#AudiobookReview – A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens read by Tom Baker #AChristmasCarol #Favourite #MustListen #2020HistFicReadingChallenge #2020AudiobookChallenge

From Goodreads: "A new, unabridged reading of the Charles Dickens classic featuring the sonorous and expressive voice of Tom Baker (Doctor Who). Ebenezer Scrooge refuses to accept that Christmas is a time for peace and goodwill to all men. Those less fortunate than him are charitable, but Scrooge remains set in his curmudgeonly ways. One...

#AudiobookReview – Murder by Ghostlight by J.C. Briggs #MurderbyGhostlight #ACharlesDickensInvestigation #TantorMedia #LoveAudio #2020HistFicReadingChallenge

From Goodreads: "1850: When Charles Dickens discovers the corpse of an actor on the empty stage of a Manchester theatre, the renowned author himself becomes the number one suspect. But with the help of colleague and trusted friend Superintendent Jones of Bow Street, the two set out to find the identity of the real murderer....

#AudiobookReview- A Swarming of Bees by Theresa Tomlinson #HistFic #LoveAudio #ASwarmingofBees #2020WhenAreYouReading? #2020HistFicReadingChallenge

From Goodreads:"“A herbwife on a mule may go where warriors cannot – she may see what warriors cannot see and hear what warriors cannot hear!” The Monastery at Whitby is ruled over by the powerful and independent Abbess Hild. But when she needs someone to confide in, she turns to the honest warmth of her...

#AudioBookReview – The Smallest Man by Frances Quinn #NetGalley #ARC #TheSmallestMan #HistFic

From Goodreads "My name is Nat Davy. Perhaps you’ve heard of me? There was a time when people up and down the land knew my name, though they only ever knew half the story.The year of 1625, it was, when a single shilling changed my life. That shilling got me taken off to London, where...

#BookReview – City of Spies by Mara Timon #CityofSpies #BlogTour @ZaffreBooks @MaraTimon @Tr4cyF3nt0n #CompulsiveReaders

Hello and welcome to my stop on the blog tour for City of Spies by Mara Timon. Thanks so much to Tracy Fenton of Compulsive Readers for the invite and to the publishers for my ARC via NetGalley. Before I share my review here’s what the book is all about: From Goodreads: "LISBON, 1943. After...

#20BooksofSummer AudioBookReview – The Secrets of Saffron Hall by Clare Marchant #TheSecretsofSaffronHall #NetGalley #AMustListen #HistFic #DualTime

From Goodreads: "Two women. Five centuries apart. One life-changing secret about to be unearthed… 1538 Though Eleanor is not wealthy, the saffron spice she grows for her new husband is more valuable than gold. But as his reputation in Henry’s court soars, Eleanor soon understands that she has entered into a dangerous game. The king’s...

#20BooksofSummer BookReview – Flamingo Boy by Michael Morpurgo #FlamingoBoy

From Goodreads: " A stunning new classic from master storyteller Michael Morpurgo for readers of 9+, in the vein of PRIVATE PEACEFUL and THE BUTTERFLY LION. This is a landmark new novel form the nation's favourite storyteller, set in the unique landscape of the Camargue in the South of France during WW2. There, a young...

#AudiobookReview – Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid #DaisyJones&TheSix #Amazing #NewFavourite #BuyItNow 🎧🎧🎧

About the Book: "Everyone knows Daisy Jones & The Six, but nobody knows the reason behind their split at the absolute height of their popularity . . . until now. Daisy is a girl coming of age in L.A. in the late sixties, sneaking into clubs on the Sunset Strip, sleeping with rock stars, and...

#BookReview – The Occupation by Deborah Swift #TheOccupation #2020HistFicReadingChallenge

From Goodreads : " One woman’s secret war against the Nazis. One man’s war against himself… 1940, Jersey When Nazi forces occupy Jersey in the English Channel Islands, Céline Huber, who is married to a German, must decide where her loyalty lies. Love for her island, and fear for her Jewish friend Rachel, soon propel...

#AudiobookReview-Death at Hungerford Stairs by J.C. Brigg #DeathAtHungerfordStairs #2020HistFicReadingChallenge

From Goodreads: "Charles Dickens turns detective yet again as he and Superintendent Jones of Bow Street pursue a brutal murderer. London, November 1849. When a boy is found drowned in the River Thames at Hungerford Stairs, novelist Charles Dickens and Superintendent Jones of Bow Street are mystified to discover the child is not the missing...