Mini ARC Review – Legends and Lattes

Title: Legends & LattesAuthor: Travis BaldreeRelease Date: 10/11/22 5 stars ★★★★★ I received a free eARC copy from Pan Macmillian ,via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. From Goodreads: Worn out after decades of packing steel and raising hell, Viv the orc barbarian cashes out of the warrior’s life…

Mini Review – Murder in the Mews

Title: Murder in the MewsAuthor: Agatha ChristieSeries: Hercule Poirot #16 3.5 stars ★★★★ From Goodreads: How did a woman holding a pistol in her right hand shoot herself in the left temple? What was the link between a ghost sighting and the disappearance of top secret military plans? These are just two of the questions…

Blog Tour – The Miraculous Sweetmakers – The Frost Fair

Title: The Frost FairAuthor: Natasha HastingsSeries: The Miraculous Sweetmakers #1Release Date: 27/10/2022 3.5 stars ★★★★ I received a free copy from HarperCollins Children ,via The Erite Reads in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. From Goodreads: It's winter, 1683, and the Great Frost has swept into London. By day, thirteen-year-old Thomasina…

Mini Review – The Bullet that Missed

Title: The Bullet that MissedAuthor: Richard OsmanSeries: Thursday Murder Club #3 4 stars ★★★★ From Goodreads: It is an ordinary Thursday, and things should finally be returning to normal. Except trouble is never far away where the Thursday Murder Club are concerned. A local news legend is on the hunt for a sensational headline, and…

Mini Review – Witches Abroad

Title: Witches AbroadAuthor: Terry PratchettSeries: Discworld #12, Witches #3 4 stars ★★★★ From Goodreads: It seemed an easy job... After all, how difficult could it be to make sure that a servant girl doesn't marry a prince? But for the witches Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg and Magrat Garlick, travelling to the distant city of Genua,…

Mini Review – The Hedge Witch

Title: The Hedge WitchAuthor: Cari ThomasSeries: Threadneedle Novella 4 stars ★★★★ From Goodreads: Rowan is visiting her aunt – Winne the hedge witch – in the Welsh countryside, to get back to nature and hone her skills, as well as taking a break from her annoying sisters and enjoying some peace and quiet. However, Rowan…

Reading My Lowest Rated TBR – The Island

A wee while back I did a Friday five where I listed the 5 lowest rated books, according to Goodreads, on my TBR shelves. I contemplated doing a little blog project where I read them and let you know what I thought of them all. I have completed the first book of that list. Title:…

Mini Review – A Pocket Full of Rye

Title: A Pocket full of RyeAuthor: Agatha ChristieSeries: Ms Marple #7 3 stars ★★★ From Goodreads: A handful of grain is found in the pocket of a murdered businessman! Let us explain. Rex Fortescue, king of a financial empire, was sipping tea in his 'counting house' office when he suffered a sudden and agonising death.…

Audiobook Review – Demon

Title: DemonAuthor: Matt Wesolowski Narrator: Full CastSeries: Six Stories #6 4 stars ★★★★ From Goodreads: Scott King’s podcast investigates the 1995 cold case of a demon possession in a rural Yorkshire village, where a 12-year-old boy was murdered in cold blood by two children. Book six in the chilling, award-winning Six Stories series. In 1995,…

Mini Review – Death at La Fenice

Title: Death at La FeniceAuthor: Donna LeonSeries: Commissario Brunetti #1 4 stars ★★★★ From Goodreads: There is little violent crime in Venice, a serenely beautiful floating city of mystery and magic, history and decay. But the evil that does occasionally rear its head is the jurisdiction of Guido Brunetti, the suave, urbane vice-commissario of police and…