Little Pixie

Noll, you`re such a talented artist ! I love the little robin.

That`s a real shame.

Just have takeaways and don`t do cleaning or laundry for a while ?

Thanks. I liked her first book, so we`ll see.

I suppose it`s so difficult to get fantasy series made anyway, so it`s nice that it lasted for 2 seasons. And thanks.

Ooh, that`s a fun cover.

A few hours of lovely snow !

He was such a brilliant actor. I was sad to hear the news too. RIP.

Hurray, you`ve read the first two Wicked Witches books. How did you feel about the change of tone from Book 1 to Book 2 ? Or maybe it wasn`t as noticeable ( I read books 2-11, plus 10 of the short stories, then went back and read book 1 ; I already had the first book on my Kindle, and wanted to squash in as many Kindle loans as I could, so read the loaners first ). BTW, some of the shorts are excellent, especially the Aunt Tillie Xmas ones .

Now reading Frances Crane`s The Golden Box, a murder mystery from the 1940`s.

Thanks ! Apparently Banana is a girl`s name; I read Kitchen and loved it ( last year, I think ? ) I did read another of Hiromi Kawakami`s books, Strange Weather in Tokyo - I really liked the prose. That`s the Gilmore Girls DVD, the 4 TV movies they made for Netflix ( I should`ve put ` book and disc haul` ) ; no idea when I`ll watch the discs, I have a bit of a backlog ( and a video backlog, and a book backlog... There may be a theme here. ) Noo, I hadn`t realised that the Shannara Chronicles might not be picked up again. I`m waiting for the S2 blu-ray to come out in an English version ( there`s a Nordic version, with an English soundtrack, I think ). It`s always a treat to get a big Amazon parcel. I have a few more books to come from the US too. Total list, plus pre-orders : The Nakano Thrift Shop - Hiromi Kawakami, Origin - Dan Brown, Soulful Simplicity - Courtney Carver, The Cambridge Murders - Glyn Daniel, Goodbye Tsugumi, Lizard - Banana Yoshimoto, Jane Austen : A Life - Claire Tomalin, Tel Aviv Noir ( A short story collection ) How the Finch stole Christmas - Donna Andrews A Hiss before Dying - Rita Mae Brown The Odd Woman and the City, Fierce Attachments - Vivian Gornick Tolstoy and the Purple Chair - Nina Sankovitch

Latest Book Haul.

Ditto. I caught a bit of the trailer for it today, looks worth a go. Just watched the first in the new season of Endeavour- very good. I also got up to date with the Orville and the Librarians.

Loved it too ! Just got the final ep of Spiral S6 to see now, another great season.

Ooh, goody, I saw that in the schedules and have been wondering about giving it a go.

I finished the Joanne Fluke books ; I ended up liking them far more than the past couple of books in the series ( I think she`s wrtitten herself out of a slump, tbh ), and am relaly looking forward to the next one - I gert the paperbacks, so I have a year or so to wait. I`m 90 pages into Ada Madison`s The Quotient of Murder, a cosy mystery with a maths professor in a small town near Boston.

Congrats Noll !

Joanne Fluke. It`s a series that`s been going for ages, and some of them have been turned into Hallmark mystery movies. GoodReads

Just finished Christmas Caramel Murder, another fun read. And yes, the murder victim was given away on the back cover again. About to start on Banana Cream Pie Murder.

I read Joanne Fluke`s Wedding Cake Murder last night ( 372 pages ) ; better than I thought it would be ( I thought the series has gone off the boil a bit lately, but this one was a fun read ). Luckily I didn`t look at the blurb on the back cover till I finished the book, `cos my edition actually gives away who gets bumped off !

Thanks !

The Sons of Adam - Eva Garcia Saenz Book 2 of The Immortal Collection, by a Spanish author. No spoilers, so I can`t really review the book at all ! but - it`s a trashy, page turning read, rather than an epic of literature. The basic story is about Adriana, an archaeologist, who gets a new museum job in Santander, Spain ... and begins to suspect there`s some deep secret about her employers. It`s urban fantasy ( though, a new take on the genre ), so you can guess what`s going on. Jilo - JD Horn Book 4 of the Witching Savannah series. This is a prequel, exploring the back story of Jilo, one of the Witches in the books, through the prism of Black History in Georgia in the first half of the 20thC. At times upsetting, it`s an immersive experience and a great read. EE Holmes books 4,5,6 ( following on from the Gateway Trilogy, these are books 1,2,3 of the Gateway Trackers ) - Whispers of the walker, Plague of the Shattered, Awakening of the Seer Too many spoilers in the first book from EE Holmes ( Spirit Legacy ) to do proper reviews, but all the old favourite charcaters are back for more adventures. It`s a take on the urban fantasy genre involving ghosts ( think of Harry Potter, but with a female protagonist and taking place at University or Post-Grad level ) . One of my favourite new(ish) authors, I loved reading about what the characters are getting up to now. While I did manage to work out early on, what was really happening in Book 5, it didn`t spoil my enjoyment. Rysa Walker`s The Chronos Files ( 3 books starting with Timebound, 3 novellas ) Teenager Kate receives a medallion from her Grandmother and is suddenly off on a time travel adventure. One of those ` there`s a baddie about and only Kate can save the Timeline ` thrillers. Liked it, but found it a bit too dark for me towards the end.

I`ve completely neglected reviews whilst I was doing the 3-month Kindle Unlimited mega read, so time to start looking at the great books I got to read. These are the books I read : The Sons of Adam - Eva Garcia Saenz Jilo - JD Horn Whispers of the walker - EE Holmes Plague of the Sahttered - EE Holmes Timebound - Rysa Walker Time`s Echo - Rysa Walker Time`s Edge - Rysa Walker Time`s Mirror - Rysa Walker time`s Divide - rysa Walker Simon says - rysa Walker The Dead detective - JR Rain Awakening of the Seer - EE Holmes ghosts of christmas Present - JR Rain A dickens of a Murder - Jim and Joyce Lavene The Librarian - Christy Sloat The Incredible Crime - Lois Austen-leigh Crimson Snow - Ed. martin edwards capital crimes - Ed. martin edwards Hide in tijme - Anna faversham A Spirited tail - Leighann Dobbs Death at the Dog - Jaonna cannan Mystery in the Channel - Freeman Wills Croft Intruder in the Dark - George Bellairs A Mew to a Kill - Leighann Dobbs Paws and Effect - Leighann Dobbs Stop Press - Michael Innes The Secret Vanguard - Michael Innes There came both Mist and Snow - Michael Innes Probabale paws - Leighann Dobbs Spell Disaster - Leighann Dobbs The man of Dangerous Secrets - Maxwell Marsh Rogues` holiday - Maxwell Marsh Nothing to croak about - Leighann Dobbs How I Changed my Life - Shelley Wilson China Trade - SJ Rozan Deadbeat Dad - JR Rain Cry Wolf - Leighann Dobbs Murder in Piccadilly - Charles Kingston Something Magical - Leighann Dobbs Double Crossing Delancey - SJ Rozan Resorting to murder - ED. by Martin Edwards Coming Clean - Kimberley Rae Miller Mandarin Plaid - SJ Rozan Lament for a Maker - Michael Innes Curiously Enchanted - Leighann Dobbs Concourse - SJ Rozan Beautiful Bodies - Kimberley Rae Miller No Colder Place - SJ Rozan The Last Page - Libby Fischer Hellman Serpents in Eden - Ed. by Martin Edwards Sing the Four Quarteres - Tanya Huff The Fire`s Stone - Tanya Huff The Poisoned Chocolates Case - Anthony Berkeley Every Witch Way but Wicked - Amanda M Lee Witching you were here - Amanda M Lee Witching on a Star - Amanda M Lee Something to witch about - Amanda M Lee Witch me Luck - Amanda M Lee Careful what you witch for - Amanda M Lee Wicked brew - Amanda M Lee On a Witch and a prayer - Amanda M Lee Bewitched - Amanda M Lee The Christmas Witch - Amanda M Lee Life`s a Witch - Amanda M Lee A Solstice Celebration - Amanda M Lee You Only Witch Once - Amanda M Lee Charms and Misdemeanours - Amanda M Lee The Trouble with Witches - Amanda M Lee Witchdependance Day - Amanda M Lee Happy Witchgiving - Amanda M Lee Merry Witchmas - Amanda M Lee Four Leaf Clover - Amanda M Lee Murder Most Witchy - Amanda M Lee A Witch before Dying - Amanda M Lee Any Witch Way you can - Amanda M Lee

I like the look of the Sarah Pinsker books. I can`t believe it`s already February !! Looks like you`ve had a good month for reading.

Me, me ! I`ll probably join you on Thursday too. There`re only so many newpapers you can read before you want to get stuck into a nice story again.