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SUNDAY POST

28 April

This is part of the weekly meme over at the Caffeinated Reviewer, where book bloggers can share the books they’ve read and share what they have got up to during the last week.
It’s been a truly horrendous week on almost every level. Except for the books I’ve read and the fact that the writing seems to be going well. Thank goodness for those moments of escape. Enough said. As for the weather, it continues to be cold – the daytime temperatures today are forecast to be in the low fifties, with rain. And the coming week is due to continue wet, chilly and windy. Oh joy.
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Castellan the Black and his Wise Draconic Tips on Life

27 April 

Don’t waste time with a young queen you fancy telling her all about your hunting skills… your feats of flying… your combat victories. Instead, get her to talk about herself… her likes and dislikes… her favourite places to fly. Better still, make her laugh – but ensure it’s with you, rather than at you. Queens can be sneaky that way.
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Review of NETGALLEY arc – House of Open Wounds – Book 2 of TheTyrant Philosophers series by Adrian Tchaikovsky

25 April

I’m a fan of Tchaikovsky’s writing. His science fiction and fantasy novels and novellas provide impressive flexibility and range. Invariably, whatever genre or subject, he writes with wit and intelligence and I always find myself thinking about his books long after I’ve completed them. Which is why he is one of my go-to authors, as you can see from my reviews of his work
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Can’t-Wait Wednesday

24 April

Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted at Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we’re excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they’re books that have yet to be released. This week’s Can’t-Wait offering: Every Time I Go on Vacation Someone Dies – Book 1 of The Vacation Mysteries, Someone Dies by Catherine Mack – release date 2nd May 2024
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Review of AUDIOBOOK Tombland – Book 7 of the Matthew Shardlake series by C.J. Sansom

23 April

This is another review I wrote in early 2021, before I went down with Covid-19 and became ill with Long Covid.

I have loved this historical series – see my reviews of Revelation and Lamentation, charting the adventures of hunchback lawyer, Matthew Shardlake, since he found himself caught up in a murder during the dissolution of the monasteries. I’m aware that this series is my ultimate benchmark when reading any historical murder mystery and was a bit shocked last year when I’d realised that I had let my reading of this series slip. So I have been catching up. I’m so very glad I did – for it would have been a crime to miss out on listening to this offering, which is the final book in the series.
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