pickThemes: Historical Fiction, Irish Folklore, Dual Timelines
This was a sweet read, perfect for reading in a comfy chair with a blanket and a cup of something warm to drink. It started a bit slow for me, but then I was hooked and couldn‘t put it down. It really made me want to re-read “Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell” by Susanna Clarke 🧚
pickI realized as I joined the discussion of this book that I had forgotten to review it. I felt this one started slowly (which was partially impacted by my lack of reading time), but once it got going I really enjoyed it. There were a lot of things going on in this one, but I also love those layers of complexity and history. I also really appreciate that we get to know characters more in the series, but the mysteries are unique.
#ShardlakeBR
My last new book started today, this one is for my neighborhood book club
@dabbe #TLT #ThreeListThursday
I have read 59!
Many on my TBR three I would like to get to this year-
Middlemarch
The Secret Garden
Anne of Green Gables
3 I LOVED-
Bridget Jones
Perfume
Persuasion
pickAnother winner in the Shardlake series.
This time Shardlake gets a case from the queen to look into a case. A young man has committed suicide after saying that something monstrous has happened to his previous pupil. The family lives in the south not far from Ellen‘s hometown, so he decides to look into her story as well.
An intricate mystery, fooling me to the end. I did not see that end coming.
#ShardlakeBR
“She kills her lover on the altar of a foreign goddess.”
This is page 1, sentence 1… in the gods damned prologue.
Respectfully… What the f***?!
April wrap-up: I finished two books for March #foodandlit #Ireland, then read four books for April #Rwanda (still working on my fifth). I read one book for #authoramonth Kate Quinn (still reading two more), and one book I finished from last month‘s author Leigh Bardugo. And I read Keeping House as an impulse read.
I tagged my favorite book of the month, but it was a close call.
Easy to pick Dune over the Scarlet Letter, but ultimately had to go back and look at my ratings to determine the winner of the first 1/3 of the year. #readingbracket2025
#Bibliophile @eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
#Circus ❤️🎪
I thought about the Night Circus too. Both are great books. If you haven't read either, I recommend them both.
