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The Week in Books: July 3 – July 9

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It was British Grand Prix weekend this week and with Wimbledon going on too we’ve been treated to some remarkably changeable weather. The hot weather was so hot all you wanted to was lie down and read, and the wet weather gave you an excellent excuse to stay inside and read! Anyway, some good books read – and some progress on those long runners too…

Read:

These Old Shades by Georgette Heyer

Heir Apparent by Liz Evans

Like No Other Lover by Julie Anne Long

The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston*

The Fifth Elephant by Terry Pratchett

The Bodyguard by Katherine Center

You, with a View by Jessica Joyce*

Started:

Ripped from the Pages by Kate Carlisle

The Crane Wife by C J Hauser*

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*

Several preorders arrived, and I’ve started writing the Kindle offers post so three ebooks bought (and the post isn’t finished yet!).

Bonus photo: a very gold statue in Birmingham on Monday morning on my way home from The Chicks.

*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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The Week in Books: June 26 – July 2

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An incredibly Verity week – in reading and in life. I got a bit obsessed with the Sherry Thomas series and binged it instead of finishing some of the stuff I already had going, I went to a musical on the spur of the moment and I went to a concert to see a band I’ve loved for literal decades for the first time. I spent three nights away from home (two for work, one after that concert) and had a shocking time on the trains (the story of June on the commute) and binged a documentary series on Netflix. Standard stuff. And we’re halfway through the year now, so expect some half year review posts this month too.

Read:

Jingo by Terry Pratchett

Ravishing the Heiress by Sherry Thomas

Beguiling the Beauty by Sherry Thomas

Tempting the Bride by Sherry Thomas

Claiming the Duchess by Sherry Thomas

Business or Pleasure by Rachel Lynn Soloman*

Murder in Piccadilly by Charles Kingston

Dressed to Drill by Kate Carlisle

Full Blast by Janet Evanovich and Charlotte Hughes

Started:

Like No Other Lover by Julie Anne Long

Heir Apparent by Liz Evans

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*

Oopsie daisy, Words and Kisses is having a closing down sale and I went a bit nuts because: discounts. Six books there. And then another two paperbacks second hand. And then five ebooks too because I went nuts for Sherry Thomas. All the ebooks were in June though, so they’re already accounted for in the stats. The rest though…

Bonus photo: honestly, an embarrassment of riches on the photo front this week. I changed my mind twice, but here I am at the aforementioned concert – which was The Chicks on Sunday night – which was ah-May-zing. Truly brilliant.

*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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The Week in Books: June 19 – June 25

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The heatwave continues. I feel like shouting “I’m meeeellllting” all the time it’s so muggy. But hey, that’s British summer these days. And it also usually only lasts about a week – and we’ve had that now so presumably the rain is back next week! Anyway, book wise it’s been an interesting week with some classic crime and a career novel for wannabe nurses along with some of the Wimsey continuations. So all in all, not bad.

Read:

Thrones, Dominations by Dorothy L Sayers and Jill Paton Walsh

Single Dad’s Club by Therese Beharrie

Poppy Harmon and the Hung Jury by Lee Hollis

Twice Around the Clock by Billie Houston

Piece of Cake by Mary Hollis Huddleston and Asher Fogle Paul*

A Presumption of Death by Dorothy L Sayers and Jill Paton Walsh

Jean Tours a Hospital by Doreen Swinburn

Started:

The Other Side of Mrs Wood by Lucy Barker*

Murder in Piccadilly by Charles Kingston

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

Four e-books, three of them because I got a code for an Amazon deal on them…

Bonus photo: how can you resist some Morph models that had appeared near St Paul’s Cathedral last week

*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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The Week in Books: June 12 – June 18

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We’ve been living through a heatwave this last week – which may or may not have been the entirety of this year’s summer! Still 25 plus degrees at night is hard to sleep in, and Ive been really feeling it. But there’s been some good reading in there – I’m really enjoying the new audiobook versions of Terry Pratchett and some of the summer’s new romances continue to be delightful. All in all, a good week if humid!

Read:

Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood

Feet of Clay by Terry Pratchett

Winter’s Gifts by Ben Aaronvitch

Death of Jezebel by Christianna Brand

Busman’s Honeymoon by Dorothy L Sayers

Mrs Nash’s Ashes by Sarah Adler

A Crime of Poison by Nancy Haddock

Started:

Single Dad’s Club by Therese Beharrie

Piece of Cake by Mary Hollis Huddleston and Asher Fogle Paul*

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

One book in Foyles and three in the National Trust secondhand bookshop!

Bonus photo: an English country garden on Saturday.

*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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Books Incoming: Mid June edition

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Well, I’ve already read nearly fifty percent of this month’s acquisitions – which is quite a lot for me as you all know. Anyway, what’s on the pile? The first to arrive was the Tom Hanks, which only just missed last month’s post. I haven’t read it yet and it’s had mixed reviews, but I don’t care because my copy is signed! Then having really enjoyed the Fixer-Upper mysteries, Gower Street Waterstones enabled me to try one of Kate Carlisle’s other series, from that same trip I got Buried in the Country and the Laetitia Rodd mystery.

Then there are the latest arrivals in the summer romance releases – Once More With Feeling by Elissa Sussman and The True Love Experiment by Christina Lauren and this week’s purchase, Mrs Nash’s Ashes. Then there’s the new Rivers of London (already read it!) and the new Andrew Cartmel. And finally there’s two more cozy crimes – both from series that I’ve read before – the Silver Six crafting series and the Library Lovers. And that’s your lot – four were preordered, the rest were… not, which means it’s actually not as impulsive as it looks. Or that’s what I’m telling myself!

Have a great Saturday and buy a book!

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The Week in Books: June 5 – June 11

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Well that was a bit of a week. Surprisingly so. I went to an RTS even about staging Eurovision (which was fascinating), a weekend in London for a house party (which was fabulous) and a morning at the dentist (which was horrid). And that last meant that I definitely treated myself to reading some of the new romances I had waiting on the shelf. And I also treated myself to two new houseplants. But I’m meant to be telling about about the books, not about my growing plant acquisition problem. I think I know what I’m writing about tomorrow. I think. But there are several options which is always a nice position to be in!

Read:

Ms Perfectly Fine by Kate Callaghan*

Buried in the Country by Carola Dunn

Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett

Role Playing by Cathy Yardley

Same Time Next Summer by Annabel Monaghan

Final Acts ed. Martin Edwards

The True Love Experiment by Christina Lauren

Started:

Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood

Death of Jezebel by Christianna Brand

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

One ebook bought – and I should have had two preorders arrive (the new Andrew Cartmel and the new Rivers of London) except that wherever Amazon think they delivered it to, it definitely wasn’t my letterbox…

Bonus photo: making a change from houseplant photos, here’s Olympic park from the Elizabeth Line on a very hot and sunny Saturday.

*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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The Week in Books: May 29 – June 4

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What a week. It all got a bit busy at work again but then I had a lovely weekend hanging out with friends and watching Buffy Revamped, as well as the Formula One on Sunday. In book terms, I really didn’t mean to read the new Elissa Sussman as soon as it arrived, and I was doing really well until Sunday early evening where I lost all my will power and read it from cover to cover, stopping only to eat dinner. Big whoops because it was great and now I’m going to have to wait a year at least for something else from her. This week is scheduled to be a big week in new releases that are in my personal wheelhouse – so I’m not ruling out accidentally doing the same thing again this week.

Read:

Buried for Pleasure by Edmund Crispin

The Truth by Terry Pratchett

Best Men by Sidney Karger*

A Calamity of Mannerings by Joanna Nadin*

Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett

Lovelight Farms by B K Borison*

Once More With Feeling by Elissa Sussman

Started:

Buried in the Country by Carola Dunn

Final Acts ed. Martin Edwards

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

Three books bought, accidentally, on a trip to Waterstones Gower Street on Tuesday evening, one ebook and the arrival of the preordered Elissa Sussman…

Bonus photo: Birmingham canal side on Saturday night. Makes a change from London.

*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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The Week in Books: May 22 – May 28

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Hello from the end of an incredibly busy week. It’s just been wild. And I’ve already written about one of the books from last week in my series post about Emmy Lake – which given that the list is a little shorter than usual this week (because of all that busy) means I’m still not a hundred percent sure what the BotW pick tomorrow is going to be. Watch this space. Anyway, we’re nearly at the end of May – which is also wild – so all the usual stuff coming up after the end of the month, probably in a slightly tweaked order, for reasons that will become apparent. Anway, have a great week everyone.

Read:

Poppy Harmon and the Shooting Star by Lee Hollis*

Fake Dates and Mooncakes by Sher Lee*

Gaudy Night by Dorothy L Sayers

Mrs Porter Calling by A J Pearce*

Death Knells and Wedding Bells by Eva Gates*

A Vicarage Family by Noel Streatfeild

Started:

Best Men by Sidney Karger*

Buried for Pleasure by Edmund Crispin

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

One book bought…

Bonus photo: It’s peony season. So I have peonies in the house now as well as in the garden. It makes me very happy.

*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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The Week in Books: May 15 – May 21

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After the excitement of Eurovision, normal service has been resumed. I think I may have finished the Alleyn re-read/listen as we’ve reached the tail end of the series which I didn’t enjoy as much and I’m running out of audible credits! We’re now hurtling towards the end of May and the sun is starting to be more reliable (I line dried two loads of washing this week!) so I think we may nearly at the point where I can put the hammock up and get some reading time in the garden. Fingers crossed…

Read:

Murder Must Advertise by Dorothy L Sayers

Proper English by K J Charles

A Clutch of Constables by Ngaio Marsh

A Shilling for Candles by Josephine Tey

Summer Reading by Jenn McKinlay*

Diamond Girl by Julie Mulhern

The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L Sayers

Wild Dances by William Lee Adams**

Reach for the Stars by Michael Cragg

Sticks and Stones by Diane Mott Davidson

Started:

Poppy Harmon and the Shooting Star by Lee Hollis*

Mrs Porter Calling by A J Pearce*

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

One preorder arrived and I bought two ebooks and preordered two more, but that was it.

Bonus photo: I have six whole peonies in my garden! I think this is a new record. I love peonies and I was thrilled when I discovered we had them in the garden when we moved here.

*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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Books Incoming: mid May edition

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So technically two of these arrived last month – but were delivered to my parents so weren’t at home for last month’s post – I’ve already written about Romantic Comedy at length, but the actual book is very pretty – although I do like the US version too. The other late arrival is the beautiful hardback Virago edition of Nora Ephron’s Heartburn. Yes I already own a paperback copy AND the audiobook (read by Meryl Streep no less!), and no I don’t know whether I will manage to part with the paperback now I have this to add to my collection of Designer Classics.

Then we have a bunch of new releases and preorders. My copy of William Lee Adams’ Wild Dances came direct from the author, but The Tobacco Wives and Dressed to Drill were preorders – although they arrived later than I was expecting, especially the new Fixer-Upper which was nearly two day after release, but then it’s a US book so even though Amazon UK said they had it, they probably didn’t!

Then we have another Goldy Schultz as I continue to pick up second-hand copies of the ones that aren’t on Kindle, the next Cupcake Bakery that I haven’t read and a couple of impulse purchases: Beach Read which I bought after I finished Happy Place and The Golden Hour which I’ve had my eye on for ages. And then on Sunday I was in Sainsbury’s and couldn’t help myself when I saw a historical mystery series I hadn’t come across before. Poor impulse control.

And that’s your lot for this month!