Oddball by Sarah Andersen

I follow the author on Instagram and enjoy her panels regularly. This means that I am pretty up to date with the panels that she has put out thus far. Even with that prior experience, I found the significant bulk of this collection to be new, and even the repeats feel fresh.The title and the…

The Fifth Elephant (Discworld #24) by Terry Pratchett

When talking about a Terry Pratchett book, it would not do to go by the standard route. I have read quite a few in my pre-blog times, and then there was a lull for a while. I am working my way through the books again as and when I get the opportunity.There is a running…

Glass Coffin (Darkwood #3) by Gabby Hutchinson Crouch

I have read and reviewed #1, #2 before on the blog. If you see my reviews for the previous two instalments of this series, you will get an idea as to why I was surprised by the ending(s) provided in this one. For a fairytale retelling that could not be any quirkier, it had a…

A Lady Eleanor Swift Mystery #6 #7 by Verity Bright

I have already read and reviewed another book in this series this year. I was lucky enough to pick up the next two, which got significantly better in terms of storytelling.I will discuss the two books individually. When I first started the series I had an issue with the lead protagonist. For someone who is…

Pel Among the Pueblos by Mark Hebden

This is the second book of the series that I have picked up but not the next in the order that the books were written. If you have not read any of the previous works, it does not matter as much (as I can attest) since this works well as a standalone as well. Pel…

The Echo Chamber by John Boyne

I say this often enough, and most of the time, the emphasis is clear, but this time around, I need to iterate how that book should not have worked for me. For fear of sounding like one of the Cleverly family dissected within its pages, I wrote and deleted yet another sentence starting with 'I'.The…

The Daffodil Affair (Sir John Appleby #8) by Michael Innes

Books I read previously by the same author and liked much better:Death on a Quiet DayThe Long FarewellDeath at the President’s Lodging Hare Sitting Up Unlike a few other classic crime fans, I actually enjoyed John Appleby's books. I liked the main character and the way his mind worked. I even let the technical references…

Psycho by the Sea by Lynne Truss

I have reviewed another book by the author in this series : here Narrated by Matt Green I liked the other book that I read out of context in the series but was not fascinated by it. When I saw this as an audiobook, I had to give it another shot.I loved the narrative style…