Books

Vampire Crusade is the first instalment of the Immortal Knight series by Dan Davis. What? Me reading a vampire story?

The Troubadour’s Tale is the fifth instalment of Ann Swinfen’s Oxford Mediaeval Mystery. As I get closer to her final book, I feel a …

The Merchant’s Tale is the fourth book of Oxford Medieval Mystery by the late Ann Swinfen. Coming back to read this volume, I was …

The Book of Dreams is a story about Sigwulf, who was exiled to the Frankish court of King Carolus, the future Charlemagne. I am …

I don’t want to part with Northumbrian-themed stories, so continuing with Bernard Cornwell’s The Last Kingdom suits my current mood. The Last Kingdom is …

A Day of Reckoning’s official excerpt hinted at a voyage southwards to Spain. Perhaps this could be a suitable backdrop about Ahmad since we’re …

I have high hopes for the Forest of Foes novel, especially after feeling disappointed by the previous one. In this book, Beobrand is going …

I’m excited to read about Beobrand’s new adventure in East Anglia to rescue Coenred in ‘For Lord and Land’. I don’t recall we’ve covered …

Fortress of Fury is the seventh instalment of Bernicia Chronicles by Matthew Harffy. It’s unbelievable that I got this far reading the series. Such …

The title, Storm of Steel, led me to assume that the theme of the sixth instalment in Harffy’s Bernicia Chronicles series would include some …

Warrior of Woden, is a poignant and deeply resonant addition to the Bernicia Chronicles series. In this latest journey, Beobrand encounters his most formidable …

I had to take a break from the siege of Edinburgh in Book 3, but now I am ready for a more fast-paced storyline. …

Blood and Blade took me on a journey with Beobrand from Wessex to Din Eidin. He was meant to fetch the future wife of …

The Cross & The Curse is the second instalment of Bernicia Chronicles written by Matthew Harffy. This would also be a re-read for me …

The Serpent Sword began a story about Beobrand, a regular farmer guy who travelled to Bebbanburg in 633. His mission was to seek his …

I have made up my mind about Bjarki as the main character in this series; I don’t like him. I liked Tor better now. …

The Last Berserker is a story set in 772. It follows a young man, Bjarki Bloodhand, and his adventures in a world where Charlemagne’s …

The Huntman’s Tale is the third instalment in the Oxford Murder Mystery series by Ann Swinfen. Learning from the previous one, there weren’t bodies …

The Novice’s Tale is the second instalment in the Oxford Murder Mystery series by Ann Swinfen. By the title, I pretty much guess that …

With it’s magnificent cover, The Bookseller’s Tale can be a story about anything. Is this about a murder of a bookseller? Or the bookseller …

Wolf of Wessex begins when Odin, the dog, led Dunston to a corpse in the forest. Accompanying the corpse was a cart full of …

The Unquiet Bones is the first book in the series of Hugh de Singleton adventure in the late 1300s Bampton, England. I don’t remember …

A Time for Swords is a tale of cultural discoveries, a self-revealing journey and friendships created after the raids of the Norsemen in Lindisfarne.

Pillars of the Earth is one of those books that I will treasure forever. I will not trade or re-sell it as a preloved …

As 2021 started, a new reading challenge in Goodreads commence. My desire in devouring all of these medieval mystery books is insane! I will …

The title of the book itself is enough for me to pick it up. While we’re still living in our own pandemic, I thought, …

The Assassin’s Prayer book is a direct continuation of RELICS OF THE DEAD. It is with much sadness I embarked on this fourth instalment …

RELICS OF THE DEAD is the third instalment of Adelia’s series, still stuck in Henry II’s England. I am still baffled by the decision …

THE DEATH MAZE is the second instalment of Adelia Aguilar adventure in the realms of Henry II. As was described in the first book, …

A best friend, Anne, gave me a copy of MISTRESS OF THE ART OF DEATH as a birthday gift. Perhaps the title spoke something …

In the beginning, when I decided to read again, I was browsing through my Goodreads profile to check what review I had written about …

I have abandoned reading since 2011 as my Goodreads profile tells me. I began picking up books again during this pandemic and not out …