The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo Novel set 16th Century MADRID www.tripfiction.com/novel-set-in... "Bardugo keeps a beautiful balance between exploring the characters’ personalities, their needs / desires, and describing the world she has created" @vikingbooksuk.bsky.social @suekelsoryan.bsky.social

Cozy drama set in BERLIN 1961 Nightingale & Co by Charlotte Printz TR: Marina Sofia www.tripfiction.com/novel-set-in... "..a fascinating glimpse of an important period of Berlin’s history, as well as being a breathtaking whodunnit.." @corylusbooks.bsky.social @suekelsoryan.bsky.social

Police procedural set in SOUTHAMPTON / NEW FOREST Gallows Wood by Louisa Scarr www.tripfiction.com/police-proce... "..the fantastic first in a series of police procedural thrillers with a police dog handler as the main character..." @canelobooks.bsky.social @suekelsoryan.bsky.social

Novel set in USA, VIETNAM and JAPAN 5* www.tripfiction.com/novel-set-in... My Other Heart by Emma Nanami Strenner Coming 17 July 2025 "Many of the situations and themes in the book are universal and it will appeal to a wide audience." @suekelsoryan.bsky.social

Out in paperback today (8 May 2025)! Amuse Bouche: How to Eat Your Way Around France by @carolynboyd.bsky.social Discover which region produces the rudest pastry! And/Or Where might you see a dog-shaped black pudding! 😀 #France #gastronomie @suekelsoryan.bsky.social

Out 5 June 2025 5* "I’d like to propose Secrets of the Bees by @janejohnsonbakrim.bsky.social as an early candidate for Book of the Year..." www.tripfiction.com/novel-set-in... #CORNWALL @suekelsoryan.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social (Apollo) #booksky

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I’m up to 29 days of sketching in January now (but I keep forgetting to post them here!). Here are the latest four; a chocolate tin from Christmas, plus a shell, a kiwi and a perfume atomiser. #sketching #watercolour

A lovely morning spent urban #sketching. We cheated a bit and sketched indoors at The Wilson art gallery in #Cheltenham. I love the Arts and Crafts gallery.

Short novel set in LA RIOJA www.tripfiction.com/short-novel-... Un Amor by Sara Mesa TR: Katie Whittemore "The author creates a tension that’s echoed by the book’s setting..." Thanks to our fabulous reviewer: @suekelsoryan.bsky.social

Noir set in ICELAND during the aftermath of the financial crisis www.tripfiction.com/noir-set-in-... Murder at the Residence by Stella Blómkvist TR: Quentin Bates @suekelsoryan.bsky.social

Novel set in BRIGHTON and BRISTOL Goodbye Birdie Greenwing by Ericka Waller www.tripfiction.com/novel-set-in... "The humour in the book is delicious and subtle: the wisdom is sublime..." A 5* read! @transworldbooks.bsky.social l Thank you to our fab reviewer: @suekelsoryan.bsky.social

Persevering with a painting a day in January. Today’s sketch is my French faience jug, which I use to store wooden spoons. Painted in watercolour on paper. #watercolour #art

Sketch of the day; a funky solar-powered chicken 🐓 #watercolour #sketch #art

A novel of melancholy set in RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL Glória by Victor Heringer TR: Sophie Lewis / James Young www.tripfiction.com/a-novel-of-m... This novel "...is unlikely to be like anything else you’ve read.." @suekelsoryan.bsky.social

Piglet by Lottie Hazell A novel of emotional instability set mainly in #OXFORD (and weddings and secrets and food) www.tripfiction.com/novel-of-emo... A @graziauk.bsky.social #bookclub pick January 2025 #graziabookclub @transworldbooks.bsky.social

Today’s sketch is my long-suffering aloe vera plant, which appears to have decided to flower, despite my neglect. Watercolour on paper #watercolour #art

This was my ‘serious’ watercolour, from art class yesterday. We were challenged to paint rusty machinery in the style of French artist, Marc Folly. Watercolour on paper from a monochrome photograph.

It seemed appropriate to paint the orange one on inauguration day! Yesterday’s sketch for every day in January. #sketch #watercolour

Police procedural set in #REYKJAVIK, Iceland tripfiction.com/police-proce... Shrouded by Sólveig Pálsdóttir (Ice and Crime Book 4) TR: Quentin Bates @corylusbooks.bsky.social Reviewed for TF by @suekelsoryan.bsky.social 5* for both content and location

My latest sketch for Gloucestershire Urban Sketchers’ January challenge is my mum’s lamp. Made in France, it reminds me of Carcassonne. #sketching #ceramics #art

I’m participating in a daily sketch challenge with my chums from Urban Sketchers Gloucestershire. Today’s sketch features my little collection of porcelain and stoneware seabirds made on the Isle of Arran. #sketching #watercolour #arran #gloucestershire

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