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The Week In Books: August 21 – August 28

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Ok, so I’ve actually read more this week than this list suggests – as I did another round of 50 pages and out (see Book Pile post) and got another half dozen books or so off the pile.

Read:

The Venetian Venture by Suzette A Hill

The Counterfeit Heiress by Tasha Alexander

Ready to Were by Robyn Peterman

The Secrets of Wishtide by Kate Saunders

A Leader in the Chalet School by Elinor M Brent Dyer

Herring in the Library by L C Tyler

The World’s Wife by Carol Ann Duffy

Started:

A Kim Jong-Il Production by Paul Fischer

Crazy for You by Jennifer Crusie

The Madwoman Upstairs by Catherine Lowell

Still reading:

n/a

I bought a stack of second hand Chalet School books while I was in York visiting my little sister – and the new (well newly rereleased) Trisha Ashley book.  But other than that I was very good.  Honest.  Apart from 3 books in the charity shop.  Oops.  But that was before the second phase of the cull.  I’ll be better now…

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The Week In Books: August 15 – August 21

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So I had a bit of a rationalisation this week.  A couple of books are gone from the long serving list because I decided I didn’t want to finish them.  A few more are gone from the pile and not mentioned on here at all because I started them and didn’t like them.  I still have more to do to get the pile under control, but I’m working on it.

Read:

Metro Girl by Janet Evanovich

A Mint Condition Corpse by Duncan MacMaster

Death of Liar by MC Beaton

Thursday’s Children by Rumer Godden

Dead White Female by Lauren Henderson

American Housewife by Helen Ellis

The Man on Top of the World by Vanessa Clark

Started:

The Secrets of Wishtide by Kate Saunders

The Venetian Venture by Suzette A Hill

Still reading:

n/a

In the spirit of dealing with the pile, I’ve been very restrained this week – I didn’t buy any new paperbacks at all – and my kindle acquisition was a freebie.  I’m working on being better…

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The Week In Books: August 8 – August 14

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Romance, crime and magic appear to be the themes of last week’s reading – and I didn’t even realise that I was doing it!  Some of the stories below were not full length novels, so I didn’t quite read as much as the list might suggest – although at over 500 pages Carry On might make up for that a bit!

Read:

What I Did For A Duke by Julie Anne Long

Rivers of London: Night Witch 3 by Ben Aaronovitch and Andrew Cartmel

Police at the Funeral by Margery Allingham

A Right Honorable Gentleman by Courtney Milan

So Sweet by Rebekah Weatherspoon

Play With Me by Alisha Rai

Carry On by Rainbow Rowell

Started:

American Housewife by Helen Ellis

Metro Girl by Janet Evanovich

Still reading:

The Seven Sisters by Lucinda Riley

Welcome to Night Vale by Joseph Fink

The Man on Top of the World by Vanessa Clark

I bought two books at the charity shop – for 75p altogether – they’re American editions of Old School Romances and you don’t see them very often so I had to have them!

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The Week In Books: August 1 – August 7

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Oh boy, this week ended up a lot busier that I thought it would.  And the reading has suffered.  I was still quite post nightshift-y at the start of the week – so reading was slow and gentle, and then I did a lot of work and didn’t have a lot of free time.  All this made me tired and find it slow to settle to anything.

Read:

Murder at the Manor: Country House Mysteries by Various Authors

The Highlander by Kerrigan Byrne

Sweet Tomorrows by Debbie Macomber

A Killer Closet by Paula Paul

The Crepes of Wrath by Sarah Fox

The Canal Boat Cafe by Cresside McLaughlin

Started:

What I Did For A Duke by Julie Anne Long

The Man on Top of the World by Vanessa Clark

Police at the Funeral by Margery Allingham

Still reading:

The Seven Sisters by Lucinda Riley

Welcome to Night Vale by Joseph Fink

On the brightside, I didn’t buy any books.  So progress there even if I didn’t read as much as I wanted.

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July Stats

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New books read this month: 31*

Books from the to-read pile: 17

Ebooks read: 10

Books from the Library book pile: 3

Non-fiction books: 1

Most read author: Mary Balogh and Frances Brody (3 books each)

Books read this year: 206

Books bought: 11 (5 ebooks, 6 books)

Books on the Goodreads to-read shelf: 462 (I don’t have copies of all of these!)

Could have been much worse, considering there were nights in the back end of July!  I didn’t buy too much compared to what I can do on nights, but I did read a fair bit.  Fingers crossed August doesn’t turn into a book buying-fest!

*Includes some short stories/novellas/comics (2 this month)

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The Week In Books: July 25 – July 31

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I did five nightshifts last week, my brain had hit a go-slow by Wednesday morning and so I didn’t get as much read as  I wanted. Fingers crossed I’m back in normal working order soon!

Read:

Daughters of the Bride by Susan Mallery

Look to the Lady by Margery Allingham

The Herring Seller’s Apprentice by L C Tyler

Ten Little Herrings by L C Tyler

Behind the Shattered Glass by Tasha Alexander

Buzz Books 2016: Romance by Various Authors

Started:

Murder at the Manor: Country House Mysteries by Various Authors

Still reading:

The Seven Sisters by Lucinda Riley

Welcome to Night Vale by Joseph Fink

Those among you who’ve been coming here a while will know that Nightshifts = book purchasing.  I was fairly restrained this time out – two Kindle sequels bought in the early hours and 3 books at the supermarket on Friday after I’d finished when my defences were low…

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The Week In Books: July 18 – July 24

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A bit of a struggle in the middle of this week – no idea why.  And as I started a run of five nightshifts on Sunday evening, expect light, non-taxing reading next week!

Read:

Trouble at Melville Manor by Mabel Esther Allen

Death in the Floating City by Tasha Alexander

A Demon Summer by GM Malliet

Curtain Up by Noel Streatfeild

Man on a Rock by Grant Sutherland

A Woman Unknown by Frances Brody

Started:

Welcome to Night Vale by Joseph Fink

Still reading:

Daughters of the Bride by Susan Mallery

The Seven Sisters by Lucinda Riley

3 second hand books bought – one to replace a book I lost a while back, two to read.

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The Week In Books: July 11 – July 17

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A fair mix (for me) of reading this week – romances contemporary and historical, mysteries contemporary and historical, non-fiction, a children’s book and a comedy of society and manners.  But as you’ll notice, I’m still mostly on books with resolutions and happy endings.  And expect I will be until silly season finally gets underway – if it ever does.

Read:

Only a Kiss by Mary Balogh

Sunset on Central Park by Sarah Morgan

The Secret by Lorna Hill

Before Lunch by Angela Thirkell

Dead is Best by Jo Perry

Death of an Avid Reader by Frances Brody

Queen Bees by Siân Evans

Started:

Daughters of the Bride by Susan Mallery

The Seven Sisters by Lucinda Riley

Still reading:

n/a

One ebook bought – and Gail Carriger’s next Custard Protocol novel (Imprudence, out on Thursday this week) pre-ordered along with a cookbook to get myself free postage!

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The Week In Books: July 4 – July 10

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A mixed bag of reading this week – and I’m really puzzling over what to pick for my Book of the Week tomorrow.  Watch this space.

Read:

How the Duke was Won by Lenora Bell

Total D*ck by Christina Saunders

Only Enchanting by Mary Balogh

Pagan Spring by GM Malliet

The School by the River by Elinor M Brent Dyer

Vicki in Venice by Lorna Hill

Miss Marvel by B Willow Wilson

Cream of the Crop by Alice Clayton

Started:

n/a – finished everything I started this week!

Still reading:

Queen Bees by Siân Evans

One e-book bought, another free ebook bought, but that’s about it.  Although I did acquire a few from other sources – but then I always seem to!

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The Week In Books: June 27 – July 3

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A lovely week of reading – there’s some really charming romance in there, some relatively undiscovered classic children’s stories and a fast-moving thriller.  It’s all good.

Read:

The Job by Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg

Can’t Buy Me Love by Jane Lovering

The Little Bookshop of Lonely Hearts by Annie Darling

A Gentleman Never Tells by Eloisa James

Some Kind of Wonderful by Sarah Morgan

The Escape by Mary Balogh

The Wild Lorings – Detectives by Gwendoline Courtney

The MacIains of Glen Gillean by Mabel Esther Allen

Started:

Total D*ck by Christina Saunders

Still reading:

Queen Bees by Siân Evans

Hmmm.  I may have bought three books and a trade comic on Thursday.  But that was still June – so my resolution to do better in July still stands!