What a week. We had a heatwave which made everyone hot and sticky and unable to concentrate. The Olympics have started. And most importantly, my little sister and her boyfriend are safely back from their two years in China and currently quarantining. So yes, the list is probably a little shorter than it would have been had the weather been cooler and there had been no Olympics, but may yet be shorter next week – as although the weather maybe cooler, the Olympics is still going AND I’ve got a big weekend of catching up with Little Sis planned as soon as they get the ok to leave quarantine…
Read:
Hana Khan Carries On by Uzma Jalaluddin
Death in a White Tie by Ngaio Marsh
Death in the Fearful Night by George Bellairs
A Pho Love Story by Loan Le*
The Lock in by Phoebe Luckhurst*
The Hippopotamus Pool by Elizabeth Peters
Started:
Surfeit of Suspects by George Bellairs
How to Make the World Add Up by Tim Harford*
Still reading:
Locked Rooms by Laurie R King
Bonus photo: It’s only fitting that this week’s bonus picture is a screen grab of me tracking my sister’s flight as it headed across Russia on Friday night – as their plane headed towards Tomsk, a place I first head of because there’s a Womble named after it… I fell asleep before I could see how close they got as they flew over!
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