Due to the ARCs I had to read this month, didn't quite complete the full board for #WinterCosy
Thanks to @puddlejumper for hosting.
Due to the ARCs I had to read this month, didn't quite complete the full board for #WinterCosy
Thanks to @puddlejumper for hosting.
In a world where only women can make deals with demons & wield magic, three young women are drawn into the hunt for a supernatural serial killer.
I really enjoyed this one & I was hooked from the start. It's a perfect mix of horror & fantasy with an undercurrent of social commentary. The first chapter sets the scene as an unnamed character walks home from a party alone - I would say that most women who have walked home alone in the dark (cont)
Hampshire, 1795 where the Austen family reside at the local rectory, sister Cassandra is engaged to be married, & where Jane is in the midst of a romance with Tom Lefroy. At tonight's dance, Jane is sure that Tom is about to pop the question when their tryst is interrupted by the discovery of a dead body. A young milliner (hatmaker) has been killed, her body hidden in a linen closet. (continued)
William Day was part of an expedition which ended in disaster. Many of the men died of scurvy & the survivors only managed to hang on by becoming cannibals & eating their dead shipmates. As the last surviving officer, Day took most of the blame & opprobrium being nicknamed 'Eat 'em Fresh' Day. 13 years later, Day is offered a chance at redemption, to find his second-in-command from that ill-fated voyage, who has gone missing. (continued)
Hungary in 1929 saw the exposure of over a hundred deaths which were linked to a small group of people in a village called Nagyrev. For over a decade, Auntie Suzie, the local midwife, had helped local women get rid of inconvenient relatives by means of poison. They came to be known as The Angel Makers.
Given the source material this should have been an interesting read, but it turned out to be a chore to get through.
The first book to feature Hercule Poirot is told from the point of view of Arthur Hastings, a soldier on leave from the Front in WWI. Hastings visits an old friend, John Cavendish who lives at Styles Court owned by his stepmother, Emily Inglethorp. John's wife, his younger brother, Lawrence, & a family friend, Cynthia Murdoch also live there, along with Emily's new husband, younger man, Alfred Inglethorp. (continued)
Here's how I did with #wintercosy, #wintercleardown, #longdarknights and #brightcolddays bingo cards in the month of December! #wintergames #snowangels
I still have January to work on finishing #wintercleardown but I thought I'd post my progress.
Thanks to @Emilymdxn and @Puddlejumper for hosting these challenges!
#WinterCosy so far and #WinterCosyActivities
Thanks to @puddlejumper for hosting.
#WinterGames #HollyJollyReaders @Laughterhp
Christa & bf, Kiernan, join a small tour group heading to an isolated lodge in the Rocky Mountains for 2 weeks. They are almost there when things start to go wrong: first a fallen tree blocks the road, Christa has an accidental fall & is separated from Kiernan when he & Christa take a short walk whilst waiting for the coach to be freed, & Christa only just finds her way back before succumbing to the snowstorm. (continued)
Day 31 Totals #WinterGames2023
Read for four hours. Finished In A Holidaze.
#RushAThon #WinterCosy #CandylandReadathon
#ScaryChristmas #20in4 +40 each
Watched:
📺 NOS4A2 (1 episode/Based on a Book) +10
🎥 The Ref +5
+216 points #TeamReindeerGamers