On the blog last week
Monday – I shared my Q&A with Jodie Morgan, author of cozy mystery Murder at the Summer Cheese Festival, plus an excerpt from the book.
Tuesday – This week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic was Most Recent Additions To My Bookshelf.
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.
Thursday – I shared the fifty books on my second Classics Club list. Something to keep me occupied until December 2030!
Friday – I published my wrap-up for the Historical Fiction Reading Challenge 2025.
Saturday – I took part in the #6Degrees of Separation meme, forging a chain from The French Lieutenant’s Women to J. Habakuk Jephson’s Statement. I also participated in the Six on Saturday meme, sharing six things from my garden this week.
New on my shelves
Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy (Macmillan Audio)
A family on a remote island. A mysterious woman washed ashore. A rising storm on the horizon.
Dominic Salt and his three children are caretakers of Shearwater, a tiny weather-lashed island that is home to the world’s largest seed bank. As Shearwater risks being lost to rising sea levels, the island’s researchers have fled, and only the Salts remain.
Until, during the worst storm in living memory, a stranger washes ashore. The family nurse the woman, Rowan, back to strength, but it seems she isn’t telling the whole truth about why she’s there. And when Rowan stumbles upon sabotaged radios and a recently dug grave, she realises that she’s not the only one on the island with a secret.
What I’m currently reading
I’m reading Whale Fall and The Eights from my TBR pile and listening to the audiobook of Wild Dark Shore for my book club.
Look out for…
- Book Review: Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid
- Book Review: The Huntingfield Paintress by Pamela Holmes
- Book Review: Tin Man by Sarah Winman
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