Day: Dec 10, 2025

The Wee Writing Lassie’s 300 Books in a Year – Book 263

Merlin: The Arts by iMinds

Goodreads Blurb: As the advisor who helps King Arthur through the early years of his reign, Merlin has become the most famous wizard of all time.

The stories of Merlin may have been based on a real person. But the character we know as Merlin today has come down to us through the “History of the Kings of Britain”, a book by the twelfth-century English writer Geoffrey of Monmouth. A later text called “Le Morte D’Arthur”, written by fifteenth-century English writer Thomas Malory, further popularised the tale of this wizard.

(Goodreads Page)

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Goodreads Review: An excellent start to a study of the Merlin legend; I also liked that it actually acknowledged that their are different versions of Merlin’s death.

Amazon Associates: Merlin: The Arts by iMinds

If you’ve enjoyed this wee post remember to follow the Wee Blog if you haven’t already. Also check me out on X, Goodreads, Instagram, Mastodon, Threads, Pinterest, Tumblr, Spotify, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook and Kofi. Until next time stay safe, and have a bonnie day.

The Wee Writing Lassie’s 300 Books in a Year – Book 262

Anno Dracula by Kim Newman

Goodreads Blurb: It is 1888 and Queen Victoria has remarried, taking as her new consort Vlad Tepes, the Wallachian Prince infamously known as Count Dracula. Peppered with familiar characters from Victorian history and fiction, the novel follows vampire Geneviève Dieudonné and Charles Beauregard of the Diogenes Club as they strive to solve the mystery of the Ripper murders.

(Goodreads Page)

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Goodreads Review: I’ve throughly enjoyed all the books of this series – that I’ve read thus far – but their’s really no beating the first book in terms of writing quality or sense horror that it builds as it expounds on the world that Dracula has created.

Amazon Associates: Anno Dracula by Kim Newman

If you’ve enjoyed this wee post remember to follow the Wee Blog if you haven’t already. Also check me out on X, Goodreads, Instagram, Mastodon, Threads, Pinterest, Tumblr, Spotify, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook and Kofi. Until next time stay safe, and have a bonnie day.