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My Top 5 Books of 2023

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Happy Monday bookish people! I hope you’re all having a wonderful day today.

I am here to share with you my top five books of the year, I have to say it was a difficult choice. I read a lot of books this year that I enjoyed, and a lot of them were books that were surprising.

  1. Finale by Stephanie Garber
  2. Vera Wong’s unsolicited advice for murderers
  3. A Very Lively Murder by Katy Watson
  4. London Seance Society by Sarah Penner
  5. The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches

What were your favourite books you read this year?

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Top Ten Most Anticipated Releases of 2024

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Happy Friday bookish people! I hope you are all having a wonderful day today.

what 2024 book releases are you most looking forward to?

Here are my top 10 2024 releases:

The Prisoners Throne by Holly Black

Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden

A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping

The Antique Hunters Guide To Murder

House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J Maas

The Disappearance of Rachel Price by Holly Jackson

The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo

Play of Shadows by Sebastian de Castell

A Fragile Enchantment by Alison Saft

The new book by Annie Garthwaite!

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End of Year Book Tag!

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happy Friday bookish people! I hope you are all having a wonderful day today.
Today I am doing the End of Year Book Tag, how would you answer these questions? Let me know in the comments.

Are there any books you started this year that you need to finish?
At least two, but only two I can remember the names of which are A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J Maas, which I wanted to finish but it’s a long book and I wasn’t feeling fantasy right then. The second book is Assistant to the Villain and I didn’t finish this book because I wanted to love it but there wasn’t enough plot in it to keep me captivated and for me personally romance gets boring after 100 or so pages if the plots not there.

Do you have an autumnal book to transition into the end of the year?
I would have to say not really I tend to read a lot of mysteries towards the end of the year and I don’t feel they are very autumnal most of the time.

Is there a new release you are still waiting for?
so many! All because I wrote my list of book early September for my mum to use as my Christmas list so I haven’t been able to buy any since then.

Is there a book you think could still shock you and become your favourite of the year?
I am going to say the Murder on the Christmas Express because I love a good murder mystery so we shall see. As I am writing this I am starting this book tonight, fingers crossed.

Have you already started making reading plans for 2023?
Not really, I have my eye on a few books releasing next year and if you’d like to see what those are I am posting a top ten most anticipated releases.

I hope you enjoyed this tag!

Monthly Wrap Ups

November Wrap Up!

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Happy Friday bookish people! I hope you are all having a wonderful day today.
it has reached the end of November and so it is time again to do my monthly wrap up.
November was a pretty good reading month for me, I technically read four books this month which I was pleased with considering I have so much else going on.

In my November TBR I was meant to read:

The Box In The Woods by Maureen Johnson – I did not read. I was trying to prioritise books this month that I could reference within my PhD work which unfortunately was not this one.

Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun by Elle Cosimano- I did not read this one either, same as the box in the woods, there wasn’t anything in this book blurb I could see that would work for my thesis so I had to prioritise other books but I am very excited to get to this one still, hopefully before the next book in the series comes out.

Nothing More To Tell by Karen M McManus – I did not read this book. Honestly, when I was choosing what to read next I spooked myself reading the blurb of this book. Don’t ask me why, my mind is a strange place.

Marlow Murder Club by Robert Thorogood – I did read this one, it was a reread for me, I knew it was one I planned on discussing in my thesis so I went through my second read, which I loved just as much as the first time I read it, and marked all the points I could use.

The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman – same as the marlow murder club, I also read this one and it was a reread. For exactly the same reason as above.

Gideon Green in Black and White by Katie Henry – the third book I read this month. I enjoyed this book a lot more than I expected to and I will be putting up my review of it this month so check back soon for that.

on top of my TBR books I also read the Mistletoe Motive by Chloe Liese, which is actually on my December TBR but I felt in a romance mood which is not like me at all. It was a good book, the romance was pretty swoon worthy and it was set in a bookshop, enemies to lovers. I enjoyed the ride and the change of reading such a short book.

have you read any of these books? What did you think of them?

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Fireworks Book Tag

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Happy Friday bookish people! I hope you’re all having a good day today.

Today I am bringing you the Fireworks Book Tag that I found on The Strawberry Post blog.

Screamers – a book that made you want to scream: Mrs Death Misses Death

Bombers – a book you read before it exploded in the book community

Banger – a banned book you have read

Peony – a book/author you think everyone needs to read

Crosette – a book/series with a complicated plot

Diadem – a book/series with a set of amazing central characters

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Last Book I… Book Tag

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Happy Monday bookish people! I hope you’re all having a good day today.

Today I am bringing you the Last Book I… Book Tag that I found on Words with Words’ blog.

Last book I bought: Throne of the Fallen by Kerri Maniscalco

Last Book I Borrowed: Wolf Hall Audiobook by Hilary Mantel

Last Book I was Gifted: ACOTAR Collectors Edition

Last Book I Gave Someone Else: Ballad of Never After by Stephanie Garber

Last Book I Started: Assistant to the Villain

Last Book I finished: Mrs Death Misses Death

Last Book I Rated five stars: Finale by Stephanie Garber

Last Book I rated 2 stars: Mrs Death Misses Death

Monthly TBRs

November TBR!

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Happy Friday bookish people! I hope you are all having a good day today. I realise this post is quite a bit later in the month than it usually is but today I am bringing you what I want to read in the month of November!

What are you all reading this month?

Box in the Woods by Maureen Johnson

Finlay Donovan Jumps The Gun by Elle Cosimano

Nothing More To Tell by Karen M McManus

Marlow Murder Club by Robert Thorogood – reread

Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman – reread

Gideon Green in Black and White by Katie Henry

Monthly Wrap Ups

October Wrap Up!

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Happy Friday bookish people! I hope you’re all having a wonderful day today.

October was quite the month for me, I had a stall at Cardiff Comic Con and I got some really good progress done on my PhD, I am exhausted but it is going to be worth it – I think!

Anyway, so my reading went down this month because all my free time is taken up with work but I still enjoyed a couple of books this month.

  • Once Upon A Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber – starting off good, I managed to read this one and I enjoyed it, if there isn’t a book review up by now there will be one soon.
  • Kingdom of the Feared by Kerri Maniscalco – I did not manage to read this one.
  • From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L Armentrout – I didn’t manage to read this one either.
  • Assistant to the Villain – I am currently reading this one so I have started it in October and I should, should, be able to finish it before the end of the month.
  • A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid – I didn’t own this one at the time and so I couldn’t read it because I didn’t get it and I can’t get it on my library app at the moment.
  • Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo – I did not read
  • Mrs Death Misses Death – I did read this one!
  • The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi – I did not read
  • Devil Makes Three by Tori Bovilano – I did not read this
  • Shadows Between Us by Tricia Levenseller – I did not read this

So, off my TBR I managed to read three books: Once Upon A Broken Heart, Mrs Death Misses Death and Assistant to the Villain. Outside of my TBR I have also read an ARC this month – Last Girl Breathing by Court Stevens which I will be posting a review for on the 6th November.

What did you guys read in October? And what did you think of them?

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My Top 15 Favourite Murder Mysteries

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Happy Friday bookish people! I hope you are all doing well today. Seeing as it is spooky season I thought it may be fun to share with you all my top 15 murder mystery books and this is one of my favourite genres to read so this was a difficult choice. Let me know if any of your favourites are on this list or if there are any you would have put on here instead.

The London Seance Society by Sarah Penner

Kingdom of the Wicked by Kerri Maniscalco

Pride and Premeditation by Tirzah Price

Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco

The Three Dahlias by Katy Watson

Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson

Dangerous Women by Hope Adams

The Marlow Murder Club by Robert Thorogood

Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers

The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

Finlay Donovon is Killing It

The Windsor Knot by S J Bennett

The Twyford Code by Janice Hallett

Hallowe’en Party by Agatha Christie

Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson