My Expanding Bookshelf

Title: Safety in Numbers Author: Sophie Penhaligon Published: 3rd January 2022, BooksGoSocial Pages: 230 Source: Netgalley Format: ARC Rating: 3.5/5 When a tragic accident leaves mathematician Seraphina Ellis broken and despairing, she is convinced that she will live out the remainder of her life in lonely solitude. Determined to conceal her disability from her co-workers, she hides away in her desolate cubicle, crossing off the days of her life, unfulfilled and defeated. A chance meeting with irascible but mesmerizing billionaire scientist and CEO Milo Grant provides her with the job of her dreams, and the chance of escape from cubicle land. But Grant is haunted by his own monsters and is increasingly interested in more than just her mathematic magic. In this touching and sexually charged contemporary romance, Sophie Penhaligon manages to deliver a novel that is lighthearted and fun whilst dealing with the difficult topics of loss and disability.

                                            Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by  That Artsy Reader Girl . This week's topic is books on my spring 2022 TBR.

So, ahead of tomorrow's Top Ten Tuesday post, Books on My Spring TBR, this is a follow-up to the Books on My Winter TBR post to see how I managed. I started actually planning my monthly TBR around that time so it will be interesting to see how successful this was...

                      The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimberly of  Caffeinated Reviewer . It’s a chance to share news. A post to recap the past week on your blog and showcase books and things we have received. Share news about what is coming up on our blog for the week ahead.

Title: The Leviathan Author: Rosie Andrews Published: 17th February 2022, Raven Books Pages: 320 Source: Netgalley/Bought Format: ARC/Hardback Rating: 4.5/5 Norfolk, 1643. With civil war tearing England apart, reluctant soldier Thomas Treadwater is summoned home by his sister, who accuses a new servant of improper conduct with their widowed father. By the time Thomas returns home, his father is insensible, felled by a stroke, and their new servant is in prison, facing charges of witchcraft. Thomas prides himself on being a rational, modern man, but as he unravels the mystery of what has happened, he uncovers not a tale of superstition but something dark and ancient, linked to a shipwreck years before. Something has awoken, and now it will not rest. richly researched, incredibly atmospheric, and deliciously unsettling, The Leviathan is set in England during a time of political turbulence and religious zealotry. It is a tale of family and loyalty, superstition and sacrifice, but ...

Title: Blood Scion Series: Blood Scion #1 Author: Deborah Falaye Published: 8th March 2022, HarperTeen Pages: 432 Source: Sent for review by publisher Format: ARC Rating: 4.5/5 This is what they deserve. They wanted me to be a monster. I will be the worst monster they ever created. Fifteen-year-old Sloane can incinerate an enemy at will - she is a Scion, a descendant of the ancient Orisha gods. Under the Lucis' brutal rule, her identity means her death if her powers are discovered. But when she is forcibly conscripted into the Lucis army on her fifteenth birthday, Sloane sees a new opportunity: to overcome the bloody challenges of Lucis training, and destroy them from within. Sloan rises through the ranks and gains strength but, in doing so, risks something greater: losing herself entirely, and becoming the very monster that she abhors.

                    The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimberly of  Caffeinated Reviewer . It’s a chance to share news. A post to recap the past week on your blog and showcase books and things we have received. Share news about what is coming up on our blog for the week ahead.

Title: Talk Bookish to Me Author: Kate Bromley Published: 31st August 2021, Zaffre Pages: 376 Source: Bought Format: Paperback Rating: 4.5/5 Inspiration can come from the most unlikely - and inconvenient - sources. Kara Sullivan's life is full of love - albeit fictional. As a best-selling romance novelist and influential Bookstagrammer, she's fine with getting her happily-ever-after fix between the covers of a book. But right now? Not only is Kara's best friend getting married next week - which means big wedding stress - but the deadline for her next novel is looming, and she hasn't written a single word. The last thing she needs is for her infuriating first love, Ryan Thompson, to suddenly appear in the wedding party. But Ryan's unexpected arrival sparks a creative awakening in Kara that inspires the steamy historical romance she desperately needs to deliver. With her wedding duties intensifying, her deadline getting closer by the second and her bills not p...

I have had another brilliant reading month. I'm so happy with how much I was able to read considering it was the shortest month! The blog on the other hand, I still wish I had had the time to do more...