Well, I didn’t make as much progress on the long running list this week as I was hoping, but hey, what can you do (Ed: have more will power perhaps) sometimes it just works out like that. I shall endeavour to do better this week, although it should be noted that I have a night or two away from home and that I don’t take hardbacks with me for trips (unless I buy them on them!) so that may impair things a little.
Read:
Devil’s Cub by Georgette Heyer
Ripped from the Pages by Kate Carlisle
The Black Spectacles by John Dickson Carr
The Neighbor Favor by Kristina Forest
Regency Buck by Georgette Heyer
The Twisted Claw by Franklin W Dixon
My Turn to Make the Tea by Monica Dickens
Started:
For Batter or Worse by Jenn McKinlay
A Very Lively Murder by Katy Watson
The Hating Game by Sally Thorne
Still reading:
The Dress Diary of Mrs Anne Sykes by Kate Strasdin*
The Empire by Michael Ball*
Travellers in the Third Reich by Julia Boyd
The Other Side of Mrs Wood by Lucy Barker*
The Crane Wife by C J Hauser*
As pictured in Books Incoming, three books on a trip to Foyles to buy A Very Lively Murder, plus three ebooks.
Bonus photo: this week I learned that the new peat free composts can sometimes give you unexpected mushrooms. My dad tells me not to worry, but it did make me laugh!
*next to a book book title indicates that it came from NetGalley. ** indicates it was an advance copy from a source other than NetGalley.
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It’s great to see your reading progress, even if it wasn’t as much as you hoped for this week. How did you enjoy “Devil’s Cub” by Georgette Heyer? Also, I’m curious about your experience with “The Hating Game” by Sally Thorne. Are you finding it engaging so far? And those unexpected mushrooms in the peat-free compost sound amusing. Did they turn out to be harmless?
Devil’s Cub is one of my favourite of the Heyers – for some reason I do love a reformed bad boy! As far as the Hating Game goes, I’m still not sure where I’m going to land on it – I often have issues with books with people pranking/behaving unprofessionally at work and if people are so mean to each other they’re enemies it’s sometimes hard to get a satisfactory resolution. I’ll keep you posted…
I’m glad you enjoyed “Devil’s Cub” by Georgette Heyer! Reformed bad boys can be quite intriguing. As for “The Hating Game,” navigating workplace dynamics can indeed be tricky in books. I’m curious to hear your final thoughts on it. Did the unexpected mushrooms turn out to be harmless fun, or did they lead to any interesting garden adventures?