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Two Mini Book Reviews

by Alex

Like so many other book bloggers, I’ve been having a really slow time reading, let alone finishing anything at the moment. There are many reasons not least loss of concentration. Nonetheless I have read and yes, managed to finish two books, neither of which I feel up to doing full blown reviews of, especially as one has already been well covered online and on Social Media: The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman. The second is the first in a series and not a recent release, A Bad Day For Sunshine by Darynda Jones. THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB Richard Osman Penguin, Mystery Back Cover Blurb In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet weekly in the Jigsaw Room to discuss unsolved crimes; together they call themselves The Thursday Murder Club. Elizabeth, Joyce, Ibrahim and Ron might be pushing eighty but they still have a few tricks up their sleeves. When a local developer is found dead with a mysterious photograph left next to the body, the Thursday Murder Club suddenly find themselves in...

Top Ten Tuesday: Most Recent Additions To My Book Collection

by Alex

Bonjour tout la monde, today’s Top Ten Tuesday from Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl is Most Recent Additions To My Book Collection. And … well, I’ve actually had only one—but I do have another four on order and coming, eh, hopefully soon. And, as I’ve already done my Most Anticipated Books of 2022 (part 1) this list will be Most Anticipated Books of 2022 Part 2 (Ha! Ha!) MURDER IN THE MARAIS — Cara Black AT FIRST LIGHT — Barbara Nickless THE WARSAW PROTOCOL — Steve Berry GATED PREY — Lee Goldberg THE DAUGHTER OF SHERLOCK HOLMES — Leonard Goldberg CROSSING THE LINES — Amanda Huggins THE CHRISTMAS MURDER GAME — Alexandra Benedict THE DICTATOR’S WIFE — Freya Berry THE MAID — Nita Prose DAUGHTER OF THE MOON GODDESS — Sue Lynn Tan And there you have it. Of course this list like any list is subject to change as in, additions, as the year progresses and more new releases cross my radar. And you, what books have you recently acquired? Do tell … 1

A New Year and New Projects

by Alex

I haven’t made any New Year’s resolutions, I don’t see the point. But what I am going to do is try and focus on two small projects while (once again) promising myself to try and read more. Especially as—every book blogger knows—our TBR piles never but ever shrink, rather they just continue to grown. Setting goals works for some, but given my health situation and trying to live a less stressful life (no reading or watching the news, thank you very much) I’m going to actually try focusing more on writing this year—hence the two projects. One is more short fiction to share here, on the blog, the other is a spin-off set of adventures I’ve been thinking about for a character I’ve been developing, and setting it in a universe I already have laid out (for another series). This adventure series will be set in space, and feature a 16 year old (going on 17) protagonist who currently lives on Europa. This will be something completely different for me, with this age range...

Happy New Year!

by Alex

Here’s wishing everyone a safe, healthy, happy New year and all the best for 2022! 1

Book Review, Mystery