This was a lovely read. Just family trials and tribulations, but so well written and entertaining.

#bookmail
Both look great!

Always a bit weird when one of your series authors starts a new series, with a new detective. The writing is good and the police procedure- I‘ll give it another couple of books to see whether I like this detective as much as Tom Thorne.
#serieslove2023 1/1

#titlesandtunes #guiltypleasure
I love 80s music, but generally the darker side- so Duran Duran are definitely a guilty pleasure- their first 2 albums. John Taylor‘s autobiography has been on hubby‘s shelves for ages and I‘ve not read.
Girls on Film ultimate guilty pleasure for the feminist in me- I mine it‘s just looking at beautiful women come on!! Anyway 😁

Enjoyed this one, heart warming without being too soppy or sentimental and deals really well with grief and people‘s messy lives.

😂😂 ain‘t that the truth (said from the Liverpool perspective!).

A Bank Holiday 😁 woohoo. More reading. In other news my daughter will get that sticker off later!

Fabulous night listening to Rebecca Kuang, a very impressive woman. It‘s a love story next 😱 she said surely her mum knows she knows what sex is now….

Finished in time for tonight!! Not reviewing yet - going to listen with interest later 😁

#weeklyforecast
Started Yellowface this morning as I wanted to get a feel for the book before going to see the author tonight.
The other 2 are likely reads this week 😁

I know it‘s early for #camplitsy23 but I wanted to read some before seeing her talk tonight!

Oh this was so beautiful. Lovely writing, brilliant characters. There is next to no plot but I didn‘t want it to end. Minutiae of people‘s lives and inner feelings so wonderfully explored.
I have one of those, so happy to have read this book feelings.

There is some beautiful writing in this book ❤️

#bookreport
Death of a Bookseller definitely didn‘t wow me like others, it was ok.
Deadly Fate was great- series hasn‘t waned yet.
Falling Animals just started this morning and loving it so far.
Old God‘s Time, beautiful writing, hard subject and difficult style of writing, but worth it.
Road Ends- lovely.

Today‘s read. Look at that cover ❤️

Fab as always. Good storyline about the murders and a secondary storyline that is obviously going to have some mileage in the next book 👍🏻
#serieslove2023 up to date on this one.

Part 3 of treat your self day - books, of course ♥️ - and new leather bookmarks in Waterstones (I hadn‘t seen them before).

Part 2 of treat yourself day, lunch in my favourite cafe ❤️ book is great as always.

Hairdresser reading 😁

Kim is here to save my day!

I thought it was ok 🤷‍♀️ I got a bit bored, wanted it to hurry up and didn‘t like anyone except the book references.

I‘m not quite sure what this taste is but I am quite sure I don‘t want to try it!!

Oh she writes such beautiful, ordinary, heart wrenching stories.
Megan the MC was amazing - even though I wanted to shout loudly at her occasionally.
Finished with a lump in my throat.

Melancholy, beautiful writing with a story that will break your heart.
Not always easy to follow, unreliable narrator and non linear story line. But worth the effort.

#weeklyforecast
Currently reading Old God‘s Time, it‘s breaking my heart.
The Billingham and Marsons publish Thursday and I have pre-ordered on my kindle 😁
@Cathythoughts reminded me I still have an unread Lawson!
I didn‘t read anything off my forecast last week, so who knows.

#serieslove2023 8/12
Another good detective outing with Kay. Didn‘t see where it was going for a long time! Good series 👍🏻

#bookreport
Thought Half Burnt House was a decent thriller
Still Born was good and worthy of the accolades. There‘s no difference in these issues worldwide is there- we all grapple with a lot of ‘stuff‘.
The Parisian was a bit too heavy for me this week- physically carrying round and mentally. Works been tough.
Settled on a detective book yesterday and it‘s doing the trick.

#bookmail
Bottom two are for my daughters b.day in a few weeks (she loves dragons 🐉)
Top two found their way into the basket and they match 😁❤️

A chaotic, messy insight into motherhood, choice and society‘s expectations around this. It‘s not all doom and gloom, but there are some very sad bits.

#quicklunchtimeread
My salad place wasn‘t open today 😞

Well written, complex thriller. I changed my mind several times as to the plot lines.
Good days read.

#weeklyforecast
I‘m in one of those haven‘t got a clue what‘s next moods! Some maybes are here.
Just started the Half Burnt House.

#serieslove2023 8/27
Back with Ben Hope, as always a good story and the bodies keep piling up!

#kindledailydeal

#bookreport
You‘re Invited was just meh.
Close to Home and Enter Ghost were amazing. But probably not to read one after each other really- one set in post Troubles N.Ireland, one set in the Palestinian/Israeli conflict. Now reading Armada Legacy for a bit of light relief!

Looking at prices after @CarolynM review.
Pretty sure she said it‘s set in Dublin 🤔 maybe they just mean ‘the west.‘

I stayed up to finish the last 50 pages last night. What a book. Brilliantly written and so many layers. Yes, it is a woman returning ‘home‘ after personal heartbreaks, they perform Hamlet, in Arabic, set amidst a violent outbreak in the Palestinian/Israeli conflict.
The ending has your heart thumping.
Written purely from a Palestinian perspective. (Letting people know as it‘s fiction and it‘s not nuanced).

This book is brilliantly written. Have to read slowly as there is so much in it.

Lovely #friendmail- thank you Cindy. It actually arrived yesterday but I was out late with work and no one told me and have only just noticed in back room., so a nice surprise. This looks great 😘😘

Loved this. Brilliant insight into working class issues, set against the further issues of the next generation after The Troubles in Belfast. Lost myself down the rabbit hole reading about the author too and (as expected) a lot of the content is very close to his own life story.
Can‘t wait to read more from him.

#sunshinenoir #booked2023 hot and humid Sri Lanka.
The thriller/suspense side was just a bit meh for me- felt like a lot of others. Interesting insight to class in Sri Lanka.

#weeklyforecast
Book hangover from The Ferryman which I loved.
These may be next up- just started you‘re invited for #sunshinenoir

I loved it. Epic, big scale story. Dystopian and sci-fi, if you don‘t like those things, you probably won‘t like this.
He‘s a brilliant story teller for me.

Little outing to Dead Ink Books today 😁 not at all influenced by Litsy, nope….

#bookreport
Have loved all my books this week.
The McDermid and Disher are great series.
The Memory Police was fantastic.
What Writers Read was lovely.
I started The Ferryman yesterday and would just like to be left alone to read, it‘s awesome so far.

Hello 3 day weekend 😁

Finished last night. Good entertaining read- great MC and development of ‘minor‘ characters. And always a lot going on.
#serieslove2023 3/3
Thanks Carolyn 😘

#bookmail
One made #camplitsy23 one didn‘t 😁 looking forward to both.
And look at the lovely special edition.

#quicklunchtimeread
20 mins max!

What a lovely little read- authors sharing their favourite books and why.
Thanks Helen 😘