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Can’t-Wait Wednesday

3 September

Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted at Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we’re excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they’re books that have yet to be released. This week’s Can’t-Wait offering: Spiderlight by Adrian Tchaikovsky
re-release date 11th September, 2025
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Review of NETGALLEY arc The Executioners Three By Suzanne Dennard

2 September

I enjoy Dennard’s writing – see my reviews for Truthwitch and Windwitch. I also very much enjoyed her excellent series, The Luminaries – see my reviews of – see my reviews for The Luminaries, The Hunting Moon and The Whispering Night. So I was delighted to be able to get my hands on her latest offering – The Executioners Three.
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SUNDAY POST

1 September

This is part of the weekly meme over at the Caffeinated Reviewer, where book bloggers can share the books they’ve read and share what they have got up to during the last week.
As I type – it’s raining. Yippee! And even as I celebrate, part of me is still amazed that I’m so thrilled that the wet stuff is falling from the sky. But it’s been SUCH a long time since we had any rain worth the name! During the last 24 hours, we’ve had regular downpours and when this morning I went outside to empty a bowl I’d accidentally left outside, there was about two inches in the bottom, which is a respectable amount. It’s also got cooler, not cold – but cool enough that it isn’t uncomfortable. And I can’t quite believe I’m celebrating that, too. Because I live in England – the land of perpetual drizzle and chilly winds, where sunny bright days are yearned for. Until quite recently…
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Castellan the Black and his Wise Draconic Tips on Life

30 August

Lords often curse at each other – particularly when firing up for a fight. Don’t get into the habit of continually uttering such blunt, ugly words in other situations. That ugly bluntness will spread to your thoughts.
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Review of NETGALLEY arc Damned – Book 3 of the Scarlet Revolution trilogy by Genevieve Cognman

29 August

I am a solid fan of Cogman’s The Invisible Library series – see my reviews of The Invisible Library, The Masked City, The Secret Chapter, The Dark Archive, The Lost Plot and The Untold Story. But I’ve been even more impressed with the first two books in the Scarlet Revolution trilogy – see my reviews of Scarlet, and Elusive. So I was thrilled to get hold of this final instalment of Eleanor’s adventures – while wondering how Cogman was going to tie up the major threat facing Europe, particularly England right now.
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Can’t-Wait Wednesday

27 August

Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted at Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we’re excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they’re books that have yet to be released. This week’s Can’t-Wait offering: A Tangle of Time – Book 2 of The Hexologists by Josiah Bancroft
release date 9th September, 2025
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Review of NETGALLEY arc Hemlock & Silver by T. Kingfisher

26 August

I’m a huge fan of Kingfisher’s writing, although I’ve only reviewed a couple of her books – A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking and Swordheart. So I was delighted to see this offering on the Netgalley dashboard and even more delighted to be approved for a copy.
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