July/August 2020 Books vs Moods

My last post for this monthly regime was : June 2020 Books Vs Moods. July 2020 was probably the first month that I have skipped it since the starting of the blog. I have not gone back and checked but I am pretty sure. I therefore combined the last month and this to make a decent…

Gone to Darkness (Sydney Rose Parnell #4) by Barbara Nickless

Previous books of the series and their reviews on the blog Emily Sutton-Smith (Narrator) One can pick up this book as a start to the series because it shows a significant change in the life of Sydney Rose. If read out of order, it would be harder to understand her psyche because of the way her…

Christmas at Carly’s Cupcakes by Jessica Redland

Its almost Christmas at Whitsborough bay and this time around, we are to spend time with Carly at her cupcake shop. Things are not going too well, the workload being extraordinarily high and Carly's sister being in the way.This visit to the town was about how our protagonist manages to live a little, find new…

15 Minutes of Flame (Nantucket Candle Maker Mystery #3) by Christin Brecher

I have read and reviewed the previous two books of the series on this blog earlier: #1#2 I liked the first two adventures of the series, the first one better than the second. Although I am going to be rating this the same on the websites ( because of a woeful lack of .5 stars…

The Familiar Dark by Amy Engel

It is surprising to encounter such an immersive experience in a title like this. Usually, short strokes build the world before pushing the shocking twist onto us. In this case, we are left to simmer.The book begins with the crime being committed. Immediately after we meet the primary protagonist, Eve Taggert. She has clawed her…

Brave Girl, Quiet Girl by Catherine Ryan Hyde

I have read an reviewed a lot of the previous works by the author on this blog:        Narrated by: Kate Rudd, Jess Nahikian If you have read any of the author's previous works, you will expect the 'oddness' of the characters we meet. We have straight-talking, honest Molly who is living on the streets and…

The Old Girls’ Network by Judy Leigh

This is a book with unlikely protagonists. We are talking of two sisters well into their seventies having their own coming of age story. The elder and harder sister(Barbara), after a near death-like experience and an additional piece of advice by a medical professional, contacts her sister for an extended stay. The younger, softer sister…

The Miseducation of Evie Epworth by Matson Taylor

I started this (yet again) without reading the blurb, before actually cracking a page. Most books that have lingered on my TBR have faded into the queue without me retaining its essence. This is not the case once I get to them, enjoy them and set them down, which lessens any for of guilt I…