Review A Bride´s Guide to Marriage and Murder – Dianne Freeman

On the eve of her marriage to George Hazelton, Frances has a great deal more on her mind than flowers and seating arrangements. The Connors and the Doyles, two families of American robber barons, have taken up residence in London, and their bitter rivalry is spilling over into the highest social circles. At the request……

Home alone with all of the books…

Last week The Husband got on a plane to visit his family back in South Africa. He hasn’t seem them since BC (before Corona) times, and some of them even longer than that. I didn’t join him (plane tickets are expansive, and we are going on holiday at the end of the month as well…).……

Middle Grade on Monday: The Clockwork Queen

Chess prodigy Sophie Peshka inherited her love of the game from her grandmaster father. But now that he has been imprisoned in the dungeons of the Winter Palace in St Petersburg by powerful Empress Catherine the Great, Sophie must use all her strategic skill and cunning to help him escape. Part of Sophie’s plan involves……

What a month…

So, that was June. Wow. It was Hectic (but great)! We started the month off with a hiking weekend. I want to try to walk the Dutch part of the Roman border this year, but seeing as I started it only this month, and really don’t walk all that much anymore I may not succeed.……

I read a Bunch of Comics

As I announced in my previous post, my June is BUSY so I am not able to be very present on here. But on Saturday I sat my first exam (I am still waiting for it to be graded, but I had an 8.5 for the practice exam so I should be fine), and decided……

Wrapping up my Holiday

After sitting at home for three weeks I am going back to work today. I am kinda excited, but also stressing out a fair bit (more on that at the end of this post). I have spent most of my time off trying to catch up with my studies, but on Friday afternoon I finished……

Review Alcatraz vs the Evil Librarians – Brandon Sanderson

Everything I’d known about the world was a lie. On my thirteenth birthday, I, Alcatraz Smedry (yes, I got named after a prison, don’t ask) received my inheritance: a bag of sand. And then I accidentally destroyed my foster parents’ kitchen. It’s not my fault, things just break around me, I swear! I thought the sand was……

Review Nettle & Bone – T. Kingfisher

After years of seeing her sisters suffer at the hands of an abusive prince, Marra—the shy, convent-raised, third-born daughter—has finally realized that no one is coming to their rescue. No one, except for Marra herself. Seeking help from a powerful gravewitch, Marra is offered the tools to kill a prince—if she can complete three impossible……

I read some graphic novels

I try to limit the amount of books I request from Netgalley, but I make an exception for graphic novels. So here are my reviews for the ones I read somewhat recently. Arzhur, a disgraced knight, has taken on a new mission to restore his honor: save Princess Islen from the Black Castle. The only……

Review Our Lady of Mysterious Ailments – T.L. Huchu

Ropa Moyo’s ghostalking practice has tanked, desperate for money to pay bills and look after her family she reluctantly accepts a job to look into the history of a coma patient receiving treatment at the magical private hospital Our Lady of Mysterious Ailments. The patient is a teenage schoolboy called Max Wu, and healers at……