December 2020 – Jen’s Book Blog

End of 2020!

Well, if nothing else, this year has been a surprise! I can’t believe that just over a year ago I set up this blog, and since then I have been through a pandemic, a house move and, of course, 73 books. I have loved contributing to this blog with my thoughts on the books I’veContinue reading “End of 2020!”

TBR Pile #23 – Sherlock Holmes and the Christmas Demon

Medium – Book About the Book – Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson are at the denouement of a case involving a purloining St Nicholas when they are approached by a beautiful young woman, Eve Allerthorpe, who believes that she is being haunted by a Christmas Demon. Her late mother, who committed suicide last Christmas, toldContinue reading “TBR Pile #23 – Sherlock Holmes and the Christmas Demon”

TBR Pile #22 – The Room of the Dead

Medium – Audiobook About the Book – The second in the Betty Church Mystery series, this time, Betty Church and her colleagues at Sackwater Station are dealing with the mundanities of life – missing slippers, dogs and other unexciting occurrences. But soon, the war comes to Sackwater, and a street is bombed, killing a wholeContinue reading “TBR Pile #22 – The Room of the Dead”

TBR Pile #21 – Troy

Medium – Audiobook About the Book – Following on from his tales of the gods (Mythos) and the great heroes (Heroes), Stephen Fry takes us back to Ancient Greece for his third in the series, Troy. Unsurprisingly, this book tells the story of the legend of the Trojan war, with Fry’s wonderful mixture of humorousContinue reading “TBR Pile #21 – Troy”

TBR Pile #20 – Orphan, Monster, Spy

Medium – Book About the Book – Sarah is a blond-haired, blue-eyed Jewish girl living in the heart of Nazi Germany. When trying to escape, her mother is killed at a roadblock and Sarah is left injured and lost, chased by dogs. She is taken in by Captain Jeremy Floyd, a spy for the BritishContinue reading “TBR Pile #20 – Orphan, Monster, Spy”

TBR Pile #19 – Betty Church and the Suffolk Vampire

Medium – Audiobook About the Book – Set at the beginning of WW2, this book is the first in a series by M.R.C. Kasasian, who is also the author of the Gower Street Detectives books. Betty is a policewoman in her thirties, battling against the prejudice and misogyny rife in the police service. She sustainsContinue reading “TBR Pile #19 – Betty Church and the Suffolk Vampire”

TBR Pile #18 – The Familiars

Medium – Audiobook About the Book – Fleetwood Shuttleworth is 17 years old, married to the local Lord of the Manor, and is pregnant for the fourth time. All her previous pregnancies have ended in miscarriage or stillbirth, and Fleetwood is desperate to produce an heir for her husband. One day, she finds a letterContinue reading “TBR Pile #18 – The Familiars”