Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

I have just one book to read to reach my goal of reading the books I got from the library. This in turn does mean that my advance copies and kindle copies are languishing with lack of attention. I still have a few days to pay attention to them. I saw such rave reviews of…

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Royal Assassin (Farseer Trilogy #2) by Robin Hobb

This is the one time where I want to go back and change my rating of the first book of the series to a four star rating to prove how much this one's five star rating indicates my feelings. It is very rare for me to enjoy the second book of a series so much…

Mysore to the Mountains by Clare Nicholls

As I was telling a friend of mine this morning, my reading slump can chiefly be attributed to trying to do too much in too little a time. I am off on a holiday at the end of the month and may be off the internet for a while. My trusty (ill-treated) kindle travels with…

The Air Raid Killer (Max Heller, Dresden Detective #1) by Frank Goldammer

If you had known me in the pre-blog and pre-kindle unlimited days, you would be surprised at the sheer number of translated works that I am reading. I had a very strong bias about translations and they seemed off somehow. The ones that I have recently got my hands on, are much classier than those…

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers #1) by Becky Chambers

In the past year, I discovered this multiverse of fellow bibliophiles many of whom seem to have a greater ability to experiment with the offerings of the world of written fiction. From their vast experiences, I am slowly picking off little bits and pieces from their experiences and trying them out for size. This particular…

The Natural Baker by Henrietta Inman

I have gone through my fair share of recipe books recently. It is not that I immediately set to work on trying to recreate the magic so tastefully depicted within the pages but I still have a partiality for them. They are for those imaginary future instances when I would dazzle those even more imaginary…

Precious and Grace (No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency #17) by Alexander McCall Smith

  I am back this sunday morning, in the world of Precious Ramotswe and her oddball companions who suddenly spout the most profound of truisms. I invite you to click on the links of the books that I have reviewed and liked below to get an idea of what their Gaborone, Botswana is like.            …

The Play of Death (The Hangman’s Daughter, #6) by Oliver Pötzsch

It has been a while since I wrote almost back to back reviews and it feels odd being back to it. I am of course referring to the book I reviewed last night (I Know a Woman by Kate Hodges). This is a very intriguing series, a little brutal but with an abundance of historical…