About the Book AD 797, Cyprus. Warrior-monk Hunlaf and his crew are on a voyage to acquire an important Christian relic before it falls into the hands of Byzantium’s scheming Empress Eirene. Hunlaf’s crew receive unexpected help as they seek their treasure, but soon find themselves betrayed. About to leave for home empty-handed, the adventurers instead sail further east: to Jerusalem, the Holy Land, abundant in relics.

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…

On the blog last week Monday - I published my review of The Two Roberts by Damian Barr. Tuesday - This week's Top Ten Tuesday topic was Books Covers With Autumn Vibes. 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.

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

This month we're starting with Dominic Amerena’s novel about authors and publishing, I Want Everything. Well, one book came immediately to mind for my first degree of separation and that's Rebecca F Kuang's Yellowface which also focusses on the publishing world and an author who wants everything. It's a straightforward jump to my second degree of separation as I've gone for another book with a very yellow cover: …

It’s the first Saturday of the month which means it’s time for 6 Degrees of Separation. Here’s how it works: a book is chosen as a starting point by Kate at Books Are My Favourite and Best and linked to six other books to form a chain. Readers and bloggers are invited to join in by creating their own ‘chain’ leading from the selected book.