I am really enjoying this book, only about halfway through it.

This is my first read in June and I am loving it.

In my opinion, Natalie Haynes can do no wrong. I really enjoyed hearing from Medusa's viewpoint instead of from Perseus.

A YA thriller, five Dublin teenagers are at a rural college to cram for their final exam in Irish. Of course, one of them will die. I found that I didn't really care about any of the characters, so that made it hard to like.

Set in Australia in the 1950s, it sees Christopher, a young gay man, move to the city. He hopes it won't be so conservative as his hometown. He meets Morgan, and they fall in love. I enjoyed it but didn't love it.

A bunch of books I got today. Look forward to read them eventually.

I am enjoying this book a lot. I really loved The Great Believers, too.

This is a fantastic novel. It's so moving and gripping. It's set over some decades and involves a family with four sisters and their parents. Also, a young man with no family. Again, this has mental health and suicide.

This is a really interesting story, and I needed to read it really slowly to take it all in. It's a hard read at times as it has mental illness and suicide too. I remember being really into Syliva Plath, and the movie came out with Gwenth Paltrow. It's her only novel.

Oh, I loved this book, this story, and the witches. It's really easy and fun to read. It's gripping, and you want to get to the end. The next book is out in June, and I will get it straight away.

I enjoyed this Greek mythology story, this time about Penelope and the island of Ithaca. She is still waiting and hoping Odyssesus is alive and will come back. It started off slow and was even contemplating to DNF it. But decided to stick at it.

This was a great read. It was mysterious, and really dark. At times, it seemed like a horror story. Told in two timelines, 1902 set in a Brookhants a school for girls where a few deaths have occurred. Then, present day a movie is being made from the book written about the deaths.

I am really glad it's been shortlisted. I thought it was really good, very moving, and I could picture the scenes of the siege and the terror. I don't know terribly much about the war, but glad to have read it.

I enjoyed this historical crime fiction, set in different timelines. Families with their secrets will eventually come out, quite suspenseful.

The latest book from Jane Harper and sadly the last with Aaron Faulk. This time, a mother goes missing at a festival leaving her baby in her pram. It's now a year later on secrets are coming out in this close-knit community. I enjoyed this book and for me it was all wrapped up well.

This was a good read, set in a remote Polish village. Bodies are being found in strange circumstances. Janina thinks she knows who did it. It is a mixture of crime and mystery, it's witty and concerns the welfare of animals.

I am reading this book and really enjoying it.

These are two books I bought today! #books

My Agatha Christie read for April and the theme was poison. Rosemary Barton dies, and everyone thinks suicide. But her husband begins to think otherwise and recreates the evening with the same guests to see if the truth will come out. It was a good read.

This was a good read, Kissen's family was killed by a God. Now she kills Gods for money. A young girl seeks her out to help separate herself from a tiny God called Skedi. They end up running away and joined by a disillusioned Knight. They are all heading to a city where a huge battle was fought, each with their own quests.

This was a great read, gripping and moving story. It's a crime story and courtroom drama all rolled into one.

This was a reread for me, but as I read it probably at least 20 years ago, it was like reading it for the first time. And I still loved it. There was much I had totally forgotten. It was compelling and gripping

A really fantastic story about two different women named Violet. Set at the end of WWII, one Violet loses her baby, and the other Violet discovers she is pregnant. Their stories eventually interlink and a truly moving and poignant tale.

A good short story collection about life in Dublin through different people.

This is a proof copy. I enjoyed this YA mystery set in a school called Niveus Private Academy. A mysterious person called Aces is telling the whole school secrets from two students Devon and Chiamaka. Who is this person and why are they doing it? It was really gripping and quite a ending.

I absolutely loved all the short stories in thus wonderful collection. I heard it's being into a TV show I think. Look forward to see it.

I am really enjoying this a lot, still got 200 pages. But don't think it will make the shortlist though.

This is the latest in this detective series. This time Queen Victoria asks them to figure out who murdered a person found at the V&A Museum. Daniel and Abgail set off to find the killer. It's a good solid historical crime fiction.

I very much enjoyed this novel spanning 60 to 70 years the life of the Garretts. Starting in 1950s up to and including Covid. The whole family were great characters and I enjoyed the family interactions.

This is another in the Isobel Dalhousie series, I do enjoy this series, it's a quiet series with lots of questions and thoughts about many subjects. Isobel is known to help people and this time a boy believes he had a previous life. She sets out to figure out if it's possible. The series continues with her personal and work relationships.

I thought this book was OK but not enough to read the next in the series. It has magic and witches and set in a city with it's own rules and law.

This was an interesting and quiet read set in South Korea. Nothing much happens but I just loved it. The MC is a French -Korean woman who works receptionist in a guesthouse and a foreigner arrives and adds a bit of excitement to her life. She ends up showing him around the area.

This was a very funny read, I loved to two main characters and the writing. Definitely good if you need a non serious read.

I chose these books to take with me away for the Easter holidays. I am in Lebanon at the moment. I am loving the tagged book. I decided to DNF the top book, it wasn't for me. I am sure will like Rock Paper Killers as it YA crime fiction.

A lovely story set in Iceland just before Christmas. It about a family of midwifes over generations. I really enjoyed it.

A great short story collection, 10 different stories about womanhood and girlhood.

This a crime/thriller set in England. Linda is a fab main character. Young women are going missing and Linda tries to track down Rebecca who lived in their house before them. Then her husband Terry is keeping odd hours at work. It all makes for a gripping and suspenseful story which keeps you guessing to the end.

This was really good, very funny but with very serious subject matter sexual abuse of women.. I hope this get shortlisted for the Women's Price for Fiction.

The first in a series with the Canon Clement solving crime in his very sleep town/village. It's another cosy mystery and I enjoyed it and can see myself reading the next one.

This is another in the Dark Olympus series and this centres on Helen, Achilles and Patroclus. It very steamy and full of action.

Another fantasy adventure this time with Charlie Hall a thief asked to many books by gloamists. They are magicians who manipulate shadows. She wants out of that business but it isn't easy. Her past catches up with her and mayhem ensures. It's a dark and strange read. Again the beginning of a series.

This is the first in a series set in Hemlock Falls, which is pretty isolated to the outside world. Winnie Wednesday and her family are outcasts as their father was a witch and traitor. Now she is trying to get her and family back in the good books by joining the Luminaries. She must win a series of trails. I enjoyed it, probably will read the next book.

This is the first book in a trilogy set in Pompeii, Amara is a slave and works in Pompeii's infamous brothel. Amara wants to leave this life and tries her best to get her freedom. I was really invested in this story and the lives set in this time period. Amara is full of strength, as are the other slaves. I really great gripping read.

Another Christie book, this time with Tommy and Tuppence Beresford. These are short stories, but interlinked. I hadn't heard of these husband and wife detectives by Christie. I watched a few of the TV episodes I could find. I would definitely read more with Tommy and Tuppence.

Hercule Poirot comes to investigate whether Elinor Carlisle murdered young Mary Gerrard. She was posioned and it seems had motive too. They was the first time I read this book, but I had seen the TV adaption. It was as usual a good read.

This was a great book, it was funny but had serious issues about emotional abuse. I really liked the MC Harriet she is super savvy.

This was an interesting murder mystery but I for once actually guessed who was the murderer. I thought his first book A Fatal Crossing was much better.

A recent book haul! Any favourites? #books

I really liked this story set in London in 1926, loved the characters, the humour and setting.

I absolutely adored this book, the three women are just amazing. I loved each of their stories and how it all tied up at the end.