After investigating the matter thoroughly I discovered that putting off doing an entry on my read crime novels isn't going to decrease the number of books I'll have to write about. But I think it's in everyone's interest to not do the write-up quite as in-depth as usually and instead sum up things a bit, especially if my opinion boils down to "I ( Read more... )

My Santa package from the incredible hamsterwoman has arrived. And while I don't have any stories about having to go to Mordor/a remote post office to get it, it did take time till I managed to be in the same place as the package for long enough to appreciate/photograph all of it ( Read more... )

After the fantasy entry the...romance and romance-adjacent entry

KJ Charles - Gilded Cage

How on brand is it that the first romance I'm talking about features a murder? As with some KJ books I found that there was not enough space for both plotlines. There was the romance-part about a couple who had badly messed up the first time (as in the dude ( Read more... )

Since I have read a lot since the last time I'll split by genre. Part one: Fantasy

Sam Hawke - City of LiesThis was sold to me as 'Agatha Christie channeled through Robin Hood' so it will surprise exactly no one that I picked it up and well...dissapointment is too strong a word but it wasn't quite what I had hoped for and not only because I want ( Read more... )

I recently discovered that Big Finish, who I only knew as publisher of a gazillion Doctor Who audioplays, also have a Sherlock Holmes Range. I listened to a lot of their Who stuff and really loved it but their Sherlock Holmes stuff is...not good ( Read more... )

Romance

Nancy Campbell Allen - The Lady in the Coppergate TowerA steampunk het romance about Hazel - a doctor's assistant who is in love with said doctor - and said doctor who is in love with Hazel. However, both are convinced that they have no chance with the other and so...have moved on? Ish. Like, with that set-up I expect pining and can also ( Read more... )

Mostly book I read ages ago but always forgot to write up because I didn't have terribly much to say about them. Like more posh murder:

John Rowland - Calamity in Kent

Tbh I couldn't say anything that's better than this Goodreads review:I have a seriously hard time suspending disbelief for a mystery novel whose plot boils down to "Scotland Yard ( Read more... )

Today we have magnificent magical musketeers, dull heists, metaphorical Russian dragons, disappointing Holmes-pastiches, boring lesbians with cheap drama and a fluffy historical. And summing it all up, I'm surprised how few good books are on that list because I swear I had quite a lot of fun, reading. Either Curtis Craddock's awesomeness just made ( Read more... )

my "fight the physical tbr-pile" challenge.
A little before and after picture:


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The threatened write-up of my time with Kindle Unlimited and the British Crime Library Classics. I am going to skip those where my opinion boils down to “This is nice if you like that sort of thing” (aka the Freeman Wills Crofts I read and the short story collections) and only do some highlights/lowlights/high WTF-factor ones

Julian Symons - The ( Read more... )