So, I've been a bit absent for several weeks, mainly due to it being the run-up to Christmas but a week long bout of sciatica stopped me in my tracks rather. I do my blog posts on an old fashioned desktop pc and sitting at it for any length of time proved painful. Thankfully, the sciatica is now in retreat and also family have now arrived to help out so all is now well.
I have managed to read a bit this month, just not review. So, a quick rundown of what I've read:
The Tesla Legacy by Rebecca Cantrell is book 2 of her 'Joe Tesla' series and concerns a machine his grandfather invented which vibrates and can destroy buildings, bridges etc. Where are the plans?
Sherlock Holmes and the Miskatonic Monstrosities by James Lovegrove is book 2 of his Cthulhu series. It's bonkers but fun and I loved the setting of the North Kent marshes.
Hercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie sees Poirot investigating the death of wealthy Simeon Lee in a country house mystery. Which of his relatives did him in? Great fun.
Tha Harbour Lights Mystery by Emylia Hall is book 2 of her Shell House Detective series. This is set around the Mousehole Christmas lights which I've seen many a time so it was a nice nostalgic read. Good mystery but maybe a bit too much relationship stuff.
My current read is a Christmas romance set in Cornwall.
It's frothy and fun and the setting of a hotel on the north Cornwall coast is well done.
As I said, I have family staying now and consequently will not be back until the new year.
I want to wish everyone who visits my blog, whether you comment or not, a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New year. See you in 2026.
14 comments:
I'm glad you're feeling better, Cath. It looks as though you've had some solid reads, too. I've enjoyed Rebecca Cantrell's Hannah Vogel series, but not read this series. And of course, to me, you can't go wrong with Agatha Christie! I hope you have a lovely Christmas. All the best to you for the new year!
How nice that the family has arrived for Christmas. Here's to a cornish cream tea in the future! Merry Christmas! I am making orange chocolate shortbread from a Jamie Oliver recipe for my mother who loves that combination and I hope the conversion of grams to ounces was accurate . . .
Cath, first of all, glad your sciatica is easing. I had a bout of it last spring. Not fun at all. Wishing you and your family and very Merry Christmas with much peace and love! Will look forward to talking books and life with you in the new year - can you believe 2026? Take care, dear friend. Big hugs going across the waters....
Thank you for including those of us who read your postings with great pleasure but do not comment. Merry Christmas and hopes for 2026 a better year for all the world. Genie
Sorry about your sciatica! That kind of pain is so draining because it's so constant. I'm glad you're doing better now. And I loved Lovegrove's previous Sherlock Holmes novel; I'll have to watch for this second one. Wishing you a very Merry Christmas! :D
Merry Christmas ! hope you have a lovely break (sorry about the Sciatica ...no fun at all) VaL xxxx
Hi Cath, hope you are having a Merry Christmas and glad to hear your sciatica is better. I didn't get around to reading Christmas novels this year but tonight I will be watching once again A Christmas Carol with Alistair Sim in the title role. Has there ever been a better Scrooge?
Belated Christmas greetings.
I'm so sorry about the sciatica flare up. That pain is horrible. I fell hiking on New Year's Day 2023 and the disc between L5 and S1 is pinching off the left side nerve bundles that come out of those vertebrae. I have to take 1800 mgs of Gabapentin a day to make the nerve pain manageable.
Hercule Poirot's Christmas is always a fun read and I really think I need to hunt down that Lovecraftian Holmes series.
Happy New Year!
May you have a Happy New Year--preferably one free of sciatica and, instead, one filled with good books. :)
Beautiful illustrations. I wish you good health, joy, peace and prosperity 🙏
Happy New Year to you from a retired lady living in Montreal, Canada ❤️ 😊 🇨🇦
My friend who is 75 has scoliosis. She sends you her best wishes. She has no computer or cellphone.
I read this post and thought I had commented a week ago but apparently not. So today I will wish you a Happy New Year. I hope that the sciatica is much much better by now. I know how irritating that type of illness can be.
I agree with you that Hercule Poirot's Christmas is great fun. I hope I get to the first book in the Shell House Detective series this year.
Oooh sciatica can be a bitch - I hope you've had some relief and are able to move/sit a little easier now. Happy New Year! 🧡
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