeling of being wrapped up in a warm blanket in front of a fire with a cup of tea (and of course a book) on a winter’s night…… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Cosy Reads - Top Ten Tuesday: Thankful Freebie: Books I Would be Thankful for the Time to Read!
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Thankful Freebie: Books I Would be Thankful for the Time to Read! - Book Review: The Bullet That Missed, Richard Osman
A cosy series that just seems to get cosier and more tightly plotted with each entry: the warm and close world of Cooper’s Chase and its inhabitants is as charming as ever; the vagaries of old age and dementia is explored with tenderness and insight; the decade old murder that propels this novel and the underworld that complicates it are all well balanced, and charming.… Continue reading Book Review: The Bullet That Missed, Richard Osman - Book Review: Small Things Like These, Claire Keegan
A technically fascinating account as Burnet adopts the different voices of his two protagonists as they invent and reinvent and lose their own identities; the reading experience was rather let down but how unlikeable those characters were. … Continue reading Book Review: Small Things Like These, Claire Keegan - Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite “Aww” Moments In Books
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite “Aww” Moments In Books - Top Ten Tuesday: Series I’d Like to Start/Catch up on/Finish
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Series I’d Like to Start/Catch up on/Finish - Top Ten Tuesday: Unlikeable Characters You Can’t Help but Love
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Unlikeable Characters You Can’t Help but Love - Book Review: Nevermoor, The Trials of Morrigan Crow, Jessica Townsend
A fantastic romp with a vibrant protagonist who possesses real heart through a charming world, complete with portals, magical knacks, umbrellas, a sentient hotel and a genuinely sinister antagonist.… Continue reading Book Review: Nevermoor, The Trials of Morrigan Crow, Jessica Townsend - Book Review: Woman Eating, Claire Kohda
A fresh and compelling vampire narrative with an incredibly compelling vampire protagonist: this is a novel about people caught between cultures, caught between self-loathing and self-respect; caught between a domineering mother and her own life.… Continue reading Book Review: Woman Eating, Claire Kohda - Book Review: The Ink Black Heart, Robert Galbraith
A rather flabby and mediocre entry in the Cormoran Strike series, it contains all the ingredients you’d expect: Strike and Robin still fancy each other and do nothing about it; Strike shags other women and Robin remains celibate; Strike drinks tea the colour of creosote and hurts his leg; there’s a murder.… Continue reading Book Review: The Ink Black Heart, Robert Galbraith - Book Review: Case Study, Graeme Macrae Burnet
A technically fascinating account as Burnet adopts the different voices of his two protagonists as they invent and reinvent and lose their own identities; the reading experience was rather let down but how unlikeable those characters were. … Continue reading Book Review: Case Study, Graeme Macrae Burnet - Top Ten Tuesday: Black History Month Freebie
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Black History Month Freebie - Top Ten Tuesday: Favourite Words
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Favourite Words
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