London’s underground factions seem prepared to fight to the very death to find her book.Īdding to the jeopardy, this world is chaos-infested – the laws of nature bent to allow supernatural creatures and unpredictable magic. But when they arrive, it’s already been stolen. Their mission – to retrieve a dangerous book. And along with her enigmatic assistant Kai, she’s posted to an alternative London. Summary: Irene is a professional spy for the mysterious Library, which harvests fiction from different realities. The Invisible Library, Genevieve Cogman.Yes, there are dead bodies and a host of intriguing suspects, but hidden in the pages of the manuscript there lies another story: a tale written between the very words on the page, telling of real-life jealousy, greed, ruthless ambition and murder. It’s just a shame that it means dealing with an author like Alan Conway….īut Conway’s latest tale of murder at Pye Hall is not quite what it seems. As Susan knows only too well, vintage crime sells handsomely. She’s worked with the revered crime writer for years, and his detective, Atticus Pund, is renowned for solving crimes in the sleepy English villages of the 1950s. Summary: When editor Susan Ryeland is given the tattered manuscript of Alan Conway’s latest novel, she has little idea it will change her life. They’re all great reads and I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend any and all of them! I’ve also linked back to my reviews of these books on this blog where I can. These are all totally different, but although each one is unique, they all share one things – books in some form are a central part of the story. So here are some of my all-time favourite book series that I’ve never reviewed on the Stacked Shelf…ĭo you have books that you love but that you’ve never reviewed on your blog? What are they and why haven’t you ever reviewed them?! Continue reading →Īs a book lover, books that revolve around the subject of books hold a special kind of fascination for me, so this week I’ve pulled together a list of some of my favourite books about books.

Plus it’s always so tough to avoid spoilers for earlier books in the series while still writing a full and useful review.

By the time I’ve realised this, it’s almost impossible to go back and review the first one, either because I’ve forgotten the details or because subsequent books have changed my opinion. With books that are part of a series, I’ve found that if I’ve missed reviewing the first book it’s much harder to write reviews of the rest.

Even though I might have mentioned them here or there in comparisons or top lists, I’ve never got around to writing full reviews.įrom experience, I find it much harder to review books that are part of a series than standalone books. Even though I’ve been blogging on The Stacked Shelf for years, I recently realised that some of my favourite book series are ones that I’ve never reviewed here.

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