Booking Ahead/Weekly Wrap Up
18 July 2021
Filed under Book Reviews
Tags: Booking Ahead, Caffeinated Reviewer, Weekly wrap up
I’m trying to get back into the habit of doing a round-up of the week just completed and also take a look at my plans for the forthcoming week. I rather got out of the habit of doing this last year but I would like to reinstate this type of post as I feel it keeps me on track. So, I’m linking up to The Sunday Post over at Kimberly’s Caffeinated Reviewer. Without further ado:
Last week:
So, this week was a bit slow for me. I was feeling a bit miserable for one reason or another. Consequently all my reading and blogging took a bit of a back seat. I managed to pick up and complete The Retreat by Elisabeth de Mariaffi which is a closed room murder mystery set up in a remote retreat isolated further by stormy weather. I enjoyed it – it certainly had plenty of atmosphere. I’ve also picked up the second book from this month’s SPFBO batch which I’m about 50% into. All told, slow week aside, I think this month I should be able to complete all my review books and my four SPFBO books *fingers crossed*.
I’m aiming to complete Empire’s Ruin by Brian Staveley and pick up The 22 Murders of Madison May by Max Barry. I won’t make more ambitious plans for now:
Reviews Posted since last Sunday:
- Meet Me in Another Life by Catriona Silvey
- A Dark and Secret Place by Jen Williams
Forthcoming Reviews:
- Murder of Crows by Anne Bishop
- The Past is Red by Catherynne M Valente
- Berserker by Dimitrios Gkirgkiris
- The Retreat by Elisabeth de Mariaffi
The quality of these covers is excellent, very high indeed, so hope that you find the content matching them! 🙂
Fingers crossed 😀
Sorry it wasn’t a great week for you, I hope this one is better. My review of The Past is Red will be up tomorrow, I loved it!
I loved it too – not really a bad week but just a bit ‘iffy’.
Lynn 😀
Sorry to hear about your miserable week, I hope you’re feeling better! I’m really glad you got to check out The Retreat, as the reviews I’ve seen for it so far have been all over the place, but I trust you when it comes to closed room mystery thrillers, especially regarding atmosphere!
Well, in some respects it’s a little like the Sanatorium in terms of the setting – but I preferred this one.
Lynn 😀
I hope you have a great week coming!
Thanks 😀
The Retreat sounds intriguing — I don’t know the author, but I will need to check it out. Also, I hope you enjoy The 22 Murders of Madison May — it was an interesting premise!
I hope you are feeling better for the little unplanned break! We all need them at times 🙂
Quite true – and yes I am, thank you.
Lynn 😀