The Wolf in Winter

'War of the Wolf' by Bernard Cornwell

After a break of - ahem - one or two years, I recently returned to an old favourite, the Uhtred of Bebbanburg books by Bernard Cornwell.  In times as changeable and traumatic as this, the entertaining company of this Dark Ages warlord was irresistible.  Also, the thirteenth and last book in the series was published last year, and I'd only read books one to ten, so I had a little bit of catching up to do...

Three Men on a Mountain

'Peaks and Bandits' by Alf Bonnevie Bryn

One of the best things about being a book blogger is that you never quite know what you'll end up reading next.  Until Vertebrate Publishing put a call out for reviewers, I would never have believed I'd end up reading about three young men going on a mountaineering trip to Corsica, but read one I did.  And I loved it.