#Bookreview BAD GIRLS FROM HISTORY: WICKED OR MISUNDERSTOOD? by Dee Gordon (@penswordbooks) Brief biographies of fascinating women, ideal to dip in and be inspired to learn more. #Women’shistory

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Hi all: Now I’m getting behind not only with my reading but also with the posting of reviews (by the time you read this I might be publishing more reviews per week, to keep up), but that isn’t a bad thing, is it? Bad Girls from History: Wicked or Misunderstood? By Dee Gordon You won’t be
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#TuesdayBookBlog TEARAGH’T by Craig Newnes (@TheRealPressPub). #Historicalfiction with a difference. One story, two narrators, two styles, and many questions. #RBRT

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Hi all: I bring you a very special book today. Published by The Real Press. You can check them up here. Tearagh’t by Craig Newnes After the remains of the Armada hobbled back to Spain, an extraordinary document – part diary, part love letter – is discovered on a remote island off the coast of Ireland.
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#Bookreview The Kingdom of Women: Life, Love and Death in China’s Hidden Mountains by Choo Wai Hong An extraordinary adventure that can help us see the world in a different way.

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Hi all: Today another non-fiction book, and one very special. I was going to say that it might be more interesting for women but I don’t think that’s true… The Kingdom of Women: Life, Love and Death in China’s Hidden Mountains by Choo Wai Hong In a mist-shrouded valley on China’s invisible border with Tibet is a
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#Bookreview THE BEAR AND THE NIGHTINGALE by Katherine Arden (@arden_katherine) A magical fairy-tale with a touch of the classics

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Hi all: I thought we could finish the week with a bit of magic. I’ve noticed that some readers find the book depressing, but I love fairy tales and the best are a bit dark…. The Bear and The Nightingale by Katherine Arden ‘Frost-demons have no interest in mortal girls wed to mortal men. In the stories,
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#Bookreview and #Blogtour THE OTHER EINSTEIN by Marie Benedict @sourcebooks Re-evaluations and fictionalised history.

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Hi all: As you know I read a lot and I share reviews. On this occasion, when I saw this book on offer on NetGalley I thought it looked very intriguing, and when a member of the publicity team for the novel got in touch and asked if I’d like to take part in the
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#Bookideas. Non-fiction. Living alone. What is your expertise? #TuesdayBookBlog

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Hi all: Although I’m busy at the moment with translations (mine and other authors’ as well. By the way, don’t forget my promotion), my brain has been focusing on writing too. I think I already mentioned that I’d finished the draft of the next story in the thriller series ‘Escaping Psychiatry’ (and if I don’t
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#Bookreviews ‘Unexpected Gifts’ by S.R. Mallery (@SarahMallery1) and ‘Women on the Brink’ by G. Elizabeth Kretchmer (@gekretchmer). Women’s stories and histories. #TuesdayBookBlog

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Hi all: With Christmas just a few days away, I’m trying to share as many of the reviews I have pending before the end of the year as I can, to make sure you have enough to read over the holidays. Also, I have to warn you I’m planning on having some reshuffling, maintenance and
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