Medium – Audiobook About the Book – Written by the author of ‘The Suspicions of Mr Whitcher’, Kate Summerscale tells the story of Robert Allen Coombs, who, at the age of 14, murdered his mother. The book traces the murder and its aftermath, from the actions of Robert and his brother Natty after the killingContinue reading “2021 Book #6 – Wicked Boy”
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2021 Book #5 – Middle-Earth: From Script to Screen
Medium – Book About the Book – This beautiful book tells the story of the filmic version of Middle-Earth, alongside information about its geography, people and lore. The book immerses the reader in not only the background story of the world, but also the practical elements of film-making and how Peter Jackson and his crewContinue reading “2021 Book #5 – Middle-Earth: From Script to Screen”
2021 Book #4 – The Magpie Murders
Medium – Book About the Book – Susan Ryeland is an editor at Cloverfield Publishing, which publishes the novels of Alan Conway, the creator of the German detective Atticus Pund. She is sent the latest installment of Conway’s series, and finds herself immersed in the mystery happening in the 1950s English village. However, the manuscriptContinue reading “2021 Book #4 – The Magpie Murders”
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”
2021 Book #2 – The War Queens
Medium – Book About the Book – Father and daughter duo Jonathan and Emily Jordan tell the stories of fourteen women, crossing time periods and nations, who led their people into battle. From Tomryis, the Massagetae Queen who rode into battle and killed the Persian King, to Margaret Thatcher, who commanded the British Army (albeitContinue reading “2021 Book #2 – The War Queens”
2021 Book #1 – The Ghost Tree
Medium – Audiobook About the Book – The third (and currently last) in the Betty Church series of books, ‘The Ghost Tree’ is split across two time frames – Betty’s childhood in 1914 and her ‘current’ time at the beginning of the second world war. Betty’s childhood is shaped by the loss of her bestContinue reading “2021 Book #1 – The Ghost Tree”
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”
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