March 2021 Books Vs Moods

My last compilation post was: February 2021 Books vs Moods This month has been interesting, I have had bursts of reading followed by equally smaller bursts of writing reviews but overall, a good month. I even branched out a little. I wrote a random post for my cousin's blog : This is a pet topic for…

The Unexpected Mrs Pollifax (Mrs. Pollifax #1) by Dorothy Gilman

For some strange reason, when I picked this off my Kindle to read, I had forgotten that it was a reprint. Only some chapters in did I suddenly realise that this was not a contemporary narrative. I do not know how this reflects on my detecting skills, but I hopefully made up for it by…

Jeeves and the Leap of Faith by Ben Schott

Still available to request on NetGalley! I have always been a Blandings person when it comes to PG Wodehouse's books. I have the Psmith collection as well, but for some reason, I never actually worked my way through the entire Jeeves set. I have read a few, here and there but not enough to qualify…

West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge

After reading the blurb of this book, it is hard not to be curious about the content. I picked it up a while ago but only got around to reading it last week. It starts off a little slow, but once they are on the road, it was hard to set it aside before seeing…

Windfall: A Henry Lysyk Mystery by Byron T.D. Smith

The book is still up to request on NetGalley as of the writing of this post! There are layers to enjoy in this book. The first is the factual background on which the author based his story. This was fascinating to learn about, and in a world where information is supposed to be at our…

The Clockwork Crow (The Clockwork Crow #1) by Catherine Fisher

This is a short first book of a middle-grade children's fantasy which I picked up for some unknown reason. Although there is a bigger secret hidden about the crow, this instalment does work by itself. It mixes a few different feelings with regards to our orphan lead. She is to set out (by herself!) to…

Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

This book is still available on NetGalley as of this posting This book was first published last year and since has featured in many prominent lists. I got an advance copy thanks to NetGalley and the UK publishers of the version released this year. All this hype did not exactly affect my reading but did…

Float Plan by Trish Doller

This was an unexpected book. It is titled a romance, and as the blurb would have you know, Anna's wallowing in grief that she is unable to come to grips with. She makes one impulsive decision, but that changes everything. This makes it sound like a straightforward growth arc of a woman who learns to…