Tintin in the Land of the Soviets by Hergé is the first in the Tintin series. It is a comic book, published in 1929 and 1930 as a strip comics and as a book in 1930. I picked this book for 2 reasons: one to…
The Real Pink Panther by Robert Sellers – Stories Behind the Classic Films – is a lovely book. I gave it 4 stars and I would recommend it to anyone who has seen at least the first Pink Panther movies. It is a rather short…
Secrets of a Wallflower by Amanda McCabe, first book in the Debutantes in Paris Series. I read a story by McCabe last year, part of 3 stories collection Tudor Christmas Tidings. I enjoyed her story the most, so I’ve decided to read this book by…
I haven’t made an update for the Read the World challenge in 3 years. Because I read 2-3 books a year in this challenge, it’s not that urgent to update it faster. Now I am looking for new countries for this year from the grey…
Peril at End House by Agatha Christie is the second mystery that I figure out! The first one was the previous book I read, Elephants Can Remember. I didn’t expect that at all. I enjoyed the book, but the low rating is because the style…
My rating for The Secrets of Ashmore Castle by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles must be one of the strangest I gave: 4 stars, but I don’t recommend it and I will not read the next ones in the series. I will explain why after I talk about…
De-occupied by Bogdan Logvynenko – Stories of Ukrainian Resistance – is a wonderful book, a must-read. I got it from Ukraine and it’s not widely available, unfortunately. Hopefully this will change in the future, as I think many would want to read the stories told…
Unlike the previous years, when I managed to read 89 books (2021 to 2024), in 2025 I reduced the number of books I was aiming to read from 89 to 79 and then to 70. I had to do that as I couldn’t read as…
Delicioasa poveste a cozonacului românesc by Tatiana Niculescu Bran is one of the books I got while in Romania. It was an impulse purchase and I am glad I got it. It is in Romanian, so this is going to be a very short review…
Elephants Can Remember by Agatha Christie is the first murder mystery by her where I guessed the murderer. I am so impressed by me. While the book is not one of her best in terms of dialogue and some references to elephants are a bit…
Second Chances at the Board Game Café by Jennifer Page is the third book in the Little Board Game Café series. I loved this one, a definite 5 stars. What I don’t like about this series is that the 2 villages mentioned are not real,…
Love Letters on Hazel Lane by Jennifer Page is the second book in the Little Board Game Café series. I liked the first book and I was excited to read this one as well. Unfortunately this was not as good, hence the 4 stars instead…
The Little Board Game Café by Jennifer Page is the first book in a series of 4, thus far. I got it by chance from the library and loved it. It is funny and so readable. I highly recommend it for anyone who likes romance.…
Tudor Christmas Tidings by Jenni Fletcher is a collection of 3 stories. I rated them individually because the quality varies so much. I’m glad I read the last one, as it was the only one worth reading of the 3. Overall a disappointing book, but…
All Together for Christmas by Sarah Morgan is a fun story for Christmas. The story is simple, a family gets together at Christmas – grandmother and grandfather, mother and father, three grown-up children, two of them in relationships, for whom is the first Christmas as…
All We Want for Christmas by Phillipa Ashley is the second book I read by her. The first one was Christmas on the little Cornish Isles, which I took by chance from the library. I borrowed this one because it was published this year and…