ARC Review – Master of Djinn

Title: A Master of DjinnAuthor: P. Djèlí Clark Series: Dead Djinn UniverseRelease Date: 19/8/21E.S.C.A.P.E Score: 52(see below for breakdown) 5 stars ★★★★★ I received an advanced physical copy from Orbit in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. From Goodreads: Cairo, 1912: Though Fatma el-Sha’arawi is the youngest woman working for the…

Audiobook Review – Changling

Title: ChanglingAuthor: Matt WesolowskiSeries: Six Stories #3Narrator: Full cast 4 stars ★★★★ From Goodreads: On Christmas Eve in 1988, seven-year-old Alfie Marsden vanished in the Wentshire Forest Pass, when a burst tyre forced his father, Sorrel, to stop the car. Leaving the car to summon the emergency services, Sorrel returned to find his son gone.…

ARC Review – The Winter Garden

Title: The Winter Garden Author: Alexandra BellRelease Date: 2/9/2021E.S.C.A.P.E Score: 39(see below for breakdown) 3.5 stars ★★★★ I received a free physical copy from Del Rey UK in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. From Goodreads: Welcome to the Winter Garden. Open only at 13 o'clock. You are invited to enter…

On Writing – Bookish/Author Bullet Journal

I am a planner! I need to have things organised and all my thoughts down for life to make any sort of sense for me. I blame the countless years of training as a research scientist and keeping meticulous notes in lab books that I genuinely like to record all kinds of things. I probably…

Mini Review – Peril at end House

Title: Peril at end HouseAuthor: Agatha ChristieSeries: Hercule Poirot #8 4 stars ★★★★ From Goodreads: *Agatha Christie's ingenious murder mystery, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers. Nick Buckley was an unusual name for a pretty young woman. But then she had…