Category: Reading
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The Poetry Machine
There’s a fun new contraption at my local library! According to a post on the library blog, The Poetry Machine features poems submitted directly to the library from “newbies through to experienced poets, school children to more mature folk.” And it sounds like it’ll only be there for a short time – I’m glad I…
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The Trials of Lila Dalton by L. J. Shepherd
I was hooked the moment I heard about this book from fellow author friends. One author whose skills and opinion I highly respect has read an advance copy and said he’d intended to read for a few minutes before bed, but had powered through half of the book before realising how late it was! If…
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Agatha Christie biography by Lucy Worsley
I’m much more likely to find myself browsing the fiction sections at any bookshop or library, but when I was gifted Lucy Worsley’s Agatha Christie biography for my birthday, I knew I’d be packing it for my summer holiday reading. I’ve always enjoyed Worsley’s historical documentaries, so an entire book by her focused on the…
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A Rake of His Own by AJ Lancaster
A Rake of His Own by AJ Lancaster cleverly combines magic and the mundane, botany and sorcery, romance and mystery, to tell this wonderful story of two idiots falling in love while solving a murder. 🌈 Gay fae😏 Longing and lustful looks🕵️♂️ Murder, mystery, intrigue!🧐 Botanical geekery😈 Sinfully swoon-worthy audiobook narration🙄 These guys kidding no-one…
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My top 5 reads of 2023 (+ more)
I read so many great books last year, but today I’ve pulled out: 5 stand-out books of 2023 Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson Agatha Christie and Arthur Conan Doyle meet Knives Out and The Thursday Murder Club in this fiendishly clever blend of classic and modern murder mystery. It’s just…
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Cosy up with some cosy mysteries these holidays
I’ve teamed up with two groups of authors to help promote each others’ books through December. If you’re keen to cosy up with some fun reads these holidays, make sure you scroll through these two bunches of books! Make it a cozy holiday… These books are all available for sale on Amazon and to read…
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Blurbing Paul Austin Ardoin’s The Trailer Park Murder
I had the privilege of reading Paul Austin Ardoin’s latest Woodhead & Becker Mystery, The Trailer Park Murder, earlier in the year, and I really enjoyed it. Paul recently shared the paperback cover with me, ahead of its scheduled release on 5 December 2023. I asked if I could show it off, and he said…
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