Last week I read and reviewed Kurt Kamm’s One Foot in the Black – an ARC which I really enjoyed. Kurt got in touch after I posted the review and agreed to answer a few questions about the book and kindly offered up another copy of the book that I can giveaway to a lucky reader.

A couple of weeks back I joined my local library via their website and reserved a copy of Coraline, and today I went in to collect it and to have a nosy around and see what else I could find. Here’s what’s in my stash…

This week’s TSS post is a fabulous meme courtesy of tuesday in silhouette

I’ve never been a fan of Jane Austin; I tried to read Pride & Prejudice a few years back and couldn’t get past the first few chapters. But she’s one of those authors that readers rave about so when I found out that Austenprose was hosting a Go Gothic with Northanger Abbey read along group I decided to give it a go!

Find out how I organise my reading challenges with Toodledo

This week’s Weekly Geeks could not have come at a better time. Being away on vacation is great for reading (I polished off three books) but not so great for staying on top of book reviews and challenge updates. So I was pleased when I saw Dew’s challenge for this week…

Regular visitors to Blue Archipelago may have noticed a distinct lack of book reviews this past week – and that is because I am still reading Great Expectations!