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I was sunning myself in the south of France all last week, so this is very much a holiday reading list.  I had a fabulous time – and read some really good books, of which more to follow…

Read:

Before We Kiss by Susan Mallery

Until We Touch by Susan Mallery

Lies Sleeping by Ben Aaronovitch

The Adventures of Maud West, Lady Detective by Susannah Stapleton

The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith

If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin

An Act of Villainy by Ashley Weaver

The Van Apple Girls Are Gone by Felicity McLean

Fumbled by Alexa Moore

The Satapur Moonstone by Sujata Massey

Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett

Started:

Seduction by Karina Longworth

Crowned and Dangerous by Rhys Bowen

Still reading:

When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr

And no books bought.  Mostly because our baggage tag got messed up and I spent the whole time we were waiting to leave running around trying to get our mis-tagged suitcase off a flight to Amsterdam and onto our flight to Nice.  Not the most relaxing way to start a holiday…

Bonus photo: Monaco baby!  Here’s the finishing line and pole position marker from the world’s most famous street circuit.  Him Indoors and I are both big motor racing fans, so we walked the circuit as well as stared at the yachts, obscenely expensive cars and designer shops.  Luckily for us they were still dismantling things after this year’s race, so we got a bit of a sense of the whole thing.

So it was a bit of a week. Very, very busy at work with the state visit of Donald Trump and really quite tired. So not as much reading as I had hoped. Some good stuff there though.

Read:

Wrong To Need You by Alisha Rai

Hurts To Love You by Alisha Rai

The Luckiest Lady in London by Sherry Thomas

The Vinyl Detective: Flip Back by Andrew Cartmel

When We Met by Susan Mallery

Started:

The Adventures of Maud West, Lady Detective by Susannah Stapleton

Before We Kiss by Susan Mallery

Still reading:

The Satapur Moonstone by Sujata Massey

When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr

 Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett

Lies Sleeping by Ben Aaronovitch

No books bought! Hurrah!

Bonus photo: a pile of books lent to my sister by here class of year 5s. I’ve read half of them. I officially have the reading taste of a 10 year old girl!

 

Four nights away from home last week for work and reading time affected accordingly.  But I had a good week, even if it did involve getting up at 4.30am for days in a row.  This week is Donald Trump’s state visit, so I’m expecting work to be super busy and my reading list to reflect my need for nice relaxing reading!

Read:

The Liar in the Library by Simon Brett

An Unconditional Freedom by Alyssa Cole

A Gentleman’s Honour by Stephanie Laurens

Hate To Want You by Alisha Rai

The Hollow of Fear by Sherry Thomas

Riverdale Season 3: FCBD

Doctor Who: Thirteenth Doctor FCBD

Mrs Pargeter’s Package by Simon Brett

Started:

Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett

The Vinyl Detective: Flip Back by Andrew Cartmel

Lies Sleeping by Ben Aaronovitch

Still reading:

The Satapur Moonstone by Sujata Massey

When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr

One book and one ebook bought.

Bonus photo: the orchestra at Man of La Mancha on Tuesday night. They sounded magnificent.  I had reservations about other bits of the show, but the music and the orchestra playing it was magnificent.

 

 

 

 Another super busy week. Really super, super busy with work and with a bank holiday weekend away on the south coast to see one of my favourite theatre companies do their most acclaimed work to celebrate their twentieth anniversary.

Read:

A Dangerous Collaboration by Deanna Raybourn

A Secret Affair by Mary Balogh

Journey to Munich by Jacqueline Winspear

Swing Vol 1 by Linda Seijic

Trainwreck by Sady Doyle

An Unsuitable Heir by KJ Charles

Secret Weapons #0 by Eric Heisserer

Our Favourite Thing is My Favourite Thing Is Monsters by Emil Ferris

Started:

When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr

 An Unconditional Freedom by Alyssa Cole

Hate To Want You by Alisha Rai

Still reading:

A Gentleman’s Honour by Stephanie Laurens

The Satapur Moonstone by Sujata Massey

The Hollow of Fear by Sherry Thomas

Bonus photo: the set for Spymonkey’s Cooped which was my aforementioned bank holiday weekend treat on Saturday. If it’s coming anywhere near you, you should totally go see it.

 

 

 

 

So, yes.  It’s been one of those weeks.  I’ve been super busy and Doris Day died so I’ve been rewatching her films rather than reading.  Oh and it was the Eurovision Song Contest which is one of my favourite weeks of the year.  What can I say.  The reading

Read:

Thanks Obama by David Litt

Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams

The Condor Crags Adventure by Elinor M Brent Dyer

Archie Vol 1 by Mark Waid

The Bride Test by Helen Hoang

Started:

A Dangerous Collaboration by Deanna Raybourn

The Hollow of Fear by Sherry Thomas

Still reading:

Trainwreck by Sady Doyle

A Gentleman’s Honour by Stephanie Laurens

The Satapur Moonstone by Sujata Massey

One book bought – but it’s the new Vinyl Detective novel, so sorry, not sorry.  And thank you Foyles for hanging on to a copy for me after I asked you on Twitter!  I picked it up on my way to the Phoenix Arts Club for their Eurovision party after work on Saturday night.

Bonus picture: My frozen Margarita at the aforementioned Phoenix Eurovision party on Saturday night!

 

 

 

 

A really, really busy week.  So busy.  But some books finished, some really good ones started.

Read:

Lighting the Flames by Sarah Wendell

The Day of the Duchess by Sarah MacLean

Knit One, Kill Two by Maggie Sefton

An Unnatural Vice by K J Charles

Just Past Two by Elia Winters

Lies, Damned Lies and History by Jodi Taylor

Fence Vol 2 by CS Pacat et al

Started:

A Gentleman’s Honour by Stephanie Laurens

The Satapur Moonstone by Sujata Massey

The Bride Test by Helen Hoang

Still reading:

Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams

Trainwreck by Sady Doyle

Thanks Obama by David Litt

No books bought – but a couple of pre-orders turned up.

Bonus photo: The stage set for Bill Bailey on Sunday night

 

Another busy week – because it was the local elections so I got to work on the coverage!  But those train journeys meant some good reading time – and then there was a bank holiday weekend at the end.  Not bad going at all.

Read:

The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujaya Massey

Second Time Sweeter by Beverly Jenkins

A Prince on Paper by Alyssa Cole

A Duke in Disguise by Cat Sebastian

Web of Love by Mary Balogh

Out of Time by Katy Monger

Intercepted by Alexa Martin

First Comes Marriage by Mary Balogh

Daily Grind by Anna Zabo

Started:

Lighting the Flames by Sarah Wendell

An Unnatural Vice by K J Charles

Thanks Obama by David Litt

Still reading:

Lies, Damned Lies and History by Jodi Taylor

Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams

Trainwreck by Sady Doyle

Four books – that copy of Bonfire of the Vanities I mentioned in last week’s BotW post and the first three cozy crimes in a series that I spotted in the Oxfam bookshop when I was on my lunchbreak on Friday!  Oh and two graphic novels at the Comic Book shop on Free comics day too..

Bonus picture:  My view from results duty on Friday!

 

After a busy week at work, I spent the weekend working, then watching Maggie Smith do an absolute tour de force in A German Life and then chasing round London supporting my little sister who was running the marathon.  So not as much reading done as some weeks.  But I had a lot of fun – and most of all my sister did it!  She finished the marathon!

Read:

The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe

The Grave’s A Fine And Private Place by Alan Bradley

Running the Risk by Christina Jones

Stepping to a New Day by Beverly Jenkins

Chasing Down a Dream by Beverly Jenkins

Web of Love by Mary Balogh

Started:

The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujaya Massey

A Duke in Disguise by Cat Sebastian

Still reading:

Lies, Damned Lies and History by Jodi Taylor

Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams

Trainwreck by Sady Doyle

Three books bought – but they don’t count because they’re kindle copies of some the Cazalet Chronicles to complete the set so that I can re-read Clary and Polly and Rupert and everyone any time I want!

Bonus picture: Timothy West and Hayward Morse talking to Dr Emma Parker at an event at the British Library on Tuesday night about Joe Orton and What the Butler Saw.