Evaline Stoker and Mina Holmes never meant to get into the family business. But when you're the sister of Bram and the niece of Sherlock, vampire hunting and mystery solving are in your blood. And when two society girls go missing, there's no one more qualified to investigate. Young society women don't just go missing, … Continue reading The Clockwork Scarab | Colleen Gleason
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Fiction Reading Round-Up
Here we go with a review of novels that I read earlier in the year and didn't get around to reviewing. Eight books that deserve recognition, even though not all hit the right spot for me. The Behaviour of Moths * Poppy Adams From her lookout in the crumbling mansion that was her childhood home, … Continue reading Fiction Reading Round-Up
A Christmas Carol @ The Old Vic
A Christmas Carol is my absolutely favourite Dickens work and probably one of my favourite stories of all time. I have seen so many versions on film (my favourite of course being this 1951 version with Alastair Sim, and the most recent A Muppet Christmas Carol which *gasp* my husband had never seen) but it … Continue reading A Christmas Carol @ The Old Vic
2018 Christmas Haul
As is traditional around these here parts, I thought I'd pull together a quick post to boast about, sorry, update everyone on the cool books and other stuff that I got for Christmas. Book stuff Queen Victoria's Matchmaking by Deborah Cadbury - "In the late nineteenth century, Queen Victoria had over thirty surviving grandchildren. To … Continue reading 2018 Christmas Haul
This Week in Books & a Non-Fiction Round-up
It's been getting cooler and duller and lights are being switched on earlier each day so we are definitely in curling up in a chair and reading a good book season. So how did this week in reading go? Currently reading Global Crisis - I've not progressed this since my last post so will be … Continue reading This Week in Books & a Non-Fiction Round-up