She Reads Novels
Murder Like Clockwork by Nicola Whyte
Top Ten Tuesday: Books with Ordinal Numbers in the Title
The Night Hag by Hester Musson
Six Degrees of Separation: From Wuthering Heights to Midnight is a Lonely Place
The Strawberry House by Rachel Burton
All the Fear of the Fair: Uncanny Tales of Circus and Sideshow edited by Edward Parnell
The Three Witches by Elena Collins
My Commonplace Book: February 2026
The Astral Library by Kate Quinn
Embers by Sándor Márai
Mrs McGinty’s Dead by Agatha Christie
The Wandering Queen by Claire Heywood
The Final Problem by Arturo Pérez-Reverte – #ReadIndies
Top Ten Tuesday: Books for Armchair Travellers
Some thoughts on Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights (2026)
The Killer Question by Janice Hallett
The Tower by Thea Lenarduzzi – #ReadIndies
The House of Fallen Sisters by Louise Hare
Walter Scott Prize Longlist 2026
Classics Club Spin #43: The result
Six Degrees of Separation: From Flashlight to Nights of Plague
An Astronomer in Love by Antoine Laurain – #ReadIndies
Classics Club Spin #43: My List
Top Ten Tuesday: Book covers with unusual typography
Brigid by Kim Curran
My Commonplace Book: January 2026
Room 706 by Ellie Levenson
The Inn at Penglas Cove by Lauren Westwood
Top Ten Tuesday: Authors I discovered in 2025
The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller
The Classics Club 26 in 2026
A Slow and Secret Poison by Carmella Lowkis
Suspicion by Seichō Matsumoto
The House of Barbary by Isabelle Schuler
Classics Club List #3
Penitence by Kristin Koval
Top Ten Tuesday: More books to look out for in the first half of 2026
The Token by Sharon Bolton
Historical Musings #94: My Year in Historical Fiction 2025
The Bishop Murder Case by S.S. Van Dine
The Hill in the Dark Grove by Liam Higginson
Completing my second Classics Club list!
The Silver Branch by Rosemary Sutcliff
Six Degrees of Separation: From The Night Circus to A Small Circus
New Year, New plans!
My Commonplace Book: December 2025
My Favourite Books of 2025
Historical Fiction Reading Challenge: Looking back at 2025 and forward to 2026!
Merry Christmas!
Venetian Vespers by John Banville
The Book of Human Skin by Michelle Lovric – #DoorstoppersInDecember
Alice by Elizabeth Eliot – #DeanStreetDecember25
The Inn Closes for Christmas & Other Dark Tales by Cledwyn Hughes
Historical Musings #93: Books to look out for in 2026
Ghosts of Grayhaven by Amy Newbold and Lark Wright
The Art School Murders by Moray Dalton – #DeanStreetDecember25
Top Ten Tuesday: Books set in snowy places
Rainforest by Michelle Paver
Six Degrees of Separation: From Seascraper to The Night Circus
The Official Agatha Christie Puzzle Book
The Twelve Days of Christmas by Susan Stokes-Chapman
White Corridor by Christopher Fowler
My Commonplace Book: November 2025
The Big Four by Agatha Christie
Nonfiction November: Week 5 – New to my TBR
The Christmas Clue by Nicola Upson – #NovNov25
Tales from the Underworld by Hans Fallada – #GermanLitMonth
100 Books to Live By: Literary Remedies for Any Occasion by Joseph Piercy
Surfacing by Margaret Atwood – #MARM2025 #NovNov25
Nonfiction November: Week 4 – Diverse Perspectives
Seascraper by Benjamin Wood – #NovNov25
Air by John Boyne – #NovNov25
Monstrous Tales: Haunting Encounters with Britain’s Mythical Beasts
The Ice Palace by Tarjei Vesaas – #NovNov25
Top Ten Tuesday: Stepping out of my comfort zone
Nonfiction November: Week 3 – Book Pairings
Buckeye by Patrick Ryan
The Odd Flamingo by Nina Bawden
Nonfiction November: Week 2 – Choosing Nonfiction
Top Ten Tuesday: Ten random books waiting to be read!
My Year in Novellas – #NovNov25
Six Degrees of Separation: From We Have Always Lived in the Castle to The Confessions of Frannie Langton
My Commonplace Book: October 2025
Murder Most Haunted by Emma Mason
Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Horror Novels I Read Before Blogging
Nonfiction November: Week 1 – My Year in Nonfiction
The Black Cabinet by Patricia Wentworth – #1925Club
#1925Club – My Top 10 Reads from 10 Years of Clubs!
Simon the Coldheart by Georgette Heyer – #1925Club
Plans for November
A Ghost Hunter’s Guide to Solving a Murder by F. H. Petford
#1925Club – Some previous reads
White Teeth, Red Blood: Selected Vampiric Verses
Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon
The Birds by Tarjei Vesaas
Top Ten Tuesday: Series I still haven’t finished!
Six Degrees of Separation: From I Want Everything to Soot
The Predicament by William Boyd
My Commonplace Book: September 2025
Murder at the Black Cat Cafe by Seishi Yokomizo
A History of England in 25 Poems by Catherine Clarke
Miss Winter in the Library with a Knife by Martin Edwards
Historical Musings #92: HWA Crown Awards 2025