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The Week In Books: October 26 – November 1

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Post-nightshift slump hit big time this week – no energy and no concentration topped off by a string of early shifts does not make for a lot of progress down the to-read pile, so I switched to kids horror and graphic novels for the Halloween weekend and things improved a little!

Read:

The Astronaut Wives Club by Lily Koppel

Tinsel and Terriers by Cressida McLaughlin

Love in a Nutshell by Janet Evanovich and Dorien Kelly

Lumberjanes: Beware the Kitten Holy by Noelle Stevenson

Shiverton Hall by Emerald Fennell

Nightmares! by Jason Segel and Kirsten Miller

Started:

Lair of Dreams by Libba Bray

Saints and Sailors by Pam Rhodes

Still reading:

Master of Shadows by Neil Oliver

Circling the Sun by Paula McLain

One e-book and a graphic novel bought – which is better than last week, and quite restrained for me in a post-nightshift frame of mind – especially considering the hour I spent wandering Foyles on Monday evening!

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October Stats

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On Good Reads to-reads shelf (I don’t have copies of all of these!): 420

New books read this month: 30*

Books from the Library Book pile: 1

Books from the to-read pile: 11

Ebooks read: 15

Most read author: Janet Evanovich (again – what can I say, I’m a predictable so-and-so)

Books read this year: 309*

Books bought: 5 books and 2 ebooks

I was going so well on the reading this month – and then the post nightshift slump hit me and I didn’t have time/the concentration/the inclination to read that much and it slipped away a little.  Backsliding on the purchasing front this month too – I blame nightshifts! As far as New Year’s Resolutions go – fair progress – 1 library book and a nonfiction book.

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

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The Week In Books: October 19 – October 25

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Four nightshifts this week, so this week’s reading tends towards the light and fluffy, romantic and cozy crime because that’s all my frazzled brain can cope with at times like that.

Read:

The Duchess’s Tattoo by Daisy Goodwin

The Sound of Murder by Cindy Brown

Smoking Seventeen by Janet Evanovich

A Christmas Cracker by Trisha Ashley

Sisters of Versailles by Sally Christie

Murder at the Brightwell by Ashley Weaver

Tied up in Tinsel by Ngaio Marsh

Started:

Circling the Sun by Paula McLain

Still reading:

Master of Shadows by Neil Oliver

And because of the nightshift effect, I bought a few books this week – the next Stephanie Plum (having reached the end of what I had in stock so to speak) and a few other books I’ve been after for a while that I found at a good price. Quelle surprise that my will power failed me!

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The Week In Books: October 12 – October 18

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A heady mix of classic crime, 1930s glamour (and despair) and romance, with a touch of melodrama and a dash of adventure thrown in.

Read:

A Clutch of Constables by Ngaio Marsh

The Santa Klaus Murder by Mavis Doriel Hay

It’s Got To be Perfect by Haley Hill

A Hundred Summers by Beatriz Williams

Dispossession by Simon Grennan (based on the novel by Anthony Trollope)

When in Rome by Ngaio Marsh

School Ship Tobermory by Alexander McCall Smith

Started:

Sisters of Versailles by Sally Christie

Master of Shadows by Neil Oliver

Still reading:

Still n/a!

I have controlled my urge to purchase nobly this week.  I was deeply tempted to buy some books at several books (not least when I was in The Works and feeling a bit blue). But I resisted.  Still with nightshifts coming this week, this self-restraint may not last!

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The Week In Books: October 5 – October 11

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A more steady, but still productive week. There were somethings that I really liked, and some that I didn’t – and there were a couple of research howlers too.  Hey ho, it happens.

Read:

The Last Chance Christmas Ball by Mary-Jo Putney et al

Sizzling Sixteen by Janet Evanovich

The Passion of the Purple Plumeria by Lauren Willig

Unmasking of a Lady by Sophie Dash

The Highwayman by Kerrigan Byrne

Good Earl Gone Bad by Manda Collins

The Love Match by M C Beaton

Started:

A Clutch of Constables by Ngaio Marsh

Still reading:

Still n/a!

I didn’t buy anything!  My first week back at my normal job and I resisted the urge to purchase books – even though I really wanted to buy the last in the Pink Carnation series to have it ready.  The pile it is decreasing!

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The Week In Books: September 29 – October 4

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Now this is what a week on holiday will do for me – we didn’t get back to the UK til Thursday evening – and I’d spent most of the week up until then on a sun lounger on the beach, or relaxing with a book at the hotel.  And then when we did get back, we had a relaxing end to the week involving sofa time and books.

Read:

The Thirty List by Eva Woods

Dead over Heels by Charlaine Harris

A Fool and His Honey by Charlaine Harris

The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald

Last Scene Alive by Charlaine Harris

Wickham Hall Part 3: Sparks Fly by Cathy Bramley

Poppy Done to Death by Charlaine Harris

The Scam by Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg

Appleby Farm by Cathy Bramley

Started:

The Last Chance Christmas Ball by Mary-Jo Putney et al 

Unmasking of a Lady by Sophie Dash

Sizzling Sixteen by Janet Evanovich

Still reading:

n/a!

I didn’t buy anything we were on holiday – and I’ve been bringing the kindle backlog back down!

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September Stats

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On Good Reads to-reads shelf (I don’t have copies of all of these!): 431

New books read this month: 34*

Books from the Library Book pile: 6

Books from the to-read pile: 7

Ebooks read: 19

Most read author: Charlaine Harris (3) but Janet Evanovich up there with 2 and a half!

Books read this year: 279*

Books bought: 1 book and 7 ebooks – and 2 pre-orders

I think I’ve been very restrained this month – we’ve just got back from holiday and I managed to resist the urge to but loads of books to take – I treated myself to the second Aurora Teagarden omnibus (which explains my most read author – they’re the last of Harris’s full length novels I haven’t read I think) and a couple of short stories and that was it.  On the New Year’s Resolution front – excellent progress – 6 library books and a nonfiction book (the excellent Nora Ephron book of essays).  I’m almost pleased with myself!

*Includes some short stories/novellas (4 this month)

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The Week In Books: September 21 – September 28

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Oh the perils of holiday posting when you do a weekly list of what you’ve read.  I’ve been in Gran Canaria, I wrote this on my tablet out there, and thought I’d set it up to publish – after all the Book of the Week post went up fine.  Imagine my surprise when I got home tonight and discovered it hadn’t gone up!  I’ve pushed the September stats back to tomorrow so I can get this up, but it hurts me that I’m posting out of cycle.

As I went on holiday on Thursday, the end of the week is dominated by ebooks – if I was taking actual books to read on the beach I’d need a second suitcase and would be charged excess baggage!

Read:

Welcome to Temptation by Jennifer Crusie

Dangerously Dark by Collette London

A Place of Confinement by Anna Dean

Raincoats and Retrievers by Cressida McLaughlin

Thirteen Guests by J Jefferson Farjeon

Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanna Fluke

Stirred with Love by Marcie Steele

Wickham Hall Part 2: Summer Secrets by Cathy Bramley

The Thirty List by Eva Woods

Started:

n/a

Still reading:

Appleby Farm by Cathy Bramley

I bought a couple of eBooks, but I’ve been very restrained!

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The Week In Books: September 13 – September 20

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A mixed week – some stuff I really liked in there, but also a run of average to not great stuff too.  This week’s Book of the Week Post has been tricky to pick too.

Read:

Dandy Gilver and the Unpleasantness in the Ballroom by Catriona McPherson

Bold Seduction by Karyn Gerrard

A Beeline to Murder by Meera Lester

Thoreau in Phantom Bog by BB Oak

The Heist by Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg

Me Before You by Jojo Moyes

Scrapbook of the Dead by Mollie Bryan Cox

 

Started:

Stirred with Love by Marcie Steele

A Place of Confinement by Anna Dean

Welcome to Temptation by Jennifer Crusie

 

Still reading:

Appleby Farm by Cathy Bramley

I had a bit of a pre-ordering spree this week – but only bought one thing that I could read Right Now – so not too bad in the grand scheme of things.  For me anyway.

 

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The Week In Books: September 7 – September 13

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A really good week – some lovely books, with nothing left over from last week, although I’ve still got a couple of things on the go.

Read:

Death of a Policeman by MC Beaton

Rembrandt’s Mirror by Kim Deveraux

Finger Lickin’ Fifteen by Janet Evanovich

The Girl of My Dreams by Peter Davis

A Vintage Christmas by Trisha Ashley

The Z Murders by J Jefferson Farjeon

Your Scandalous Ways by Loretta Chase

I Feel Bad About My Neck by Nora Ephron

Started:

Appleby Farm by Cathy Bramley

A Beeline to Murder by Meera Lester

Dandy Gilver and the Unpleasantness in the Ballroom by Catriona McPherson

Still reading:

n/a (!)

Two e-books bought – and a pre-order arrived.  No real books purchased though.  In other housekeeping news – over on Novelicious, we’ve been doing a Nostalgic Summer Reread of our childhood favourites – you can check out my post on Swallows and Amazons here if you’re interested in whether summer boating holidays in the Lake District lived up to my memories!