The Flames was one of my best reads of 2022. It’s my featured book today, which is the end of the first week of the A to Z Challenge this year. Featured book: The Flames The Flames by Sophie Haydock,
The Flames | #A2ZChallenge23
Book Review | The Falco Finale – Alexandria and Nemesis
Alexandria (#19) and Nemesis (#20) wrap up the fabulous crime series set in Rome (and other Roman territories) starring Marcus Didius Falco. Falco is an agreeable cove, with a murky past and one of the best female protagonists around as
Book Review | Flavia Alba double act
Flavia Alba is the second series by Lindsey Davis, set in Ancient Rome, but later than her first. It’s later by a generation; Flavia Alba is the adopted daughter of the protagonist of the first series, Marcus Didius Falco. I’ve
Book Review | Saturnalia by Lindsey Davis
I didn’t consciously keep the review of this back, but once I realised I hadn’t posted, and that Saturnalia really should begin on December 17th, it was cinch to delay it right till the day itself! The Blurb It is
Double Book Review | The Cuckoo’s Calling and See Delphi and Die
The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith I think one should read books without knowing the author’s little secrets, and when one of my bookclub tried to tell everyone who the author really was, I tried to stop her. But then
Book Reviews | Falco Series Double Bill
I first met Marcus Didius Falco in Britain in AD 70. Well, I think he started in Rome, and then he came to Britain and uncovered some dastardly goings-on in the silver mines, thus bringing himself to the welcome attention
Tuesday haiku – #TackleTBR Readathon Round-up
Readathon round-up: I tackled six great sequels And loved ev’ry one! Technically I didn’t succeed with my Readathon challenge, since by midnight on Sunday I had only completed 60% of my sixth book. I claim two barriers – my kindle
On reading a series
Is reading a series in progress different from reading a completed series? I have to thank Renee of Mother Daughter Book Reviews for the inspiration for this post. She told me: I’m working my way through Harry Potter at the
I went into a bookshop yesterday
Don’t faint. I know it’s Thursday and I don’t often post on Thursday, but since I went into a bookshop for the first time this year I thought I’d comment on it. “First time this year?” I hear you say.