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WWW Wednesday – Currently Reading, Finished Reading, Reading Next

It’s W W W Wednesday! Hosted by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words, here are my 3 Ws (Currently Reading, Just Finished Reading and Future Reading):

What I Am Currently Reading:

Queen Charlotte by Julia Quinn and Shonda Rhimes (click for link to Goodreads)

I have read a bit more of this book, but prioritised a Blog Tour book over it, so I am not as far through as I could be!

What I Have Finished Reading:

Summer at the Ice Cream Cafe by Jo Thomas (click for link to Goodreads)

Keep your eyes peeled for my review on 8 June!

What I Am Reading Next:

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus (click for link to Goodreads)

I keep meaning to start this book, but other ones get in the way! I have a couple of Blog Tours coming up and I am waiting for those books to come through, so if they do arrive then this book might be put back again…

What are your 3 Ws for this week?

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Time Travel Thursday

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It’s Time Travel Thursday! This is where I take a look back at what I was reading this time last year (or the year before or the year before that…).

This day in 2022 I was reading:

Random Things Tours – Book Review – The Attic Child by Lola Jaye

Book Description From Goodreads:

“A hauntingly powerful and emotionally charged novel about family secrets, love and loss, identity and belonging.

Two children trapped in the same attic, almost a century apart, bound by a shared secret.

Early 1900s London: Taken from his homeland, twelve-year-old Celestine spends most of the time locked away in the attic of a large house by the sea. The only time Celestine isn’t bound by confines of the small space is when he is acting as an unpaid servant to English explorer Sir Richard Babbington, As the years pass, he desperately clings on to memories of his family in Africa, even as he struggles to remember his mother’s face, and sometimes his real name . . .

1974: Lowra, a young orphan girl born into wealth and privilege whose fortunes have now changed, finds herself trapped in the same attic. Searching for a ray of light in the darkness of the attic, Lowra finds under the floorboards an old-fashioned pen, a porcelain doll, a beaded necklace, and a message carved on the wall, written in an unidentifiable language. Providing comfort for her when all hope is lost, these clues will lead her to uncover the secrets of the attic.”

Book Review – Finlay Donovan Is Killing It by Elle Cosimano

Book Description From Goodreads:

“Finlay Donovan is killing it…except, she’s really not. A stressed-out single mom of two and struggling novelist, Finlay’s life is in chaos: The new book she promised her literary agent isn’t written; her ex-husband fired the nanny without telling her; and this morning she had to send her four-year-old to school with hair duct-taped to her head after an incident with scissors.

When Finlay is overheard discussing the plot of her new suspense novel with her agent over lunch, she’s mistaken for a contract killer and inadvertently accepts an offer to dispose of a problem husband in order to make ends meet. She soon discovers that crime in real life is a lot more difficult than its fictional counterpart, as she becomes tangled in a real-life murder investigation.”

Book Review – A Binturong In My Bed by Chris Lois

Book Description From Goodreads:

“What is a binturong? This short illustrated book will show and tell you all kinds of facts and information about the mysterious creature that is commonly called a “bearcat.””

What were you reading this time last year?

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WWW Wednesday – Currently Reading, Finished Reading, Reading Next

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It’s W W W Wednesday! Hosted by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words, here are my 3 Ws (Currently Reading, Just Finished Reading and Future Reading):

What I Am Currently Reading:

Summer Wedding by Sarah Morgan (click for link to Goodreads)

This is a Netgalley book with a review due on 25 May so keep your eyes peeled for that!

What I Have Finished Reading:

The Boy Who Would Be King by Michael Porpurgo (click for link to Goodreads – review will be up later this evening)

Library Book Review – Royals by Rachel Hawkins

I actually managed to finish two books this week! Granted one of them was a children’s book, but I still count that as a win!

What I Am Reading Next:

Queen Charlotte by Julia Quinn and Shonda Rhimes (click for link to Goodreads)

Carrying on the with my Royal reading theme this month, I got this book for my birthday so aim to read it next!

What are your 3 Ws for this week?

👑Red,White & Blue Covers for The King’s Coronation Bank Holiday👑

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To celebrate the Coronation Bank Holiday here are some Red, White and Blue book covers (plus their reviews)!

Book Review – A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas

FANTASY

Random Things Tours – Book Review – The People Before by Charlotte Northedge

PSYCHOLOGICAL FICTION

Book Review – American Royals by Katharine McGee

CHICK LIT/ROMANCE

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Time Travel Thursday

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It’s Time Travel Thursday! This is where I take a look back at what I was reading this time last year (or the year before or the year before that…).

This day in 2022 I was reading:

Book Review – Behind The Olive Trees by Francesca Catlow

Plot Summary from Goodreads:

“She thought she’d found her lost past, but did she uncover all the secrets?

Melodie returns to her mother’s house in Corfu for the first time since inheriting it. Only, she discovers it isn’t empty. She finds someone has been living there; a girl who claims the property is hers.

Dismissing the claim, Melodie tries to enjoy her new life in the beauty of Corfu. The girl soon resurfaces and it becomes impossible to ignore her any longer.”

Book Review – Four Aunties And A Wedding by Jesse Sutanto

Plot Summary from Goodreads:

“Meddy Chan has been to countless weddings, but she never imagined how her own would turn out. Now the day has arrived, and she can’t wait to marry her college sweetheart, Nathan. Instead of having Ma and the aunts cater to her wedding, Meddy wants them to enjoy the day as guests. As a compromise, they find the perfect wedding vendors: a Chinese-Indonesian family-run company just like theirs. Meddy is hesitant at first, but she hits it off right away with the wedding photographer, Staphanie, who reminds Meddy of herself, down to the unfortunately misspelled name.

Meddy realizes that is where their similarities end, however, when she overhears Staphanie talking about taking out a target. Horrified, Meddy can’t believe Staphanie and her family aren’t just like her own, they are The Family–actual mafia, and they’re using Meddy’s wedding as a chance to conduct shady business. Her aunties and mother won’t let Meddy’s wedding ceremony become a murder scene–over their dead bodies–and will do whatever it takes to save her special day, even if it means taking on the mafia.

The aunties are back, fiercer than ever and ready to handle any catastrophe–even the mafia–in this delightful and hilarious sequel by Jesse Q. Sutanto, author of Dial A for Aunties.”

What were you reading this time last year?

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Book Review -The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman

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From my TBR pile, but is available at the library

Genre: Mystery

Number of Pages: 413

📖PLOT SUMMARY 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 soon the gang are hot on the trail of two murders, ten years apart.

To make matters worse, a new nemesis pays Elizabeth a visit, presenting her with a deadly mission: kill or be killed…

While Elizabeth grapples with her conscience (and a gun), the gang and their unlikely new friends (including TV stars, money launderers and ex-KGB colonels) unravel a new mystery. But can they catch the culprit and save Elizabeth before the murderer strikes again?

💭THOUGHTS💭

I was very excited to make a start on this one. I loved the previous two books in the series and pre-ordered this one before it was even finished (I then received it as a Christmas present hence the slight reading delay). I was not disappointed. Whilst it wasn’t quite as good as the other two books, I still really enjoyed it and will be pre-ordering the next one!

The writing was light and entertaining. There were a couple of times where I had to concentrate and think about what was being said, but I got there in the end! Like the other books, I was kept guessing until the end. Everything was eventually explained and I think that I successfully followed it. In terms of the physical format of the book (I have the signed hardback edition) I liked the size and spacing of the font. It added to the ease of reading.

The chapters varied in length starting with fairly long chapters and ending with lots of shorter ones which tied all the little bits of the story together and gave a good flow to the book.

As with the other books, I loved the occasional ‘Joyce’ chapter. It made you as the reader feel more involved and made the characters overall feel more real.

The characters were excellent. I have really enjoyed following this group of friends on their adventures. I like the way that Joyce ‘talks’ to you every so often and I like how real the characters feel. Even though their adventures seem far fetched the way that it is written makes it entirely possible for this sort of thing to occur. Joyce is definitely one of my favourite characters ever!

Lastly the settings. I love reading about places near me. It makes the story as a whole feel more familiar and easier to connect to.

Overall another excellent book and I can’t wait to read the next one!

⭐Rated 4.75/5⭐

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Time Travel Thursday

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It’s Time Travel Thursday! This is where I take a look back at what I was reading this time last year (or the year before or the year before that…).

This day in 2022 I was reading:

Book Review – It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey

Book Description From Goodreads:

“Piper Bellinger is fashionable, influential, and her reputation as a wild child means the paparazzi are constantly on her heels. When too much champagne and an out-of-control rooftop party lands Piper in the slammer, her stepfather decides enough is enough. So he cuts her off, and sends Piper and her sister to learn some responsibility running their late father’s dive bar… in Washington.

Piper hasn’t even been in Westport for five minutes when she meets big, bearded sea captain Brendan, who thinks she won’t last a week outside of Beverly Hills. So what if Piper can’t do math, and the idea of sleeping in a shabby apartment with bunk beds gives her hives. How bad could it really be? She’s determined to show her stepfather—and the hot, grumpy local—that she’s more than a pretty face.

Except it’s a small town and everywhere she turns, she bumps into Brendan. The fun-loving socialite and the gruff fisherman are polar opposites, but there’s an undeniable attraction simmering between them. Piper doesn’t want any distractions, especially feelings for a man who sails off into the sunset for weeks at a time. Yet as she reconnects with her past and begins to feel at home in Westport, Piper starts to wonder if the cold, glamorous life she knew is what she truly wants. LA is calling her name, but Brendan—and this town full of memories—may have already caught her heart.”

Random Things Blog Tour – Book Review – The Better Brother by Simon Gravatt

Book Description From Goodreads:

“A dark comedy about the escalating conflict between two brothers who inherit their family funeral business.

Michael Merriweather’s carefully planned life is blown off course when he receives a call to tell him that his father has cremated himself. Michael then learns from a small-town lawyer that he stands to inherit a small fortune he previously knew nothing about, but only if he sacrifices his accountancy career to take over the family funeral business with his brother, Jack, whom he despises.

Sucked back into the small provincial world and the family funeral firm he has rejected, Michael can no longer avoid his loathsome sibling. Jack Merriweather has no idea what he’s done to deserve his brother’s hostility, but he’s about to suffer the consequences. Then, when his patience finally breaks, he will exact delicious revenge.

The Better Brother is a darkly comic tale of sibling rivalry laced with the power, passion, revenge and everyday friction of family business. It explores what happens when two warring brothers are forced to work together.

Will Michael and Jack learn to love and respect each other? Or will their acrimony escalate? If so, who will come out on top?

Who is the better brother?”

What were you reading this time last year?

Library Book Review – Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree

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Library Book

Genre: Fantasy

Number of Pages: 296

📚 BLOG TOUR BOOK REVIEW 📚

Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree

📖PLOT SUMMARY FROM GOODREADS📖

After a lifetime of bounties and bloodshed, Viv is hanging up her sword for the last time.

The battle-weary orc aims to start fresh, opening the first ever coffee shop in the city of Thune. But old and new rivals stand in the way of success — not to mention the fact that no one has the faintest idea what coffee actually is.

If Viv wants to put the blade behind her and make her plans a reality, she won’t be able to go it alone.

But the true rewards of the uncharted path are the travelers you meet along the way. And whether drawn together by ancient magic, flaky pastry, or a freshly brewed cup, they may become partners, family, and something deeper than she ever could have dreamed.

💭THOUGHTS💭

I waited just under 3 months for this book from the Libby app and I have to say that I was underwhelmed by it. Whilst there was something cosy about it and it had a lovely message, I personally kept waiting for more to happen.

The above being said, the writing was a good introduction to this fantasy world. I enjoyed being on the main character’s journey into setting up a cafe. The description of the food and drink was particularly good and made me want to sample it! I personally would have liked to have known the period that I was reading about sooner, but once I found out everything made more sense.

The chapters were fairly long, which allowed for more detail before moving onto the next part of the story. I enjoyed the little drawing that accompanied the number at the beginning of each chapter.

The characters were excellent. They were all different creatures with different traits and it was lovely to see them put their differences aside and all work together.

Lastly the settings. I loved the description of the cafe, food and drink. The settings really gave the messages in the story life.

Overall a heart warming story.

⭐Rated 3/5⭐

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WWW Wednesday – Currently Reading, Finished Reading, Reading Next

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It’s W W W Wednesday! Hosted by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words, here are my 3 Ws (Currently Reading, Just Finished Reading and Future Reading):

What I Am Currently Reading:

The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman (click for link to Goodreads)

No more movement on this book, but only because I need to get the book below read and back to the library (I waited 3 months for it so I thought that I would get it read and moved on to the next person!).