Thursday, 23 October 2025

Audio: The Lady in Glass by Anne Bishop


Narrated by: Alexandra Harris, Gary Littman


Length: 14 hrs and 10 mins


Release date: 02-27-24 by Penguin Audio


Urban fantasy&fantasy&fairytale/from audible







The Lady and the Glass - A weird tale about humanity that seems to have gone wrong and they find a woman in a glass coffin and stare at her beauty





Bear Trap - It was short, but good. A girl is taken and put in a bear trap.





Not A Princess - A witch wants to be a princess, but it was more about the kid she tried to make into one





The Weapon - About war and being cannon fodder






Hotting Fuggam and the Dragon - A nice little tale about a stranger coming to town and a girl trying to deal with him





Tunnel - This is why I should write reviews for short stories at once cos I do not remember this one





Match Girl - This one I remember because it was a hard listen. It deals with SA, abuse and more. A very very dark and sad fairytale





Rapunzel - Another Rapunzel story and how she came to be




The Wild Heart - Sleeping beauty and another one with a trigger warning. Things go dark





The Fairest One of All - Again, when I listen to many at once some blend in to each other and I only remember the stepmom dying




By the Time the Witchblood Blooms-Which one was this? I remember smex?




The Khaldharon Run - I am just not a Black Jewels fan




The Price - I actually enjoyed this one. Huh. A woman solves a few murders




The Voice - Trigger warning of SA again. Another dark and disturbing one. How one girl in the village is without a voice and takes on other´s feelings, even when she does not want to. And how one girl grows up realising how wrong this is. Good, but yes dark




Home for the Howlidays - Meg and Simon! And the holidays, and danger




The Dark Ship - I have read this one before, but it a good one that takes place in the world of The Others, but in Cal Romano




Friends and Corpses- A freaky place where the dead do not know they are dead so Cecily hunts them down. Throw in a mystery




Truth and Story - Not remembering




Stands A God Within the Shadows - A woman in a tower, why is she there? The story unfolds




She Moved Through The Fair - A ghost story, and someone wants money....




A Strand in the Web - An interesting sci-fi one where spaceships are out fixing worlds to atone, and one girl is stuck on a ship that is failing.





Some are better than other ones, some are a LOT darker than other ones. Some are funny, some are sad. You know, like every anthology out there. Bishop is a great writer so even those dark sad ones are really good. Even if they make you sick to your stomach.




I totally wanted this one for the Simon and Meg story, but even if I liked that one so many other ones shone through.




Great narration, it does have Alexandra Harris too!





A master of bringing fantasy worlds to life, this collection showcases Bishop’s impressive range, from rarities of her earliest writing to the Realms of the Blood, from darker fairytale retellings to the Landscapes of Ephemera, and from standalone stories of space exploration and fantastical creatures to the contemporary fantasy terrain of the World of the Others.




Includes previously published and unpublished tales, as well as two brand-new stories, written especially for this “Friends and Corpses,” a murder mystery in which the corpse has some decidedly unusual qualities, and “Home for the Howlidays,” a heartwarming return to the Blood Prophet Meg Corbyn and the shapeshifting Simon Wolfgard from The Others.


Tuesday, 21 October 2025

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10/21/2025 What’s something you rebelled against as a kid?




Oh I never rebelled.  The only rebellion I had was like NO I will not wear a warm jacket, snowpants, gloves....you know teen years. Stupid ahole I was, I am lucky I did not freeze to death. I still remember what I wore when it was mid winter. Idiot. And I had a 10 min walk to the bus and then you had to stand there waiting too.






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Monday, 20 October 2025

Carole´s Monday: Hex around and find out

Author: Molly Harper
Narrator: 
Amanda Ronconi & Teddy Hamilton
Title: Hex Around and Find Out
Series: Moonshadow Cove #2
Genre: Paranormal Romance, UF, Fantasy, Mystery
Format: Audiobook 
Published: October 2, 2025
Where I Got It: Audible


Summary: 
As the middle sister in a trio of sea witches, Cora Seaworth has spent most of her life hidden away at her family’s magical cottage on Moonshadow Cove. She’s claimed her own corner of the library, cozied up with her favorite novels and a ghost cat named Nicodemus. She’s the deep thinker among her more tempestuous sisters, so she isn’t prepared to be swept up in a real-life romantic adventure in the form of sexy local baker Iggy Galinsky.

Iggy is tired of his reputation as the Island’s unreliable charmer and a man of many talents but no true calling outside his family’s bakery. Sure, it’s mostly true, but it still hurts his feelings. His carefree life gets serious fast when he meets the beautiful, mysterious Cora Seaworth. Before long, they’re working together with Cora’s sisters, various ghosts and the unfathomable creature lurking at the bottom of the cove to defeat an ancient enemy. If they don’t prevail, it’s not just their love that’s at stake, but Starfall Point’s entire magical community.



Review:
Eeek! We are back!!!! This time with the next sibling of the Seaworth family. 

Cora has spent the majority of her life at Moonshadow Cove with her sisters. She spends most days locked in the library amongst the books. Iggy has many talents, but he has no true calling. His reputation on the Island is unreliable and a charmer. Sure, it is true, but he does have a dream but he lacks the confidence to go for it. His carefree life is about to end when he meets Cora and learns her secret. He gets dragged into the magical world and will try and help save Cora and her family from an ancient enemies knocking on their door. Will they save the Cove? Will Iggy grow up enough to be the man Cora needs? Can Cora even trust in love?

Make sure you at least read book 1 of this series. I would say the other series (this is a spin off) is important too, but the author gives us enough background of the other series so just at least read book 1 of this series. 

Awwwww I love this author and I love these narrators. Eeeee. They are the perfect trio. 

Cora is a woman of my own heart. She is my favorite of the sisters methinks. 

The chemistry between Iggy and Cora are immediate, but Cora pushes him away to protect him BUT also to protect herself. He has a bad reputation on the island as a charmer and being unreliable. He disappears without a word for days. She can't bring him into the fold because she can't fully trust him. 

The lust was quick, but it did a little bit for the love to come into play and I was here for it. It was a nice pace. 

I did like getting to know James better. It's sounding like James and the older sister will be the couple in the next book. We shall see. 

Oooo I'm curious if we'll see some sort of resolution with Iggy's twin sister. That girl is an angel and deserves happiness. *fingers crossed*

The narration was lovely as per normal. I can't imagine this series done by anyone else. 

Issues? Mmmmmmmmmmmm the solutions seemed too easy. Hopefully we get some sort of battle or something in the next one. It felt too comfy if that makes sense. I also wasn't a huge fan of Iggy. If I was Cora I would've been hesitant too. BUUUUT I did warm up to him by the end. 

All-in-all, I really liked this one. I can't wait for the next book!

4 stars. 


Favorite Character(s): Cora
Least Favorite Character(s): Our baddies and Iggy at the beginning







 Challenge(s):
- Audiobook #49

Sunday, 19 October 2025

The Voyage Home by Pat Barker


Series: Women of Troy (#3)


Format: 336 pages, Paperback


Published: April 12, 2025 by Penguin


Historical fiction/library






War is horrible, and all women of Troy got to experience the worst. Here we have Ritsa, once a healer now a slave and serving Cassandra. Who is also a slave, but given to Agamemnon. And she knows she will die, and I know she will die. So I just keep waiting for that eventual doom.




But this is Ritsa´s book. We see how crazy Cassandra is, made so by Apollo that ahole. Not to mention after suffering horrific things after the fall of Troy.




There is a a bit on a ship and then the arrive, and the countdown begins. Because they will die....well I did not know about Ritsa so I had hope. She just pushed through. Like everyone else she just thought Cassandra was crazy and not giving prophecies.




A good book. Does make me hate men though.






Continuing the story of the captured Trojan women as they set sail for Mycenae with the victorious Greeks, this new novel centres on the fate of Cassandra -- daughter of King Priam, priestess of Apollo, and a prophet condemned never to be heeded. (When she refuses to have sex with Apollo, after he has kissed her, granting her the gift of true prophecy, he spits in her mouth to make sure she will never be believed.)



Psychologically complex and dangerously driven, Cassandra's arrival in Mycenae will set in motion a bloody train of events, drawing in King Agamemnon, his wife Clytemnestra and daughter Electra. Agamemnon's triumphant return from Troy is far from the celebration he imagined, and the fate of the Trojan women as uncertain as they had feared.


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