The rules are answer the questions below and share a link to your blog in the comments section of Sam’s blog.
What are you currently reading?
What did you recently finish reading?
What do you think you will read next?
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I hope everyone has had a good week so far. I have had a lovely day today meeting up with my best friend and visiting Belton Estate. Reading is going reasonably ok, sadly August hasn’t gone exactly to plan book wise but I’ve still managed some reading.
What I am Currently Reading
I’ve nearly finished House of Odysseus and after a rocky start I’ve really enjoyed this book. I’m still only a couple of chapters into A Crown of Swords so it is too early to tell.
Goodreads Monday is now hosted by Budget Tales Book Club. All you have to do is show off a book from your TBR that you’re looking forward to reading.
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I hope everyone has had a good start to the week. I have had a busy day doing work in the house which has sadly meant not much reading but I hope to do some later.
My chosen book for Goodreads Monday is one off my 24 Books in 2024 list.
The Curator by Owen King
At first glance, the world has not changed: the trams on the boulevards, the grand hotels, the cafes abuzz with conversation. The street kids still play on the two great bridges that divide the city, and the smart set still venture down to the Morgue Ship for an evening’s entertainment.
Yet it only takes a spark to ignite a revolution.
For young Dora, a maid at the university, the moment brings liberation. She finds herself walking out with one of the student radicals, Robert, free to investigate what her brother Ambrose may have seen at the Institute for Psykical Research before he died.
But it is another establishment that Dora is given to look after, The Museum of the Worker. This strange, forgotten edifice is occupied by waxwork tableaux of miners, nurses, shopkeepers and other disturbingly lifelike figures.
As the revolution and counter-revolution outside unleash forces of love, betrayal, magic and terrifying darkness, Dora’s search for the truth behind a mystery that she has long concealed will unravel a monstrous conspiracy and bring her to the very edge of worlds.
Goodreads Monday is now hosted by Budget Tales Book Club. All you have to do is show off a book from your TBR that you’re looking forward to reading.
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I hope everyone has had a good start to the week. I have been busy in the library, what was meant to be a simple job is now a huge job and will take a long time before it is anywhere near a library.
My chosen book is one that I bought last year but sadly it got put away when work started on the house but now I have found it again and have put it back on the TBR pile.
The Princes in the Tower by Philippa Langley
In 1483, Edward V (age twelve) and his brother Richard, Duke of York (age nine), disappeared from the Tower of London. History has judged they were murdered on the orders of Richard III. The Princes in the Tower now reveals the truth behind the greatest unsolved mystery in English history.
Philippa Langley took the world by storm when, against all the odds and after a seven-year investigation, she discovered the grave of King Richard III (1452-1485) in a Leicester car park. A king finally laid to rest, the rediscovery and reburial of Richard III was watched by a global audience of over 366 million.
Now, in The Princes in the Tower, Langley reveals the findings of a remarkable new research “The Missing Princes Project.” In the summer of 1483, Edward V (age 12) and his brother Richard Duke of York (age 9), disappeared from the Tower of London. For over five hundred years, history has judged that they were murdered on the orders of their uncle, Richard III.
Following years of intensive research in British, American, and European archives, Philippa has uncovered astonishing new archival discoveries that radically change what we know about the fate of the princes in the Tower. Established by Langley in 2016, “The Missing Princes Project” employs the methods of a cold-case police inquiry. Using investigative methodology, it aims to place this most enduring of mysteries under a forensic microscope for the very first time.
In The Princes in the Tower, Langley narrates the painstaking investigative work and research of the project. By questioning received wisdom, she and her international team of researchers shed light upon one of history’s greatest miscarriages of justice, in turn revealing a surprising and phenomenal untold story.
The rules are answer the questions below and share a link to your blog in the comments section of Sam’s blog.
What are you currently reading?
What did you recently finish reading?
What do you think you will read next?
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I hope everyone is having a good week so far. I haven’t done much reading so far this week but I have managed quite a few jobs around the house and work on the library is progressing well. Today I was chiseling tiles off the wall because the room has a bathroom sink in it.
What I am Currently Reading
I am really struggling with House of Odysseus the first 40 pages or so have just been random ramblings of Aphrodite. I’m really hoping it picks up as I enjoyed the first book in the series. Lord of Chaos is still plodding along and I’m still enjoying it but I really want to move on from it now and get it finished.
What I have Recently Finished Reading
I really enjoyed this and it is another book ticked off my 24 Books in 2024 list. Review will follow soon.
What I Think I will Read Next
As usual I have no idea what I will read next. One these may be a contender but I can’t be certain.
Please drop me a comment with your WWW Wednesday and I will head over for a visit.
Goodreads Monday is now hosted by Budget Tales Book Club. All you have to do is show off a book from your TBR that you’re looking forward to reading.
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I hope everyone has had a good start to the week. I’ve managed a little bit of reading which has been nice.
My chosen book is by an author who fast becoming a favourite. Last year whilst in Bath I bought quite a pile of her books and added them to my TBR pile.
Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
The Mayan god of death sends a young woman on a harrowing, life-changing journey in this one-of-a-kind fairy tale inspired by Mexican folklore.
The Jazz Age is in full swing, but Casiopea Tun is too busy cleaning the floors of her wealthy grandfather’s house to listen to any fast tunes. Nevertheless, she dreams of a life far from her dusty small town in southern Mexico. A life she can call her own.
Yet this new life seems as distant as the stars, until the day she finds a curious wooden box in her grandfather’s room. She opens it—and accidentally frees the spirit of the Mayan god of death, who requests her help in recovering his throne from his treacherous brother. Failure will mean Casiopea’s demise, but success could make her dreams come true.
In the company of the strangely alluring god and armed with her wits, Casiopea begins an adventure that will take her on a cross-country odyssey from the jungles of Yucatán to the bright lights of Mexico City—and deep into the darkness of the Mayan underworld.
My July TBR plan didn’t exactly go to plan and I only managed to read one of my planned reads. This month I am planning to read as much as I can and try to make a dent in my Goodreads challenge. I am also sorting out a lot of boxes of books which is quite fun as I am discovering so many books I want to read but I had also forgotten about.
I think this month will mainly be mood reads but these are the big contenders.
The rules are answer the questions below and share a link to your blog in the comments section of Sam’s blog.
What are you currently reading?
What did you recently finish reading?
What do you think you will read next?
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I hope everyone is having a great week so far. I am thoroughly enjoying this weather. You can’t beat reading a book in the sunshine.
What I am Currently Reading
Over the last few days I have really been pushing with this book. I am really enjoying this book which makes a nice change as book 5 nearly finished me off from continuing with this series.
What I have Recently Finished Reading
I finished this on Monday and I absolutely loved it. I found it really interesting and rather sad at times.
What I Think I will Read Next
I’m currently emptying out a room which has been used as a box room and I’m finding a lot of books I had forgotten I own which means my TBR has gotten even longer. The room will eventually be turned into the library so watch this space as I will keep you all updated.
Please drop me a comment with your WWW Wednesday and I will head over for a visit.
Goodreads Monday is now hosted by Budget Tales Book Club. All you have to do is show off a book from your TBR that you’re looking forward to reading.
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I have had a wonderful couple of hours sat in the garden reading today and I am planning on going back out again later. This beautiful weather is really helping my reading at the moment.
The book I am featuring today is a recent book that I have added to my Goodreads TBR. I have really enjoyed the books I have read by Jennifer Saint so far and she is definitely an auto buy author for me now.
Hera by Jennifer Saint
When Hera, immortal goddess and daughter of the ancient Titan Cronos, helps her brother Zeus to overthrow their tyrannical father, she dreams of ruling at his side.
As they establish their reign on Mount Olympus, Hera suspects that Zeus might be just as ruthless and cruel as the father they betrayed.
She was always born to rule, but must she lose herself in perpetuating this cycle of violence and cruelty? Or can she find a way to forge a better world?
Often portrayed as the jealous wife or the wicked stepmother, this retelling captures the many sides of Hera, vengeful when she needs to be but also compassionate and mostly importantly, an all-powerful queen to the gods.
The rules are answer the questions below and share a link to your blog in the comments section of Sam’s blog.
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What do you think you will read next?
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Sadly, my reading is still not great and I am beginning to think that maybe I should lower my goals for this year. I think there is just too much chaos going on currently with the building work on the house and it is putting me off my reading.
What I am Currently Reading
I’ve taken a break from the Alison Weir because I felt like an easier read. I’m thoroughly enjoying Yellowface so far. Lord of Chaos is still plodding along, I’m currently averaging 10 pages a night.
What I have Recently Finished Reading
I finally managed to bring myself to read the last Discworld book. This has sat on my book trolley since the day it was released and I haven’t been able to bring myself to read it but last week I decided the time was right.
What I Think I will Read Next
I really want to get a good amount of reading done this summer and I’m hoping some of these books will be the ones that I read.
Please drop me a comment with your WWW Wednesday and I will head over for a visit.
Goodreads Monday is now hosted by Budget Tales Book Club. All you have to do is show off a book from your TBR that you’re looking forward to reading.
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Apologies for not posting much recently. I decided I needed a little break from blogging and it has done me the world of good. It has also meant that I have managed some more reading as well.
My chosen book to feature today is one that I purchased back in 2018 and I have still not read it! I think it is high time I read it but first I need to find it!
Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel
Deadwood, USA. A girl sneaks out just before dark to ride her new bike. Suddenly, the ground disappears beneath her. Waking up at the bottom of a deep pit, she sees an emergency rescue team above her. The people looking down see something far stranger…
“We always look forward. We never look back.”
That girl grows up to be Dr. Rose Franklyn, a brilliant scientist and the leading world expert on what she discovered. An enormous, ornate hand made of an exceptionally rare metal, which predates all human civilisation on the continent.
“But this thing … it’s different. It challenges us. It rewrites history.”
An object whose origins and purpose are perhaps the greatest mystery humanity has ever faced. Solving the secret of where it came from – and how many more parts may be out there – could change life as we know it.
“It dares us to question what we know about ourselves.”
But what if we were meant to find it? And what happens when this vast, global puzzle is complete…?
Lady Book Dragon 