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Topic: Book Titles That Would Make Great Newspaper Headlines
I had a blast with this! Could’ve done a list of 20 I think!!!!
Destroy the Day by Brigid Kemmerer Famine by Laura Thalassa Fire Night by Penelope Douglas Fear Me by BB Reid Days of Blood and Starlight by Laini Taylor War by Laura Thalassa Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff Hexed by Julia Tuffs End of Days by Susan Ee The Theft of Sunlight by Intisar Khanani
Winnie Wednesday has gotten everything she thought she wanted. She passed the deadly hunter trials, her family has been welcomed back into the Luminaries, and overnight, she has become a local celebrity.
The Girl Who Jumped. The Girl Who Got Bitten.
Unfortunately, it all feels wrong. For one, nobody will believe her about the new nightmare called the Whisperer that’s killing hunters each night. Everyone blames the werewolf, even though Winnie is certain the wolf is innocent.
On top of that, following her dad’s convoluted clues about the Dianas, their magic, and what happened in Hemlock Falls four years ago is leaving her with more questions than answers.
Then to complicate it all, there is still only one person who can help her: Jay Friday, the boy with plenty of problems all his own.
As bodies and secrets pile up around town, Winnie finds herself questioning what it means to be a true Wednesday and a true Luminary—and also where her fierce-hearted loyalties might ultimately have to lie.
Back with Winnie Wednesday and Hemlock Falls and, after the events of The Luminaries, Winnie and her family are back in the good graces of the Luminaries but Winnie has her own plans!
I listened to the audio and can totally recommend it, the narrator was perfection!
This book certainly does not suffer from 2nd book syndrome, I really enjoyed it, more than book 1 in fact!
I do love a bad boy and Jay is my utter fave in this book but Winnie’s growth is amazing!
I don’t want to say anything about the plot but you can expect the same darkness, mystery and gothic forest from book 1 along with more action, drama and maybe a bit of romance!
There’s a jaw dropping reveal (which I did guess and then dismissed!) and an ending that made me aaaaw and say no way! Book 3 please!
The Sunday Post is a blog news meme hosted by Caffeinated Reviewer It’s a chance to share news, a post to recap the past week on your blog and showcase books and things we have received.
Hi everyone, hope you’ve had a good week?
Halloween was a bit of a wash out here as it was pouring down but the kidlets just kept coming!
It was back to work and school for us after our week off and I met my new colleagues face to face in the office which was nice!
I’ve been having some neck issues this week, I keep getting muscle spasms in the big muscle on the right (trapezium?) and it’s so painful!
Today is Guy Fawkes/Firework night here and, for a change, it’s raining so we aren’t going to the local display, we are just going to have a few sparklers in the garden and some hotdogs!
New Arrivals
Chain of Thorns by Cassandra Clare
(I’ve got the series in paperback and this is out now!)
The Hurricane Wars by Thea Guanzon
What I’ve Read
🎧 Blood Scion by Deborah Falaye ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🎧 The Night Hunt by Alexandra Christo ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
A Demon’s Guide to Wooing a Witch by Sarah Hawley ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Hercule Poirot’s Silent Night by Sophie Hannah ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Look out for my reviews soon!
You might have missed…..
Review – House of Roots and Ruin by Erin A Craig Unboxing – Illumicrate: October 2023 Review – A Lady’s Guide to Scandal by Sophie Irwin Review – Hercule Poirot’s Silent Night by Sophie Hannah
From Wikipedia: Guy Fawkes Night, also known as Guy Fawkes Day, Bonfire Night and Firework Night, is an annual commemoration observed on 5 November, primarily in Great Britain. Its history begins with the events of 5 November 1605, when Guy Fawkes, a member of the Gunpowder Plot, was arrested while guarding explosives the plotters had placed beneath the House of Lords. Celebrating the fact that King James I had survived the attempt on his life, people lit bonfires around London; and months later, the introduction of the Observance of 5th November Act enforced an annual public day of thanksgiving for the plot’s failure.
It’s 19 December 1931. Hercule Poirot and Inspector Edward Catchpool are called to investigate the murder of a man in the apparent safe haven of a Norfolk hospital ward. Catchpool’s mother, the irrepressible Cynthia, insists that Poirot stays in a crumbling mansion by the coast, so that they can all be together for the festive period while Poirot solves the case. Cynthia’s friend Arnold is soon to be admitted to that same hospital and his wife is convinced he will be the killer’s next victim, though she refuses to explain why.
Poirot has less than a week to solve the crime and prevent more murders, if he is to escape from this nightmare scenario and get home in time for Christmas. Meanwhile, someone else – someone utterly ruthless – also has ideas about what ought to happen to Hercule Poirot . . .
Confession/s – I’ve never read a Hercule Poirot book before or a Sophie Hannah story but a) I loved the TV show and b) I will read more Hannah now!
Bien, bien! All the stars!
December 1931, told from Catchpool’s point of view, we travel to Munby in Norfolk to Frellingsloe House to spend Christmas with the inhabitants which include Catchpool’s Mum, a terminally ill man, his terrified wife, 4 squabbling kids, a curate and a doctor! Poirot and Catchpool also desperately want to be back in London for Christmas!
And of course there is murder!
I was captivated by this book! The author painted such a vivid picture, it was like I was transported back watching the TV show with my parents! I could picture it all in my head!
Catchpool’s Mum was so amusing, I don’t think she meant to be but gawd, I laughed at her exploits!
I was busy pointing the finger at almost all of the characters, dismissing that and moving on but the perp and the reason for their actions made my jaw drop!
As I said before, I was enchanted with this read and now I’ve seen there are 4 other Poirot books by this author and I need them!
When shy Miss Eliza Balfour married the austere Earl of Somerset, twenty years her senior, it was the match of the season–no matter that he was not the husband Eliza would have chosen.
But ten years later, Eliza is widowed. And at eight and twenty years, she is suddenly left titled, rich, and, for the first time in her life, utterly in control of her own future. Instead of living out her mourning quietly, Eliza heads to Bath with her cousin Margaret. After years of living according to everyone else’s rules, Eliza has resolved, at last, to do as she wants.
But when the ripples of the dowager Lady Somerset’s behavior reach the new Lord Somerset–whom Eliza knew, once, as a younger woman–Eliza is forced to confront the fact that freedom does not come without consequences, though it also brings unexpected opportunities . . .
I loved A Lady’s Guide to Fortune Hunting so grabbed the audiobook of this from the library.
No one warned me it was a love triangle. Oh I loathe them but I wanted to see if it was cushioned by historical romance!
Poor old Eliza hasn’t been able to make a decision about her own life all her life until her husband dies and she inherits money and property and hot foots it off to Bath with her cousin to get away from her money grabbing family.
Then Eliza lives, she breathes, she has freedom and she meets 2 men vying for her affections.
I love reading about this time period and all that goes on but I really don’t think I would’ve survived in that period without being deemed mad! Poor Eliza, I felt so bad for her!
My fave character however was Eliza’s cousin, Margaret. She was so funny and a loyal companion.
I didnt love this as much as the first book but it was still a good read.
Step into a fairytale forest where shadows shiver beneath arching trees, and tread the overgrown path through to a lamp-lit cottage where you can rest your feet.
Items inspired by Bitterthorn, The Last Tale of the Flower Bride, Once Upon a Broken Heart and The Cruel Prince!
💛 Nightfell Replica – inspired from Cruel Price, designed by @stacey.mcevoy.caunt 💛 Woodland Treasures Tabs – artwork by @veymoth inspired by Bitterthorn 💛 Domus Somnia Deskpad – artwork by @c.e.illo inspired by Last Tale of the Flower Bride 💛 Finding Dreams Notebook – inspiration from OUaBH, designed by @rosdottir
💛 FEATURED BOOK 💛
After the Forest by Kell Woods
Redesigned cover Colour printing on hardback @chattynora Digitally printed edges Endpaper artwork @lothlenan Bound in author letter
“Fear not November’s challenge bold— We’ve books and friends, And hearths that never can grow cold: These make amends!” — Alexander Louis Fraser, “November”
“Autumn carries more gold in its pocket than all the other seasons.” – Jim Bishop
Top Ten Tuesday is featured by That Artsy Reader Girl. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.
Topic: Halloween Freebie!
I puzzled over what to do for this topic so I decided to resurrect an old post! A game of This or That!
Let me know in the comments what your choices would be!
👻 Skeleton or Ghost? 🧙♀️Decorating house or not? 🧛♂️ Vampire or Witch? 🦇Bat or black cat? 🔮 Scary movie or go trick or treating?
My choices would be: ghost, decorating, witch, cat and trick or treating!
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