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A bit of an action-adventure-mystery-y week – with a time-travelling romp, a spy romp and cozy crimes among the reading matter.  And a bit of YA.  And some romance.  I need to get my non-fiction reading hat on again though as I’ve been a bit lax in that direction.

Read:

A Symphony of Echos by Jodi Taylor

Read It and Weep by Jenn McKinlay

Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

This One is Mine by Maria Semple

Sugar and Iced by Jenn McKinley

Her Only Desire by Gaelen Foley

The Mask of Night by Tracy Grant

Started:

The Song Collector by Natasha Solomons

Still reading:

Not That Kind of Girl by Lena Dunham

One actual book and a couple of ebooks (all sequels) purchased – and I’ve gone on a big kick of picking my next “real” book off the shelf – not the piles and leaving the gaps so I can see progress.  Then I can refill from the pile at an appropriate point and make the pile go down, rather than constant replenishment of the shelf, which leads me to keep adding to the piles.  We’ll see how long that lasts…

I would have read more this week, except for the fact that I acquired a new-to-me copy of one of my favourite books of all time – Gone with the Windsors by Laurie Graham – and couldn’t resist re-reading it.  This of course cut into my time for reading new books and doesn’t count towards my total for the year – or my list here.  Still it’s so funny and so good I don’t mind!

Read:

The Queerness of Rusty by Phyllis Matthewman

Beneath a Silent Moon by Tracy Grant

Good Dukes Wear Black by Manda Collins

Just One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi Taylor

Mug Shot by Caroline Fardig

Maybe the Moon by Armistead Maupin

Started:

Read It and Weep by Jenn McKinlay

Still reading:

Not That Kind of Girl by Lena Dunham

Five books (including that copy of Gone with the Windsors) and two ebooks bought.  Oops

Look at my progress with the longstanding books in progress!  And I read more besides.  Thank you minibreak and days off work.

Read:

Dandy Gilver and a Deadly Measure of Brimstone

Jane Steel by Lyndsay Faye

The House at Baker Street by Michelle Birkby

Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld

Along the Infinite Sea by Beatriz Williams

Inspector of the Dead by David Morrell

Freya by Anthony Quinn

Chloe Takes Control by Phyllis Matthewman

Started:

Maybe the Moon by Armistead Maupin

The Queerness of Rusty by Phyllis Matthewman

Still reading:

Not That Kind of Girl by Lena Dunham

I bought books this week – but that’s because we went to Northumberland for a few days – and that meant a trip to the cavern of amazingness that is Barter Books in Alnwick.  Ninety minutes later and I’ve got a basket of books that I’ve been after for a while – although a couple were for friends.  So much fun.

Some really good books here – I’m having trouble picking my BotW for tomorrow!  I’m going to try and finish some of the long-running books this week coming though.

Read:

Superfluous Women by Carola Dunn

Somewhere Inside of Happy by Anna McPartlin

Exile for Annis by Josephine Elder

Prefects at Vivians by Patricia K Caldwell

Secret Letters at Trebizon by Anne Digby

Midnight Pleasures by Eloisa James

Started:

Dandy Gilver and a Deadly Measure of Brimstone

Still reading:

Freya by Anthony Quinn

Along the Infinite Sea by Beatriz Williams

Not That Kind of Girl by Lena Dunham

Jane Steel by Lyndsay Faye

No books bought!  Again.  I’m really trying hard.

My lack of reading progress this week is entirely down to the combination of late shifts and the World Figure Skating Championships…

Read:

The Mueller Twins at the Chalet School by Katherine Bruce

Speaking from Among the Bones by Alan Bradley

A Frightfully English Execution by Shamini Flint

A Crimson Warning by Tasha Alexander

Champion of the Chalet School by Adrienne Fitzpatrick

Started:

Somewhere Inside of Happy by Anna McPartlin

Superfluous Women by Carola Dunn

Still reading:

Freya by Anthony Quinn

Along the Infinite Sea by Beatriz Williams

Not That Kind of Girl by Lena Dunham

Jane Steel by Lyndsay Faye

Although I may not have made as much progress down the stack as I wanted, I haven’t added to it either – no books bought!

Some really good books this week – some of which I’ve already mentioned in my Easter Books post.  You may yet hear more about some of them too!  I went away for the bank holiday weekend – or you know the list of books read would have been higher if I’d been sitting on my sofa.  Get me with my life outside work and books!

Read:

The Sport of Baronets by Theresa Romain

The Night that Changed Everything by Laura Tait and Jimmy Rice

Deira Joins the Chalet School by Caroline German

Jolly Foul Play by Robin Stevens

Broken Homes by Ben Aaronovitch

As If! An Oral History of Clueless by Jen Chaney

The Skeleton Garden by Marty Wingate

Started:

Jane Steele by Lindsay Faye

Still reading:

Freya by Anthony Quinn

Along the Infinite Sea by Beatriz Williams

Not That Kind of Girl by Lena Dunham

I didn’t buy any books!  Well I bought one book, but it wasn’t really for me (although it is on my kindle account, because I share it with Him Indoors).  So I’m calling it no books.  Who knew that was possible. I’ll try and not to buy any books at all this week…

A varied week of reading – with a touch of pretty much everything.  And I finally had the time to sit down and concentrate on The Night Circus, so the Still Reading list is down to one…

Read:

The Indecent proposal by Louise Marley

Bella and the Beast by Olivia Drake

Time Travelling with a Hamster by Ross Welford

Ships, Stings and Wedding Rings by Jodi Taylor

Death of a Diva by Derek Farrell

It Happened One Season by Stephanie Laurens, Mary Balogh, Jacquie D’Alessandro and Candice Hern

The Guides of the Chalet School by Jane Berry

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

Started:

Along the Infinite Sea by Beatriz Williams

Not That Kind of Girl by Lena Dunham

Still reading:

Freya by Anthony Quinn

The books from last week’s spending spree turned up and I realised that the book piles by the sofa are now getting tall enough (in some cases) to interfere with the curtains.  Thus I am seriously contemplating a buying ban on actual books.  So this week I only purchased 2 ebooks – and one of them was free.  I’ll keep you posted on the piles.

Hmmmm.  What to say about this week’s reading – distinctly children’s book heavy?  I had a spree with a dealer a few weeks back and they were just what I needed for my post-nightshift recovery.  And I finally finished The Shadow Hour at the weekend – once my brain had got back in gear!

Read:

Heartsong Cottage by Emily March

The Bronte Plot by Katherine Reay

Chiltern School by Mabel Esther Allen

The Ballet Family by Mabel Esther Allen (Jean Estoril)

The Ballet Family Again by Mabel Esther Allen (Jean Estoril)

The Shadow Hour by Kate Riordan

Started:

It Happened One Season by Stephanie Laurens, Mary Balogh, Jacquie D’Alessandro and Candice Hern

Still reading:

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

Freya by Anthony Quinn

Time Travelling with a Hamster by Ross Welford

Oh dear.  I had a bit of a mega spending spree over the weekend.  I paid for it (mostly) with vouchers, but still added a lot more to the to-read pile than I’ve taken off it.  Whoops.