The Body in the Back Garden is Mark Waddell’s debut novel, a cozy mystery set in Crescent Cove, Vancouver Island, Canada, and is the first book his new Crescent Cove Mysteries series. It releases next week so I thought I would repost my original review from earlier in the year. Luke Tremblay arrives in CrescentContinueContinue reading “Upcoming Release: The Body in the Back Garden by Mark Waddell”
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Review: Spells For Forgetting by Adrienne Young
Spells for Forgetting by Adrienne Young was one of my Book of the Month choices earlier in the year and I have put off blogging about it for a while because I wasn’t certain what to say about it. I had really been looking forward to Spells for Forgetting, the description reeled me in withContinueContinue reading “Review: Spells For Forgetting by Adrienne Young”
Review: Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages by Dan Jones
I stepped a bit outside my comfort zone with Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages by Dan Jones, but I’ve always been interested in ancient and medieval history, and I’ve seen the author on some documentary shows, so I thought I would give at least one of his books a try.ContinueContinue reading “Review: Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages by Dan Jones”
Yet Another Hobby: Fantasy Maps
My first fantasy map I mentioned a while ago that I have taken up watercolour painting. One of the Facebook groups I’m in posts weekly challenges, and a few weeks ago, the challenge word was maps. I decided that for my interpretation, I would draw and paint a fantasy map, so I spent a wholeContinueContinue reading “Yet Another Hobby: Fantasy Maps”
Reading Progress July 2023
It’s been quite a while since I had time to sit and do a timely post about my monthly reading progress, so I thought I would share my year to date stats now that we’re past the halfway mark for the year. As of the end of July I’ve read 178 books in 2023. IContinueContinue reading “Reading Progress July 2023”
Life, Tea, and Everything 