My Week in Books – 12th February 2023

MyWeekinBooksOn What Cathy Read Next last week

Monday – I published my review of crime novel Where Roses Never Die by Gunnar Staalesen.

Tuesday – This week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic was all about debut novels and I looked back at ten debut novels I enjoyed.

Wednesday – I published my review of WW2 thriller, Dead of Night by Simon Scarrow to close out the blog tour. And 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 my publication day review of historical crime mystery, A Gift of Poison by Bella Ellis

Friday – I published my review of dual time novel, My Mother’s Shadow by Nikola Scott

Saturday – I made another trip Down the TBR Hole – with limited success on this occasion.


New arrivals

Absolutely nothing, which will continue to be the case whilst I’m on holiday.


On What Cathy Read Next this week

Currently reading

Planned posts

  • Book Review: The Emperor’s Shield by Gordon Doherty
  • Top Ten Tuesday: Loves Past & Present
  • Book Review: The Paris Sister by Adrienne Chinn
  • Book Review: Ponti by Sharlene Teo

#WWWWednesday – 8th February 2023

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

PontiPonti by Sharlene Teo (Picador)

It is 2003, and in the sweltering heat of Singapore sixteen-year-olds Szu and Circe develop an intense friendship. For Szu it offers an escape from Amisa, her beautiful, cruel mother – once an actress and now the silent occupant of their rusty house. But for Circe, their friendship does the opposite, bringing her one step closer to the fascinating, unknowable Amisa.  

Seventeen years later, Circe finds herself adrift and alone. And then a project comes up at work, a remake of the cult seventies horror film series ‘Ponti’, the same series that defined Amisa’s short-lived film career. Suddenly Circe is knocked off balance: by memories of the two women she once knew, by guilt, and by a lost friendship that threatens her conscience… 

I received this ages ago as part of a book subscription service that I’ve since cancelled. It was on my list for the 20 Books of Summer 2022 reading challenge, a list I’m still trying to work through. And, yes, I do know it’s now 2023. 


Recently finished

A Gift of Poison (Brontë Sisters Mystery #4) by Bella Ellis (Hodder & Stoughton )

The Emperor’s Shield (Legionary #9) by Gordon Doherty 


What Cathy (will) Read Next

The Paris SisterThe Paris Sister (The Three Fry Sisters #2) by Adrienne Chinn (eARC, One More Chapter via NetGalley)

Three sisters separated by distance but bound by love

The Fry sisters enter the Roaring Twenties forever changed by their experiences during the Great War. Now, as each of their lives unfold in different corners of the globe, they come to realise that the most important bond is that of family.

Desperate to save the man she loves, Etta leaves behind the life she has made for herself in Capri and enters the decadent world of Parisian society with all its secrets and scandals.

Celie’s new life on the Canadian prairies brings mixed blessings – a daughter to adore, but a husband who isn’t the man who holds her heart.

In Egypt, Jessie’s world is forever changed by a devastating loss.

And back in London – where each of their adventures began – their mother Christina watches as the pieces of her carefully orchestrated existence begin to shatter…with implications for them all…