2024

WWW Wednesday is a meme hosted by Sam at Taking on a World of Words.

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?

Hello!

I have finally finished a book in 2024! I honestly thought I wouldn’t get a book finished this month as my reading has really slowed down.

What I am Currently Reading

I was doing my chapter a day of this but I have got to a really good bit and so I am rather ahead and only reading this book at the moment. I had forgotten how much I enjoy the Wheel of Time series but I could really do without Mat as he rather annoying.

What I have Recently Finished Reading

I thoroughly enjoyed this book! I love how the Countess of Carnarvon makes history come alive. My review is here.

What I Think I will Read Next

I think at the moment I will aim for shorter reads but I never know for sure what I will go for as I am an extreme mood reader.

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Happy Reading

Etsy

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Goodreads Monday: 15/1/2024

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.

Hello!

Welcome to my first Goodreads Monday of 2024. My chosen book this week is one off my 24 Books of 2024 list. It is also one I bought just before Christmas and have been very excited to read as it is by one of my favourite historians.

Medieval queens were seen as mere dynastic trophies, yet many of the Plantagenet queens of the High Middle Ages dramatically broke away from the restrictions imposed on their sex, as Alison Weir shows in this gripping group biography of England’s fourteenth-century consorts.

Using personal letters and wonderfully vivid sources, Alison Weir evokes the lives of five remarkable Marguerite of France, Isabella of France, Philippa of Hainault, Anne of Bohemia and Isabella of Valois.

The turbulent, brutal Age of Chivalry witnessed the Black Death, the Peasants’ Revolt, the Hundred Years War against France and savage baronial wars against the monarchy in which these queens were passionately involved. Queens of the Age of Chivalry brilliantly recreates this truly dramatic period of history through the lives of five extraordinary women.

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Happy Reading

Etsy

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January 2024 TBR

Hello!

I hope everyone is having a good week so far. As predicted my reading has plummeted since been back at work but I’m hoping that I will manage to at least read one book per week.

Here are my planned reads for January.

I actually started The Other Queen in December 2023 but I only read about a quarter of it before work and Christmas prep got in the way, I was really enjoying it so I hope to finish it this month. I really hope I read some of these books but as you have all worked out by now I’m not great with TBR plans as it all depends on what mood I am in.

I hope everyone has some exciting reads planned for January.

Happy Reading

Etsy

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24 Books in 2024

Hello!

I decided 2024 was the year I read through some of the books that I own and that have sat on my TBR pile for way too long. So with this in mind I have selected 24 books off this TBR pile and have decided to try and read them all in 2024. I have popped a few rereads on to this list as well because I really wanted to read them again this year.

24 Books

The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
~~The Midnight Folk by John Masefield~~
~~The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia~~
The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley
Children of England by Alison Weir
Tudor England A History by Lucy Wooding
Queens of the Age of Chivalry by Alison Weir
~~Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors~~
~~Blade Breaker by Victoria Aveyard~~
House of Odysseus by Claire North
~~Yellowface by R. F. Kuang~~
~~The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan~~
Revelation by C. J. Sansom
Blood of Elves by Andrzej Sapkowski
~~Clytemnestra by Costanza Casati~~
I, Claudius by Robert Graves
Babylon’s Ashes by James S. A. Corey
~~A History of the Roman Empire in 21 Women by Emma Southon~~
The Curator by Owen King
Fairy Tale by Stephen King
~~Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens~~
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
The Doll Factory by Elizabeth Macneal
Dune by Frank Herbert

Hopefully, I will manage to read two a month and I will smash this little challenge.

Happy Reading

Etsy

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WWW Wednesday: 3/01/2023

WWW Wednesday is a meme hosted by Sam at Taking on a World of Words.

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?

Hello!

My first week in 2024 has been wonderful for reading. I am thoroughly enjoying my free time and rather dreading going back to work next week because I know I won’t be able to read so much.

What I am Currently Reading

I actually read two and a bit chapters of The Shadow Rising today so I am already ahead with my challenge of reading one chapter a day. I had forgotten just how good this book is but I did read it in 2014 for I have forgotten quite a bit. The Earl and the Pharaoh is a fascinating read and a real eye opener about how the super rich lived in the 1890’s.

What I have Recently Finished Reading

I crammed quite a few books in the last week of 2023 and here is three of them. I have the full set of the Penguin Classics little black books but have only read a few so it was good to tick a few more off the list.

What I Think I will Read Next

This year is all about reading the books I own and these are currently sat in a big pile waiting to be read.

Please drop me a comment with your WWW Wednesday and I will head over for a visit.

Happy Reading

Etsy

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WWW Wednesday: 20/12/2023

WWW Wednesday is a meme hosted by Sam at Taking on a World of Words.

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?

Hello!

I hope everyone is having a good week so far. I have just returned from playing for my second Carol Service this year. I do love a Carol service and I love playing carols. I’m really starting to feel festive. My festive reads has also helped.

What I am Currently Reading

I have literally only just started this so I don’t know what to make of it yet. Fingers crossed it will be good.

What I have Recently Finished Reading

I finished both of these books this week and really enjoyed both of them. I read The Nutcracker every year as my Christmas tradition but I always try to get a different translation and this one did not disappoint and I flew through the book in two sittings.

What I Think I will Read Next

I’m not sure what I will next but I am looking forward to my reading plans in 2024 which will make quite a difference to my TBR pile I hope.

Please drop me a comment with your WWW Wednesday and I will head over for a visit.

Happy Reading

Etsy

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Goodreads Monday: 18/12/2023

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.

Hello!

I hope everyone has had a good start to the week today. I have had the day off so I had a lovely morning reading then went to a National Trust property to enjoy some Christmas decorations.

My chosen book to feature off my Goodreads TBR this week is another one that has sat on my TBR for way too long.

Sarah Perry’s award-winning novel, set at the end of the nineteenth century and inspired by true events.

Moving between Essex and London, myth and modernity, Cora Seaborne’s spirited search for the Essex Serpent encourages all around her to test their allegiance to faith or reason in an age of rapid scientific advancement. At the same time, the novel explores the boundaries of love and friendship and the allegiances that we have to one another. The depth of feeling that the inhabitants of Aldwinter share are matched by their city counterparts as they strive to find the courage to express and understand their deepest desires, and strongest fears.

Please drop me a link with your Goodreads Monday and I will head over for a visit.

Happy Reading

Etsy

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WWW Wednesday: 13/12/2023

WWW Wednesday is a meme hosted by Sam at Taking on a World of Words.

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?

Hello!

I hope everyone is having a good week so far. We are still trying to get ready for Christmas and it is so nice seeing the decorations go up around the house.

What I am Currently Reading

I’m mainly focusing on Murder at Holly House at the moment because I want a nice festive read.

What I have Recently Finished Reading

Absolutely loved reading about Dr Galloway’s adventures again.

What I Think I will Read Next

As usual I’m not sure what I will read next but it might be one of these books or it might be a more festive read.

Please drop me a comment with your WWW Wednesday and I will head over for a visit.

Happy Reading

Etsy

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Goodreads Monday: 11/12/2023

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.

Hello!

I’ve had a busy day putting up Christmas decorations and teaching but I also managed to start my day with a bit of reading as well. I have also finally managed to start some of my festive books.

My chosen book to feature on Goodreads Monday this week is from a series I plan on finishing in 2024. This is the next book I need to read in the series.

A revolution brewing for generations has begun in fire. It will end in blood.

The Free Navy – a violent group of Belters in black-market military ships – has crippled the Earth and begun a campaign of piracy and violence among the outer planets. The colony ships heading for the thousand new worlds on the far side of the alien ring gates are easy prey, and no single navy remains strong enough to protect them.

James Holden and his crew know the strengths and weaknesses of this new force better than anyone. Outnumbered and outgunned, the embattled remnants of the old political powers call on the Rocinante for a desperate mission to reach Medina Station at the heart of the gate network.

But the new alliances are as flawed as the old, and the struggle for power has only just begun. As the chaos grows, an alien mystery deepens. Pirate fleets, mutiny and betrayal may be the least of the Rocinante’s problems. And in the uncanny spaces past the ring gates, the choices of a few damaged and desperate people may determine the fate of more than just humanity.

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Happy Reading

Etsy

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Goodreads Monday: 4/12/2023

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.

Hello!

I hope everyone has had a good start to the week. The first book I read and reviewed this year was The Box of Delights by John Masefield but I still haven’t read the first book in the series. I’m really hoping I get to read this book before the end of the year.

Young Kay Harker lives in an old house in the country, filled with portraits of his ancestors. His only companions are his unpleasant guardian Sir Theopompus and his governess Sylvia Daisy Pouncer (who, Kay suspects, has stolen all his toys). Life is lonely and dull, until one night Kay’s great-grandpapa Harker, a sea captain, steps out of his portrait to tell him about a stolen treasure that belongs to Kay’s family. The evil Abner Brown is searching for it too, but Kay is helped by the midnight folk: creatures like Nibbins the cat and Rollicum Bitem Lightfoot the fox, and even his lost toys, who will join him on his dangerous quest.

The Midnight Folk is a feast of imaginative story-telling, a glorious cornucopia of pirates and witches, lost treasure and talking animals. Although it was published in 1927, it evokes an older world: houses are lit by oil lamps, and travel is by horse, carriage – or broomstick. Masefield perfectly captures a child’s perspective, from the terrors of tigers under the bed to the horrors of declining a Latin adjective. Yet there is also plenty of humour that adults will appreciate, from Miss Piney Trigger, who swigs champagne in bed and prides herself on having backed a host of Derby winners, to Kay’s lessons: ‘Divinity was easy, as it was about Noah’s Ark. French was fairly easy, as it was about the cats of the daughter of the gardener.’ This mingling of past and present, reality and fantasy, has made this one of the most rewarding and influential children’s books ever written.

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Happy Reading

Etsy

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