Absolute Power is a gripping political thriller that pits the powerful elite against everyday people. An interesting, suspenseful plot, well-developed characters, and just the right amount of actio…| Book Thoughts from Bed
Doctor Who: Planet of Fire by Peter Grimwade Another fifth Doctor Target novel that I recall seeing at multiple WaldenBooks, but that I never added to my collection back in the day. Part of that could be that no printed … Continue reading →| Nashville Book Worm
Page count: 384 pages| Malin's Blog of Books
Page count: 384 pagesAudio book length: 9 hrs 17 mins| Malin's Blog of Books
Page count: 446 pagesAudio book length: 13 hrs 31 mins| Malin's Blog of Books
Historian and popular TV presenter Ruth Goodman offers up a history of offensive language, insulting gestures, insolent behaviour, brawling and scandal in the 16th and 17th centuries – with practical tips on just how to horrify the neighbours. From royalty to peasantry, every age has its bad eggs, those who break all the rules and… Continue reading How to Behave Badly in Renaissance Britain by Ruth Goodman| Swords & Spectres
The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a young adult, coming of age story that explores the challenges of being a young teenager through the eyes of a guy named Charlie. While I’m not in the target audience for the novel, I did admire that it tackled some tough issues, including mental health, homosexuality, drug […]| Book Thoughts from Bed
My Friends is chock-full of the wisdom and poignancy we’ve come to expect from Fredrik Backman. This time, he uses his insightful storytelling skills to spin the tale of four teenage friends …| Book Thoughts from Bed
Page count: 317 pagesRating: 3.5 stars| Malin's Blog of Books
Europe stares into the abyss. Plague and famine stalk the land, monsters lurk in every shadow and greedy princes care for nothing but their own ambitions. Only one thing is certain: the elves will come again, and they will eat everyone. Sometimes, only the darkest paths lead towards the light. Paths on which the righteous… Continue reading The Devils by Joe Abercrombie – An Audio Book Review| Swords & Spectres
As any reader of murder mysteries can tell you, poison is one of the most enduring — and popular — weapons of choice for a scheming murderer. It can be slipped into a drink, smeared onto the tip of an arrow or the handle of a door, even filtered through the air we breathe. But… Continue reading A Taste for Poison by Neil Bradbury – An Audio Book Review| Swords & Spectres
How to be a Victorian – a time traveller’s guide to Victorian Britain by the BBC’s Ruth Goodman. We know what life was like for Victoria and Albert. But what was it like for a com…| Swords & Spectres
With Chenneville, author Paulette Jiles, who also wrote News of the World, delivers another immersive, Civil War era historical fiction novel. This one is centered on John Chenneville, a Union officer who wakes up in a Virginia hospital after suffering a severe head injury during a battle. The story follows John as he returns to […]| Book Thoughts from Bed
We Solve Murders is a hilarious romp through the worlds of money smuggling, Internet influencers, hired hitmen, and rogue security agencies. Author Richard Osman, who also wrote The Thursday Murder…| Book Thoughts from Bed
We were fighting on the wrong side of a war we couldn’t win. And that was the good news. The Ruhar hit us on Columbus Day. There we were, innocently drifting along the cosmos on our little bl…| Swords & Spectres
The Last Bookshop in London is a historical fiction novel set in London during the German blitzkrieg of World War II. The story explores how the power of a good book can temporarily soothe anxiety …| Book Thoughts from Bed
It is the most famous military installation in the world. And no credible insider has ever divulged the truth about his time inside of it. Until now. This is the first book based on interviews with…| Swords & Spectres
We can unlock secrets from bones preserved for centuries in tombs, graves and crypts. The history of the Middle Ages is typically the story of the rich and powerful, there’s barely a written note f…| Swords & Spectres
In The Broken Girls, freelance journalist Fiona Sheridan takes on a story about the renovation of a long-shuttered girls boarding school and suddenly finds herself investigating a 64-year-old murder, as well. An original plot plus an eerie paranormal element make The Broken Girls an engaging murder mystery. This post may contain Amazon Affiliate links. As […]| Book Thoughts from Bed
The Night We Lost Him is a suspense novel highly focused on the complexities of family and romantic relationships. When Nora Noone’s father falls off a cliff at his seaside home, her half-bro…| Book Thoughts from Bed
A Flicker in the Dark is an entertaining suspense novel that explores what it’s like to be a family member of a serial killer. Just when psychologist Chloe Davis thinks her father’s reign of terror is in the distant past, girls begin disappearing again. Are these the acts of a copycat killer, or is something […]| Book Thoughts from Bed
There is something lurking in the trees…. A winter storm has buried North Dakota in snow and ice. With accidents being reported across the region, Deputy Ron Weller must patrol along the main…| Swords & Spectres
It’s raining in Liscor. The spring rains have come and Liscor’s entire geography changes with the dawning of the new year. The Floodplains of Liscor live up to their name, and the only …| Swords & Spectres
It is 1884, and when a fellow landlady finds her lodger poisoned, Mrs. Hudson turns to Sherlock Holmes. The police suspect the landlady of murder, but Mrs. Hudson insists that her friend is innocen…| Swords & Spectres
Author: Cherie Priest Narrator: T. Ryder Smith Publisher: Recorded Books Running Time: 9hrs 24mins (333 pages on Kindle) Genre: Horror My Rating of ‘The Toll’: 2 out of 5 Purchase: Audi…| Swords & Spectres
More than two centuries after World War III poisoned the planet, the final bastion of humanity lives on massive airships circling the globe in search of a habitable area to call home. Aging and out…| Swords & Spectres
The Fault in Our Stars is best-selling author John Green’s hugely popular young adult novel about two teenage cancer patients who find each other and fall in love. I was so happy that the boo…| Book Thoughts from Bed
A review for the quite funny nonfiction book Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England’s King and Queens by David Mitchell. I listened to the audiobook, which is narrated by the author and fo…| Confessions of a Serial Reader
The definitive history of the Vikings – from arts and culture to politics and cosmology – by a distinguished archaeologist with decades of expertise The Viking Age – from 750 to 1…| Swords & Spectres
Winter has come to the world, and still, Erin Solstice has no idea how she came to be an [Innkeeper]. Erin is running an inn outside the city of Liscor, but she’s no longer alone. Ryoka Griffin, th…| Swords & Spectres
All books, no matter their binding, will fall to dust. The stories they carry may last longer. They might outlive the paper, the library, even the language in which they were first written. The gre…| Swords & Spectres