Medium – Book About the Book – Lexi Ellis is at the end of her tether. Struggling with depression and anxiety, one day she decides to take her own life but is found just in time by her friend. When she leaves hospital, she is dumped by her boyfriend, chucked out of his house andContinue reading “2021 Book #68 – The Nesting”
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2021 Book #65 – The Girl of Ink and Stars
Medium – Audiobook About the Book – Isabella Riosse is the daughter of a cartographer, trapped on an island ruled by a cruel governor. One day a young girl in her class is murdered by an unknown but terrifying beast, and Isabella’s best friend (who is also the governor’s daughter) disappears into the island’s forgottenContinue reading “2021 Book #65 – The Girl of Ink and Stars”
2021 Book #60 – The Broken Raven
Medium – Book About the Book – Leading on from ‘The Good Hawk’, the second book in the Shadow Skye Trilogy begins a few weeks after the previous book ends. We again see Jaime and Agatha, our heroes from the previous story, but also meet Sigrid, the eponymous Broken Raven of the title. The storyContinue reading “2021 Book #60 – The Broken Raven”
2021 Book #56 – Shadowplay
Medium – Audiobook About the Book – In the Lyceum Theatre, three extraordinary people begin their working lives together – Henry Irving, the key leading man and theatre impresario; Ellen Terry, the most desired actress of her generation; and Bram Stoker, the unremarkable theatre manager and eventual writer of ‘Dracula’. The story follows Bram throughContinue reading “2021 Book #56 – Shadowplay”
2021 Book #3 – The Beast of Buckingham Palace
Medium – Audiobook About the Book – Set in 2120, this novel by David Walliams tells the story of the sickly Prince Alfred, the heir to the throne of Britain. The country is in ruins and ruled by the Lord Protector, a terrible, terrifying man who controls Alfred’s father, the King, and rules the countryContinue reading “2021 Book #3 – The Beast of Buckingham Palace”
TBR Pile #17 – Sherlock Holmes and the Beast of the Stapletons
Medium – Book About the Book – The events of the Hound of the Baskervilles occurred five years ago and still the terror of the climatic night haunts Dr Watson. They are called back to Baskerville Hall under the most awful of circumstances – Sir Henry Baskerville’s wife, Audrey, is killed whilst out walking oneContinue reading “TBR Pile #17 – Sherlock Holmes and the Beast of the Stapletons”
TBR Pile #12 – Hold Back the Tide
Medium – Book About the Book – Alva Douglas lives with her father, the loch-keeper for a small Scottish town. For the last seven years she has lived in fear as she knows that her father murdered her mother. Now, she is planning a way out. However, she finds her escape delayed by the disappearanceContinue reading “TBR Pile #12 – Hold Back the Tide”
Book #24 – The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerising Girl
Prompt – A book with a main character in their 20s Medium – Book About the Book – The sequel to ‘European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman’, Theodora Goss presents the next adventures of the Athena Club. Mary, Justine, Diana, Catherine and Beatrice return as they receive a message that their kitchen maid, Alice, andContinue reading “Book #24 – The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerising Girl”
Book #22 – European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman
Prompt – A book that passes the Bechdel Test (a book must feature at least two women, they must talk to each other and their conversation must be about something other than a man). Medium – Book About the Book – The second in a trilogy of books by Theodora Goss, ‘European Travel for theContinue reading “Book #22 – European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman”
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