June 2021 Books Vs Moods

Welcome to my monthly list where I pair the books with the moods they might be best appreciated in. These are books that I have read during the month and recommend to others. The covers link back to the reviews (if you happened to have missed them during the month). I am probably one of…

Murder in a Scottish Garden (A Scottish Shire Mystery #2) by Traci Hall

I have read and reviewed the previous book of the series : here I mentioned in my review of the first that this series that it was a promising premise. This promise was extended with this next one. It did not feel like a whole other book, but an additional section to the last. It…

Modern Kogin: Sweet & Simple Sashiko Embroidery Designs & Projects by Boutique-Sha

I have been woefully lazy in doing anything creative with my time the past two months. I went through this book once and kept postponing writing a review until I actually tried out any of the projects. I then decided to talk of the book without the experience of actually having done the project but…

The Tenth Muse by Catherine Chung

I was apprehensive about picking up a book that leaned heavily into mathematics (or so I supposed with the blurb), but my fears were unfounded. If mathematics or mathematicians were mentioned, it was to further the narrative's emotion or convey a fascet of the lead protagonist Katherine.The book is written in the form of a…

The Murder of Fatty Fuller by John Sturgeon

I do not know what made me pick this book up originally, but it was a satisfying read. I use the word satisfying loosely, given the content and the revelations in the book. The turns the story takes are not for the faint of heart, and I advise caution in venturing into the town of…

Timeless On The Silk Road: An Odyssey From London To Hanoi

I have read two non-fiction books about the silk road in the years that I have been reading and reviewing advance copies. Both were different, and this third provided a whole other outlook to the journey, especially given the author's mode of transport as well as her own health issues.At the start of the book,…

Famous in Cedarville by Erica Wright

Would you believe me if I said that I have cornered myself into a spot in such a way that if I wrote one review for all the pending reviews I have, I would not need to write fresh posts for the whole of July (Except maybe two memes)? It would not matter much if…

The Dogs of Winter (Russell and Leduc mysteries #2) by Ann Lambert

I picked this up because I found the combination of people in the first book different from the usual couples in such police procedural/thriller types.We have a definitely odd couple who met and have been going steady since the first instalment. Of the two, the male is softer and more regimented as well as environmentally…