There is nothing more satisfying than reading a book while sipping a hot cup of tea.
Harriet and Graham have been happily married for twenty years when one fine day, Graham doesn't return from his office. A worried Harriet thinks of all kind of scenarios but when a month later, she receives a cheque of 100 pounds from a firm of solicitors with a letter explaining that she'd receive a similar … Continue reading Friday’s Forgotten Book: Hunt the Slipper by Henry Cecil (1977)
I have recently joined a reading group @ Goodreads that is into reading detective fiction of a vintage hue. One of the books selected for January was Catherine Aird's The Religious Body. Since Aird had been on my reading radar for long and this is the first of her Sloan & Crosby series, I jumped … Continue reading Friday’s Forgotten Book: The Religious Body by Catherine Aird (1966)
Usually my reading depends merely on my moods but this month I made it a point to pick up books written by Black authors. Coincidently both of them turned out to be published by independent publishers. Murder in G Major by Alexia Gordon This book began in a fantastic manner. Gethsemane Brown, an accomplished violinist … Continue reading #BlackHistoryMonth #ReadIndies Murder in G Major and Spare Room
Upcoming Scottish painter, James Lindsay, runs into Francoise de Montfaucon, Marquise de Bellac, and wife of Philippe de Montfaucon, Marquis de Bellac, in Paris. Once he had been hopelessly in love with her and had even proposed to her repeatedly but she had married the titled nobleman who had been friend and room-mate of James. … Continue reading Friday’s Forgotten Book: Day of the Arrow by Philip Loraine (1964) #ReadIndies
Last year I read my first Reginald Hill: A Clubbable Woman and enjoyed it tremendously but it has taken me more than a year to read the second outing of Hill's detective duo. Holm Coultram College is facing some very rough weather. First a student, Anita Swell, who had been suspended from the college because … Continue reading Murder on Campus: An Advancement of Learning by Reginald Hill (1971)
Today Top Ten Tuesday @That Artsy Reader Girl requires us to name 10 books with names of characters in their titles. I have chosen 13 of my favourite texts. Bhootnath by Babu Devki Nandan Khatri oh yes, more and more please... How many of these are your favourites too? Part of A Baker's Dozen.
Thanks to Tracy K @ Bitter Tea and Mystery, I came to know of the three-months long Japanese Literature Challenge being hosted @ Dolce Belleza . As I have a few Japanese books on my wishlist/ TBR, I decided to join the challenge. The premise of Dark Maidens is certainly intriguing. Teen-aged school girls - … Continue reading Japanese Literature Challenge: The Dark Maidens by Rikako Akiyoshi (2013)
Though Emma @ Words and Peace, I have come to know of an interesting meme: Friday Face Off, hosted @ Lynn's Book Blog. According to Lynn, "Each week, following a predetermined theme choose a book (this doesn’t have to be a book that you’ve read), compare a couple of the different covers available for that … Continue reading Friday Face Off: Murder Mystery in Space
I am happy that Adam @ RoofBeamReader has brought back his TBR challenge. The challenge is to make a list of 14 books (12 on the main list and 2 alternates) from which you commit yourself to reading at least 12 this year. Specifying it further, Adam writes, "Each of these 12 books must have … Continue reading Sign-Up: The 2022 TBR Pile Challenge
This week in Top Ten Tuesdays hosted @That Artsy Reader Girl, we have been asked to name top ten (or more or less) new authors whom we discovered last year. Well, last year I read a host of new authors from those whom I made a special point to read like Reginald Hill and Shelley … Continue reading Top Ten (+4) Tuesdays: New Authors 2021
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