"I'm not really supposed to be doing this, but a girl's gotta get paid." Meet Ropa Moyo, 14-year-old school dropout - oh, and a registered ghostalker. Delivering messages from the dead is how Ropa provides for her family of 3 (herself, little sister Izwi, and their grandmother) in a 'post-Catastrophe' (no, we never quite find … Continue reading The Library of the Dead – TL Huchu
Oof. Self-restraint was turned off this month! o.O Still, it's such a clean and civilised hobby lol! eBooks I've heard many, many good things about Ninth Rain by Jen Williams, and to be honest thought I'd maybe bought it a while back - nope! So a bargainous copy of The Winnowing Flame trilogy omnibus (Ninth … Continue reading Stacking the Shelves – July 2023
"I gazed down at Great-Uncle Bosco in his bed in the Cardiology Care Unit of South Conn Hospital, trying to process the fact that he'd suffered a heart attack." Carrie Singleton, librarian in the quant old town of Clover Ridge, has enough on her plate between work and planning her wedding, when she's pulled into … Continue reading Overdue or Die – Allison Brook
"In the early days, the wall of thorns had been distressingly obvious." T Kingfisher remains one of my favourite writers, and she has a strong history of fairy tale retellings that are both cosy and a little more grounded in reality. Bryony and Roses was an excellent take on Beauty and the Beast, The Raven and the Reindeer … Continue reading Thornhedge – T Kingfisher
"No weapons, no masks - those were the rules of seedy places like this." It's been ten years since the events of Nophek Gloss (bar a short jump forward at the end of that book, just to confuse you with timelines!), and Caiden has spent the entire decade on the run from a very irate Threi … Continue reading Azura Ghost – Essa Hansen
I've not reviewed many MCU movies of late, largely because my views were very much in the shrug/meh range. Add to that no longer being a cinema bunny, it all started to feel a little pointless. Still, the streaming release of the third chapter of the Guardians of the Galaxy subset approached with promising reviews, … Continue reading Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)
"Jasper Jesperson had been in a restless, dissatisfied mood all week." The late 1800s saw a fascination with all things Ancient Egyptian sweep through the Western world. The British Museum in London assembled a large collection, and in this story that includes a new 'mystery' mummy. Scholars don't even know if it's male or female, … Continue reading The Missing Mummies – Lisa Tuttle
"The overseers had taken all the carcasses, at least." 14-year-old Caiden lives a hard but productive life as a mechanic on his farming colony. That is, until the day that everything ends. Caiden loses his family, his home, and almost his life. Instead, he finds a mysterious ship and a crew of renegades that needs … Continue reading Nophek Gloss – Essa Hansen
"On the day I met Cameron Clewe, I thought I was simply changing jobs." Retired librarian, Jane Hunter, is excited to take up a new job cataloguing the private collection of rare, classic mystery novels and associated ephemera, owned by reclusive Cameron Clewe. Rarely leaving his stately manor, his wealth and good looks somewhat balance … Continue reading A Cryptic Clue – Victoria Gilbert
Another month, another ridiculous amount of books added to my shelves both real and virtual. I'd say I have a problem, but I kinda like it 😉 Physical books I was lucky enough to win another giveaway on social media, and nabbed myself this little stash: The Shadow of the Gods is the first of John … Continue reading Stacking the Shelves – June 2023
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