On the blog last week
Monday – I published my review of For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy On My Little Pain by Victoria MacKenzie, longlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2024.
Tuesday – This week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic was a freebie on the theme of Halloween.
Wednesday – As always WWW Wednesday is a weekly opportunity to share what I’ve just read, what I’m currently reading and what I plan to read next… and to take a peek at what others are reading. I also published my review of historical crime mystery A Pretender’s Murder by Christopher Huang.
Thursday – I published my Q&A with Ross Gilfillan, author of historical novel In Leicester Fields.
Friday – I shared My Year in Nonfiction, the first weekly prompt for Nonfiction November.
Saturday – I participated in the #6Degrees of Separation meme forging a book chain from We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson to The Book of Forgotten Authors by Christopher Fowler.
New on my shelves
The Forgotten Daughter by Anirudh Joshi (author review copy)
In the rain-slick alleys of Kamathipura, truth is a luxury few can afford.
When Meher disappears, the city shrugs—but one man refuses to forget. Vishy, a solitary book seller with a past he won’t speak of, begins a quiet rebellion against apathy. As he searches for Meher, the shadows grow darker, and the cost of remembering becomes unbearable.
The Forgotten Daughter is a story of grit, grief, and the fragile hope that someone, somewhere, still cares.
What I’m currently reading
I’m reading The Assassin of Verona from my TBR pile, The Matchbox Girl from my NetGalley shelf and I’m listening to the audiobook of Swan Song.
Look out for…
- Book Review: Our London Lives by Christine Dwyer Hickey
- Book Review: Transcription by Kate Atkinson
- Excerpt: A Knock at the Door by Peter Rowlands
- My Top 3 October 2025 Reads
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