Black As Death by Lilja Sigurðardóttir
Crime mystery set in REYKJAVIK
TR: Lorenza Garcia
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5th and final volume in the Arora Investigation series
"..right up there with the very best that Noir novels can offer..'
@orendabooks.bsky.social @suekelsoryan.bsky.social
Assuming you’ve read the review, I just felt the plot fell short at times. @corylusbooks.bsky.social always produce such wonderful books in translation, and it’s just my opinion but thats how I felt. Definitely give it a go yourself and feed back!
The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo
Novel set 16th Century MADRID
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"Bardugo keeps a beautiful balance between exploring the characters’ personalities, their needs / desires, and describing the world she has created"
@vikingbooksuk.bsky.social
@suekelsoryan.bsky.social
Cozy drama set in BERLIN 1961
Nightingale & Co by Charlotte Printz
TR: Marina Sofia
www.tripfiction.com/novel-set-in...
"..a fascinating glimpse of an important period of Berlin’s history, as well as being a breathtaking whodunnit.."
@corylusbooks.bsky.social
@suekelsoryan.bsky.social
Police procedural set in SOUTHAMPTON / NEW FOREST
Gallows Wood by Louisa Scarr
www.tripfiction.com/police-proce...
"..the fantastic first in a series of police procedural thrillers with a police dog handler as the main character..."
@canelobooks.bsky.social
@suekelsoryan.bsky.social
Novel set in USA, VIETNAM and JAPAN
5*
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My Other Heart by Emma Nanami Strenner
Coming 17 July 2025
"Many of the situations and themes in the book are universal and it will appeal to a wide audience."
@suekelsoryan.bsky.social
Out in paperback today (8 May 2025)!
Amuse Bouche: How to Eat Your Way Around France by @carolynboyd.bsky.social
Discover which region produces the rudest pastry!
And/Or
Where might you see a dog-shaped black pudding!
😀
#France #gastronomie
@suekelsoryan.bsky.social
Out 5 June 2025
5*
"I’d like to propose Secrets of the Bees by @janejohnsonbakrim.bsky.social as an early candidate for Book of the Year..."
www.tripfiction.com/novel-set-in...
#CORNWALL
@suekelsoryan.bsky.social
@bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social (Apollo)
#booksky
@emmans.bsky.social 🥰
Excellent read!
It has certainly been absorbing! I might take a rest after tomorrow though 😁
Chocolate tin in the shape of a French chocolatier shop
Conical sea shell in blue and yellow watercolour
Chunky wooden jigsaw in the shape of a kiwi bird
A conical blue glass perfume flask with an atomiser bulb
I’m up to 29 days of sketching in January now (but I keep forgetting to post them here!). Here are the latest four; a chocolate tin from Christmas, plus a shell, a kiwi and a perfume atomiser.
#sketching #watercolour
I always forget! Also involves brutally cutting my plant 😁
A graphite sketch of an Arts and Crafts pattern alongside a watercolour sketch of a glass vase with a red ribbon and yellow flowers, plus a small brown pottery milk jug. “The Wilson” logo in blue consists of a 3by 3 box with one letter in each square.
A lovely morning spent urban #sketching. We cheated a bit and sketched indoors at The Wilson art gallery in #Cheltenham. I love the Arts and Crafts gallery.
Short novel set in LA RIOJA
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Un Amor by Sara Mesa
TR: Katie Whittemore
"The author creates a tension that’s echoed by the book’s setting..."
Thanks to our fabulous reviewer: @suekelsoryan.bsky.social
Noir set in ICELAND during the aftermath of the financial crisis
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Murder at the Residence by Stella Blómkvist
TR: Quentin Bates
@suekelsoryan.bsky.social
Novel set in BRIGHTON and BRISTOL
Goodbye Birdie Greenwing by Ericka Waller
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"The humour in the book is delicious and subtle: the wisdom is sublime..."
A 5* read!
@transworldbooks.bsky.social l
Thank you to our fab reviewer: @suekelsoryan.bsky.social
A watercolour sketch of a pottery jug decorated with rustic flower pattern. It holds several wooden spoons and spatulas
Persevering with a painting a day in January. Today’s sketch is my French faience jug, which I use to store wooden spoons. Painted in watercolour on paper. #watercolour #art
This! So annoying, especially as autoincorrect has a mind of it’s own.
Sketch of a filigree metal chicken with a solar powered light
Sketch of the day; a funky solar-powered chicken 🐓
#watercolour #sketch #art
A novel of melancholy set in RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
Glória by Victor Heringer
TR: Sophie Lewis / James Young
www.tripfiction.com/a-novel-of-m...
This novel "...is unlikely to be like anything else you’ve read.."
@suekelsoryan.bsky.social
Piglet by Lottie Hazell
A novel of emotional instability set mainly in #OXFORD (and weddings and secrets and food)
www.tripfiction.com/novel-of-emo...
A @graziauk.bsky.social #bookclub pick January 2025
#graziabookclub
@transworldbooks.bsky.social
I try both and use online and in-person tutorials. It’s fun to try other media too, as they all have their plus points. I recommend Caroline Tatham Art and Wild Ink art classes with Lucia Leyfield.
Love your work. What media are you using?
Watercolour sketch of an aloe vera plant in a pot, with a tall flower spike of buds
Today’s sketch is my long-suffering aloe vera plant, which appears to have decided to flower, despite my neglect. Watercolour on paper
#watercolour #art
A watercolour painting of rusty heavy machinery
This was my ‘serious’ watercolour, from art class yesterday. We were challenged to paint rusty machinery in the style of French artist, Marc Folly. Watercolour on paper from a monochrome photograph.
Watercolour sketch of half an orange
It seemed appropriate to paint the orange one on inauguration day! Yesterday’s sketch for every day in January. #sketch #watercolour
That’s kind, thank you 🙏
Police procedural set in #REYKJAVIK, Iceland
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Shrouded by Sólveig Pálsdóttir
(Ice and Crime Book 4)
TR: Quentin Bates
@corylusbooks.bsky.social
Reviewed for TF by @suekelsoryan.bsky.social
5* for both content and location
Thanks,Lee-Ann. I’m glad you like it 🥰
