I'm Part of the Transworld Book Group

This post has been rather too long in the writing, courtesy of work and our family holiday to Le Moulleau on the South West coast of France.  Indeed, I am typing away on my laptop here under an almost cloudless blue sky, with a gentle breeze blowing, a full tummy after an al fresco lunch on our terrace and only birdsong to disturb the peace, as mini-Falaise’s long-suffering grandfather has taken her out for a promenade (and, probably, yet another ice cream, for which she appears to have an unquenchable appetite).

Anyway, back to business.  Whilst perusing Gaskella’s blog a few weeks ago, I read her post about the Transworld Book Group, organised by Lynsey at Transworld.  Participants get to pick four titles from a selection of their autumn list.  Transworld then send them out one at a time and everyone taking part reviews the titles they have been sent.

Now, having only been blogging for 12 months (my bloggiversary was on the 27^th but I was on the beach so didn’t bother marking it with a post), I am still getting used to the idea that publishers will allow bloggers access to ARCs and send out recent titles for review.  So anything like this really gets me excited and I signed up with alacrity.  From their selection, I chose the following:

The Water Room by Christopher Fowler

Twelve by Jasper Kent

Caligula by Douglas Jackson

The Odin Mission by James Holland

None of them are authors I have read before and three of them are from genres I don’t normally pick up so it should be an interesting set of reads.  The first title, The Water Room, has arrived and, I have to confess, I have already finished it – review to follow shortly.