The High House by Jessie Greengrass

Dystopian scenarios come in varying forms. Sometimes they end up hitting too close to reality. I am not talking of a pandemic but the effects of global warming in one particular location.When the story began, I was not sure what I was reading. The further I got into the narrative, the picture becomes clearer and…

The Poker Players by Edward A. Dreyfus

This is yet another book that I took my own time getting round to. I do not know what part of the blurb tempted me to request because it had a very different storyline than my usual reads.A group of septuagenarians have been playing poker for decades and managed to refrain from personal conversations. Once…

The Betrayals by Bridget Collins

I originally received this book as an ARC thanks to NetGalley and the publishers, but the review is of a physical copy that I finally got from my library.The author mentions a game in the afterword and where she built the basis for this story. I have not read that book or heard of the…

The Far Away Girl by Sharon Maas

Before I left home for further studies, I had a woefully inadequate understanding of history, geography or anything to do with the outside world. This was despite my father's never-ending efforts to try to get me to make an effort. With every passing year and every book written by a person from a place I…

Don’t Make a Sound (Sawyer Brooks #1) by T.R. Ragan

Narrator: Jennica Damon I have read and reviewed another series by the author. There is pacing in the thrillers that keep it interesting, and when I saw a whole new series (at the time I listened to it, it was still new).This is an average mystery with a good narrator but is a good base…

Black Coral (Underwater Investigation Unit #2) by Andrew Mayne

Narrator:Susannah Jones I have been moving house and with a difficult internet connection (or so is the excuse I use), I have piled up more reviews to write than ever before. It must be a sort of record since I started blogging. With more than half the year behind me, I hope that my writing…

Six in Six- 2021 edition

I love this meme and am usually on top of it, ready with my selections ( six books for six different categories). I told myself I would post it on the 15th and worked on it at the last minute. Once you start, though, it is very easy to fill in prompts! This is an…

The Zero Waste Garden: Grow what you eat & eat what you grow by Ben Raskin

I picked this up because I have recently started a mini kitchen garden. This was my first spring with the concept, and I have cooked my radishes and zucchini, and this book felt like it came at just the right time!It is a colourful book and helpful to those who are seriously considering reducing their…