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#TuesdayBookBlog Adventures in Mythopoeia by John Dolan (@JohnDolanAuthor) For lovers of mythology, adventures, great characters, and fabulous writing

Hi all: I’m back! I’m back in the land of easier internet access, so I hope I’ll be able to keep up with you all, although the holiday proved a bit busier and more challenging than I expected, and that means I have much more to do and didn’t manage to read as much as

#Break Happy Summer! See you soon!

Hi all: I just wanted to let you know that I won’t be around the blog for a few weeks (until early August). I won’t have regular access to the internet, and as I know that we all worry when one of our regulars disappears from the blogging universe, especially in these troubled times, I

#TuesdayBookBlog FLEURINGALA by M.K.B. Graham A delightful coming-of-age story, magical like the best fairy tales #RBRT

Hi all: I bring you another review for one of the wonderful finds from Rosie’s Book Review Team. Fleuringala by M. K. B. Graham From the author of CAIRNAERIE, a new historical fiction, set in 1939….. Abandoned by her no-count mother in a rundown shack on the outskirts of Lauderville, Virginia, seven-year-old Ruby Glory is

#TuesdayBookBlog THE BURNING GIRLS by C. J. Tudor (@cjtudor) (@PenguinUKBooks) A priest turned detective, a small town with a dark past, and plenty of secrets

Hi all: I bring you the third book by an author I’ve been following from the first novel she published, and I’m not surprised she’s become very popular (and there is talk of TV adaptations as well). The Burning Girls by C. J. Tudor   The darkly compelling new novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Chalk Man, The

#TuesdayBookBlog Not Just Any Man: A novel of Old New Mexico by Loretta Tollefson #Historicalfiction with a diverse cast and a fascinating account of life in early XIX c. New Mexico

Hi all: I bring you the review of the first book in a series I’ve been following for the last few years, and despite reading it out of order, or perhaps because of it, I loved it! Not Just Any Man: A novel of Old New Mexico by Loretta Tollefson Historical fiction with a diverse cast

#TuesdayBookBlog Dead of Winter: Journey 5, Llyn Pistyll Falls and Dead of Winter: Journey 6, The Fluting Fell by Teagan Ríordáin Geneviene (@teagangeneviene) Things keep getting intriguing, dangerous and wondrous #fantasy

Hi all: I bring you the review of the next two installments in the Teagan Ríordáin Geneviene’s serial Dead of Winter. The author has shared that we’re more or less halfway through, and I’m happy there’s much more to come yet, although the story is getting to a point where many of the strands seem

#Bookreview War Trials. Investigation of a Soldier and the Trauma of Iraq by Will Yates (@Wil_Yates) (@penswordbooks) The many casualties of war and who should really be on trial #non-fiction

Hi all: I bring you one of Pen & Sword’s non-fiction books and one that I think many people will be interested in. War Trials. Investigation of a Soldier and the Trauma of Iraq by Will Yates  War Trials tells the gripping and in-depth true story of a British soldier’s role in the drowning of

#TuesdayBookBlog Kings, Conquerors, Psychopaths: From Alexander to Hitler to the Corporation by Joseph Abraham A tough look at big historical figures, corporations, and more #RBRT #Non-fiction

Hi all: I bring you a review for a non-fiction book. A pretty special one, another great offering from Rosie’s Book Review Team. Kings, Conquerors, Psychopaths: From Alexander to Hitler to the Corporation by Joseph Abraham  “I’ve always believed society to be a fundamentally rational thing, but what if it wasn’t? What if it was built on

#TuesdayBookBlog PROJECT HAIL MARY by Andy Weir (@andyweirauthor) Hopeful, fun, full of scientific titbits, and the best sidekick ever #RandomHouseUK #sci-fi

Hi all: I bring you a book by a writer who has become very well known, thanks to his sci-fi novels and to the film adaptations. Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir  A lone astronaut must save the earth from disaster in this “propulsive” (Entertainment Weekly) new science-based thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Martian.

#TuesdayBookBlog MATILDA WINDSOR IS COMING HOME by Anne Goodwin (@Annecdotist) A moving look at mental health care as it was

Hi all: Today I don’t bring you one of my usual reviews. The author of this novel, Anne Goodwin, contacted me ahead of its publication because she thought I might be interested to read it due to the topic and the story. She couldn’t have been more right, and rather than I review, I ended