Read 21 and 6 I still want to read

I‘ve not been on here for a while as my health has been really bad but I‘m enjoying catching up on all your bookish posts!
I‘m really loving this memoir it‘s just what I need right now and thank goodness for audiobooks 😊

Finally getting round to reading this which has been on my tbr for ages!
The audiobook is excellent and comes with a pdf so I can study the art while the book is being read to me 😊

Book 6/12 on the Walter Scott prize longlist. This was an excellent LGBTQ+ historical piece of fiction incorporating Oscar Wildes trial. All the books I‘ve read from this list so far have been brilliant! I‘ve rated them all 4 🌟.
After seeing the mediocrity of the Women‘s prize longlist I shall be focusing on this and the WP non fiction list which I‘m halfway through and have enjoyed every book so far

📚Spending my weekend with these library books

📚 What are you reading this weekend?

Currently listening 🎧
This was on my tbr anyway so when I saw it had been nominated for the women‘s prize for non fiction I thought I would bring it forward. Very much liking the tone and voice in this memoir
I have another 10 marked off from the nominees I would like to read but I think that may be a little ambitious 😂
Are there any that you want to read?

FINALLY getting round to this which I‘ve meant to read for years!

Currently reading 🎧

Currently reading 🎧

I didn‘t even get halfway through this last time I borrowed it from the library, I had to put it on hold and have waited months to borrow it again. Hopefully I can get it finished this time!

Little gift to myself which I‘m thoroughly enjoying reading every day

Continuing with my reread of all Agatha Christie‘s novels and short stories. I remember really liking this one when I first read it plus it‘s perfect for the season ❄️

I didn‘t enjoy this quite as much as the first one but it was still lots of fun and full of whimsy 🧚🏻

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Thanks to NetGalley for this arc

I‘ve lost count of the times I‘ve heard carol singers recite the line from ‘We Wish You a Merry Christmas‘ as ‘Good tidings we bring, to you and your king,‘ when the correct word is of course ‘kin‘, meaning family.

One of the most interesting yet infuriating and sad things I‘ve ever read. The levels men would go to blame women for absolutely everything and have them tortured and killed is beyond belief, a lot of it in the name of religion. This is such a hard read but part of human history which everyone should know about
I don‘t think I‘ve ever highlighted a book so much!

Up next 🎧

‘A murder is announced and will take place on
Friday, October 29th (that's today), at Little Paddocks at 6.30 p.m.
Friends please accept this, the only intimation.‘

Angrboda, whose name translates to "the one who brings grief" or "she who offers sorrow," is a prominent giantess in Norse mythology. She resides in the land of the giants, Jotunheim.
Angrboda is best known for her union with Loki, the trickster god, with whom she bore three infamous offspring that play pivotal roles in the apocalyptic events of Ragnarok (essentially end of the world): Hel, Fenrir and Jormungandr
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“Once again...welcome to my house. Come freely. Go safely; and leave something of the happiness you bring.”

‘In every village, town and city in Scotland, there's a plinth devoted to the war dead. Even my tiny local post office has a list of the postal workers who died in the Great War. Was the terror of the witch-hunts, lasting hundreds of years, not a war on women, community and folkways?
And yet the dead have no wreaths, no sanctioned hour.‘

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I‘ve decided to reread all of Agatha Christie‘s novels starting with Marple. It‘s been years since I read some of them that I can‘t remember them all. I always enjoy a Christie although Poirot is my favourite and I‘m not as keen on the Tommy and Tuppence books

The witch-hunt was also the first persecution in Europe that made use of a multimedia propaganda to generate a mass psychosis among the population. Alerting the public to the dangers posed by the witches, through pamphlets publicizing the most famous trials and the details of their atrocious deeds, was one of the first tasks of the printing press

🧛🏻 Finally getting round to this one 🧛🏻

What if you asked the universe for your heart's desire and the universe obliged? What if you tried to understand yourself better and actually liked what you found? What if you let something go and something better appeared in its place?

A wonderful month by month look at how the oak tree sustains wildlife and how important it is in nature. I‘ll definitely listen to this one again as it‘s so fascinating

Folk horror and mythology, right up my street! I read this over two days and found it hard to put down. Creepy and atmospheric rather than scary, I‘ve enjoyed all of this authors work so far

Weekend reading. I am loving this one 🧙🏼‍♀️

#witchathon @TEArificbooks

So dark and atmospheric, perfect for this time of year to give you the chills!

Rereading this favourite 😻

‘I have been many things since last we met. I have been trees and rivers and hills and stones. I have spoken to stars and earth and wind. One cannot be the conduit through which all English magic flows and still be oneself.‘

5 ⭐️

Weekend reading 🧛🏻

Men don‘t age better than women, they‘re just allowed to age

Loved every minute
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🎧 currently reading 🎧

I‘ve definitely found a new favourite author after reading The square of sevens and now this wonderfully engrossing historical novel

#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView
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1. The tagged book
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2. Cold weather! I‘m Scottish I am not built for this relentless heat 😂 Plus October is my birthday month and I love everything about spooky season 🎃

I set myself a challenge to read 10 King books this year and this was number 9 so I‘m more than happy with my progress. I‘m thinking of reading Christine or Bag of bones next, which would you recommend?

This was incredible! A dual timeline novel about The Ormen, a ship which has been abandoned with the crew missing and never found. So dark, gothic and claustrophobic while also being touching and sad with elements of folklore. The writing is sublime with the cold atmosphere of Iceland perfectly captured so you can feel the chills. One of the best books I‘ve read this year
5 ⭐️

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this arc

Thoroughly enjoyed this tour around the magical places in Britain and the history behind them

I dnf lots of books now, I used to try to push through but I‘ve got thousands on my tbr so I won‘t spend time on books I‘m not enjoying. I give up as soon as I‘m not liking a book and I know what doesn‘t work for me
When do you give up on a book?

‘A mind-blowing murder mystery on a ship full of magical passengers. If Agatha Christie wrote fantasy, this would be it!‘

Do you need to know anything else 🤷🏼‍♀️

#netgalley