Source: Review copy sent by the publisher, Magpie for the Random Things Blog Tour – thank you. I always enjoy a good campus novel, and I also love novels with art as a driver. Lucien has both – so this book gets a double tick for starters! Christopher Novotny is late arriving on his first Read More
Month: March 2026
The Reaper by Vanda Symon
Source: Review Copy from Orenda Books as part of the Random Things Blogtour – Thank you This is my second read by New Zealand’s Queen of Crime Vanda Symon. The first was Prey, the latest in her popular Dunedin-set series featuring Detective Sam Shephard. That may have been the 6th in the series but with Read More
The Country Girls by Edna O’Brien – Galley Beggar Critical Reading Class #3
I spent another very enjoyable two hours online with the other participants in this class, led by chief Galley Beggar, Sam Jordison, discussing Edna O’Briens sensational debut novel from 1960 – The Country Girls. Before I get started on the discussions, here are links to the first two sessions’ write-ups. The Country Girls was a Read More
The Murder Pool – Stella Blómkvist 4 – blogtour
Review copy courtesy of the publisher, Corylus Books – thank you. Translated by Quentin Bates The arrival of each newly translated novel in the self-titled Stella Blómkvist series is cause for celebration! Although they could be read individually, this fourth one does feature some of the Reykjavik underground’s baddies who cropped up in the third Read More
Sycorax by Nydia Hetherington – blogtour
Random Tours blog tour – but reading my own personal bought copy of the book! Shakespeare retellings are one thing – I’ve read a few, below (links in titles) – and I still have most of the Hogarth Press series (now reissued by Vintage in paperback) to read. What Nydia Hetherington has done is rather Read More
Six Degrees of Separation: Wuthering Heights
It’s time for the super monthly tag Six Degrees of Separation, which is hosted by Kate at Booksaremyfavouriteandbest, Six Degrees of Separation #6degrees picks a starting book for participants to go wherever it takes them in six more steps. Links to my reviews are in the titles of the books chosen. The starter book this month is: Wuthering Read More
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame – book group report
(Thank goodness) we’re nearing the end of our marathon Flora & Fauna alphabet reading picks! However, our ‘W’ one was a delight. I was lucky to be able to read Grahame’s 1908 classic in a 2003 Methuen edition (that matches my A.A. Milne set of poems & Pooh books) with the full-colour illustrations by E.H. Read More
Saoirse by Charleen Hurtubise – blogtour
A timely blogtour post for the beginning of 12th Reading Ireland month, hosted by Cathy at 746 Books. Although Hurtubise is American, she has lived in Ireland for 25 years, and her second novel is set in Dublin and Donegal. The story begins with recognition, in the form of being awarded a prestigious art prize Read More
