I know it's after Christmas now but I just thought I'd share a couple of mini reviews of the last couple of festive reads I finished. Like most Christmas books, they can be read at any time of the year or you can make a note for next year if you like the sound of either of them and prefer to read seasonally.

Well, here we are nearly at the end of the year and it's time to have a look back at my bookish year, both here on the blog and elsewhere. First and foremost it's about the books so I'd like to say a huge thank you to all the lovely authors, publicists and publishers who have sent physical or digital books my way.

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and now hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. The rules are simple: Each Tuesday, Jana assigns a new topic. Create your own Top Ten list that fits that topic – putting your unique spin on it if you want. Everyone is welcome to join but please link back to…

Book reviews, snippets of book news, and alerts about books outside the glare of the publicity spotlight.

I'm delighted to welcome Jodie Morgan to What Cathy Read Next today. Jodie's delightfully titled cozy mystery, Murder at the Summer Cheese Festival, was published on 17th September 2025. It's described as 'a delightful blend of friendship, food, and sleuthing'. So ideal for fans of cozy mysteries and, no doubt, cheese lovers. Murder at the Summer Cheese Festival is the first book in the Silver Springs Mysteries, with its follow-up, …

On the blog last week Monday - I shared an excerpt from historical novel Tethered Spirits by Corinne Hoebers. Tuesday - My take on this week's Top Ten Tuesday topic was Most Recent Additions To My Wishlist. Wednesday – As always WWW Wednesday is a weekly opportunity to share what I've just read, what I'm currently reading and what I plan to read next...

About the Book Not everyone will survive, but who will conquer all in Odin's game? AD 915. In the Orkney Isles, a young woman flees her home to save the life of her unborn child. Eighteen years later, a witch foretells that evil from her past is reaching out again to threaten her son. Outlawed from his home in Iceland,

There are a few versions of this tag circulating on social media but I thought I'd stick with the one I've done for the past few years created by Shelleyrae of Book'd Out. Links from each title will take you to my book review or the book description on Goodreads. If you want to join in, just complete the prompts using titles from books you read in 2025.

Just something I put together for a bit of fun each year.Consider yourself tagged, feel free to tag others. Complete the prompts using titles from the books you have read in 2025 to complete the se…

Hosted by Taking on a World of Words, this meme is all about the three Ws: What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? What do you think you’ll read next? Why not join in too? Leave a comment with your link at Taking on a World of Words and then go blog hopping! What I'm…

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and now hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. The rules are simple: Each Tuesday, Jana assigns a new topic. Create your own Top Ten list that fits that topic – putting your unique spin on it if you want. Everyone is welcome to join but please link back to…

My guest today is Corinne Hoebers, author of Tethered Spirits which was published by OC Publishing in October 2025 and is available to purchase in paperbook or as an ebook. You can read an excerpt from Tethered Spirits below. About the Book Against the violent backdrop of the French and Indian (Seven Years) War, two German siblings come to learn about and understand the Mi'kmaq.

On the blog last week Tuesday - This week's Top Ten Tuesday topic was Books On My Winter 2025/26 To-Read List. Wednesday – As always WWW Wednesday is a weekly opportunity to share what I've just read, what I'm currently reading and what I plan to read next... and to take a peek at what others are reading. Friday…