Burned out and traumatised by her horrifying experiences around the world, aid worker Úrsula has returned to Iceland. Unable to settle, she accepts a high-profile government role in which she hopes to make a difference again.But on her first day in t ...
Small but mighty: Q&A with author / plantser Vanda Symon #QandASunday #SymonSunday #Orentober
Hi and welcome to #QandASunday! I think we can all agree that Casa Orenda has an abundance of talented authors, so choosing one to prod and probe is a very difficult thing to do! This time around, I opted to examine the wonderful Vanda Symon, spiritual m ...
#ScandiSaturday – the Oslo Detectives edition #BiteSizeSaturday #Orentober
Hi and welcome to #ScandiSaturday – the Oslo Detectives edition! I am usually hellbent on reading series in the right order and starting with book one like a good little reader, but every once in a while one has to bend one’s own rules, so when I was ...
Blog Tour: After Sundown – New horror short stories #bookreview #AfterSundown #RandomThingsTours #spooktober
Hi and welcome to my review of After Sundown! Huge thanks to Anne Cater for the invite and to Flame Tree Press for the gorgeous proof copy! After Sundown is an anthology of 20 original horror stories, 16 of which have been commissioned from some o ...
First Lines Friday – #Orentober edition #4
Hi and welcome to First Lines Friday – #Orentober edition! First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening ...
I Am Dust by Louise Beech #bookreview #IAmDust #Orentober #spooktober
Hi and welcome to another #Orentober #ThrowBackThursday! This week, I’m taking you back to my review of I Am Dust, a book I was lucky enough to receive months before its publication date (thanks again, Orenda Books!) and that I'm happily revisiting t ...





