A Month in the Country by J.L. Carr When the train stopped I stumbled out, nudging and kicking the kitbag before me. My Story by Peter Cosgrove On the afternoon of 28 July 1947, Warrant Officer Class 2 John Cosgrove was sitting on a tank turret in the middle of the Puckapunyal firing range in … Continue reading My Reading – June 2026
Excerpt ~ Fables & Lies by Elisabeth Storrs
Today I’m delighted to be sharing an excerpt from Elisabeth Storrs’s recently released novel Fables & Lies: A World War II Novel Based on a True Story as part of a blog tour hosted by The Coffee Pot Book Club . Fables & Lies is set in Berlin during World War 2 and is also … Continue reading Excerpt ~ Fables & Lies by Elisabeth Storrs
Book Review – A Profitable Wife by Kat Christensen
Blurb Set against the expansion of a nation, from the aftermath of the War of 1812 to the era preceding the Civil War, this story ushers you into a world teeming with romance, jealousy, murder, and the unyielding spirit of survival. Meet Easter, a formidable young woman who carves her homestead from the 1830s American … Continue reading Book Review – A Profitable Wife by Kat Christensen
Excerpt ~ The Queen’s Sister by Carol McGrath
Today I’m delighted to be sharing an excerpt from Carol McGrath’s newly released novel, The Queen’s Sister, as part of a blog tour hosted by The Coffee Pot Book Club. Blurb A mother, a wife, a woman of substance... At nineteen, Elizabeth Seymour is already a mother, has been recently widowed, and seen her Queen, … Continue reading Excerpt ~ The Queen’s Sister by Carol McGrath
Review – There and Back: The Story of an Australian Soldier 1915-35 by A Tiveychoc
There and Back: The Story of an Australian Soldier 1915-351 is the memoir of Rowland Edward Lording (1899-1944) writing as A Tiveychoc. The pen name is a reference to the 8th Infantry Brigade commanded by Major General Edwin Tivey in which Lording served. Lording, writing as Tiveychoc, says at the beginning that the narrative ‘mirrors … Continue reading Review – There and Back: The Story of an Australian Soldier 1915-35 by A Tiveychoc
Spotlight ~ The Agincourt King by Mercedes Rochelle (Audiobook)
Today I’m delighted to be shining a spotlight on the audiobook version of Mercedes Rochelle’s novel The Agincourt King, narrated by Kevin E. Green, as part of a blog tour hosted by The Coffee Pot Book Club. The Agincourt King is Book 5 in Mercedes’ series, The Plantagenet Legacy. Blurb From the day he was … Continue reading Spotlight ~ The Agincourt King by Mercedes Rochelle (Audiobook)
My Reading – May 2026
Three Reasons for Revenge by Dervla McTiernan The beach was where they went to play. A Profitable Wife by Kat Christensen The first time I heard this infamous family lore I was about nine years old, perched on a footstool next to my grandmother’s rocking chair.
An Aquatic Carnival on the Somme – May 1918
During World War 1 when soldiers were not in the front line, they were considered to be at ‘rest’. This was not leisure time but rather a rest from the trenches. They were kept busy, often with the manual labour of working parties as well as drills, training and parades. These periods also provided soldiers … Continue reading An Aquatic Carnival on the Somme – May 1918
My Reading – April 2026
Venetian Vespers by John Banville Dusk, a deserted room, a scrap of black silk on a marble table, darkening waters beyond. There and Back: The Story of an Australian Soldier 1915-35 by A Tiveychoc Edward Rowland, born of Australian parents at Sydney on the 20th of June 1899, was working in his father’s factory when … Continue reading My Reading – April 2026
We Will Remember Them: Albert Arthur Reader M.M. Part 2
This post continues from We Will Remember Them: Albert Arthur Reader M.M. Part 1 France The HMT Corsican arrived in Marseille on 5 Apr 1916. After a short march from the wharves, they boarded a train, the troops cheering as it left the station. They travelled through picturesque countryside with olive groves, vineyards and blossoming fruit … Continue reading We Will Remember Them: Albert Arthur Reader M.M. Part 2
Catherine Meyrick 