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My Week in Books – 27th August 2023

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MyWeekinBooksOn What Cathy Read Next last week

Monday – I published my review of historical crime mystery, The Night Raids by Jim Kelly.

Tuesday – This week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic was a freebie on the theme of genre and I chose ten novels set From Past to Present.  

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 – My Throwback Thursday post was my review of The Book of Forgotten Authors by Christopher Fowler.

New arrivals

The Storyteller by the SeaThe Storyteller by the Sea by Phyllida Shrimpton (ARC, Aria Fiction)

Melody spends her days combing the shore for items washed up on her beach. She collects them in her basket and takes them back to Spindrift, her weathered little bungalow overlooking the sea, and weaves stories about her treasures.

Everything Melody thinks she could ever need is right where she is, cupped by the rocks that shape her bay. But Melody has been keeping a secret…

When she learns that her little corner of Devon is under threat from developers looking to modernise the strip of coast on which Spindrift stands, Melody realises she is about to lose all she has ever known. Is it time for her to tell her own story – a story of love, loss, secrets and lies?

On What Cathy Read Next this week

Currently reading

Planned posts

  • Book Review: China Blue by Madalyn Morgan
  • Book Review: The Seventh Son by Sebastian Faulks
  • Book Review: The Ghost Ship by Kate Mosse
  • Blog Tour/Book Review: The Postcard by Carly Schabowski
  • #6Degrees of Separation

#WWWWednesday – 23rd August 2023

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WWWWednesdays

Hosted by Taking on a World of Words, this meme is all about the three Ws:

  • What are you currently reading?
  • What did you recently finish reading?
  • What do you think you’ll read next?

Why not join in too?  Leave a comment with your link at Taking on a World of Words and then go blog hopping!

Currently reading

China BlueChina Blue (Dudley Sisters #3) by Madalyn Morgan

At the beginning of World War II Claire Dudley joins the WAAF. She excels in languages and is recruited by the Special Operations Executive to work in German occupied France with Captain Alain Mitchell, of the RCAF, and the French Resistance.

Against SOE rules Claire falls in love. The affair has to be kept secret. Even after her lover falls into the hands of the Gestapo, Claire cannot tell anyone they are more than comrades.

As the war reaches its climax, Claire fears she will never again see the man she loves.

The Ghost ShipThe Ghost Ship by Kate Mosse (Mantle via NetGalley)

The Barbary Coast, 1621. A mysterious vessel floats silently on the water. It is known only as the Ghost Ship. For months, its captain – Louise Reydon-Joubert – and her courageous crew has hunted pirates to liberate those enslaved during the course of their merciless raids.

But now the Ghost Ship is under attack – its hull splintered, its sails tattered and burnt, and the crew at risk of capture. But the bravest among them are not who they seem. Louise is fleeing a miscarriage of justice; her lover, Gilles Barenton, is at risk of being exposed – she is forced to masquerade as her brother. The stakes could not be higher: if arrested, they will be hanged for their crimes.

Can they survive the journey and escape their fate?

Recently finished

The Night Raids by Jim Kelly (Allison & Busby)

The Postcard by Carly Schabowski (Bookouture)

What Cathy (will) Read Next

Chasing GhostsChasing Ghosts (Dudley Sisters #6) by Madalyn Morgan

1949. After receiving treatment for shell shock in Canada, Claire’s husband disappears.

Has Mitch left her for the woman he talks about in his sleep? Or is he on the run from accusations of wartime treachery?

Claire goes to France in search of the truth, aided by old friends from the Resistance.