Changeling by Matt Wesolowski

Started: 27.5.25

Finished: 28.5.25

Kindle

Hydra by Matt Wesolowski

Started: 24.5.25

Finished: 27.5.25

Kindle

The Hike by Lucy Clarke

Started: 16.5.25

Finished: 24.5.25

Kindle Unlimited

Starling by Kirsten Cram

Started: 10.5.25

Finished: 12.5.25

Kindle

The Ritual by Adam Nevill

Started: 10.5.25

Finished: 10.5.25

Kindle

I've seen reviews for this book suggesting that it's terrifying, but I just thought it was bizarre, and not in a good way. Part one started off ok when the four friends were lost in the forest. I like the survival/isolation genres and might have enjoyed it if it had carried on in that way, with a more believable threat, so it can have a couple of stars for that. But when more was revealed about who or what was hunting them, I became more and more disappointed.

Spoiler:

I just don't find goats scary!

And part two just seemed ridiculous!

Spoiler:

Where the heck did a teenage Odin-worshipping black metal band suddenly appear from?

Read it in one day in the hope that the ending was going to redeem it - it didn't.

Three Men In A Boat by Jerome K. Jerome

Started: 5.5.25

Finished: 9.5.25

Paperback

The Haunting Of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

Started: 2.5.25

Finished: 4.5.25

Paperback

5 stars - top ten

"... Hill House, not sane, stood by itself against its hills, holding darkness within; it had stood so for eighty years and might stand for eighty more. Within, walls continued upright, bricks met neatly, floors were firm, and doors were sensibly shut; silence lay steadily against the wood and stone of Hill House, and whatever walked there, walked alone."

The Woman In Black by Susan Hill

Started: 26.4.25

Finished: 28.4.25

Paperback

Dolly by Susan Hill

Started: 25.4.25

Finished: 26.4.25

Paperback

The Body: A Guide For Occupants by Bill Bryson

Started: 18.4.25

Finished: 24.4.25

5 stars - top ten

Hardback

Fascinating book all about the inner workings of the human body, but also about the doctors, researchers and scientists who have made so many startling discoveries over the years. As with all Bill Bryson books, it's well-researched, well-written and gently humourous throughout. I bet he wishes he'd waited another 12 months before publishing it though; the chapters about viruses would've been about twice as long!