Tag: books

So the good news is that I’m not poorly any more, the bad news is that I’m still exhausted after being poorly.  So not a lot read this week, because once I was back at work I was mostly just sleeping to try and get myself back to normal.

Read:

Duke of Pleasure by Elizabeth Hoyt

Murder on the Rocks by Shean Reilly Simmons

Ballet Shoes for Anna by Noel Streatfeild

Coffin, Scarcely Used by Colin Watson

Started:

The Song of the Abbey by Elsie J Oxenham

The Husband List by Janet Evanovich and Dorien Kelly

Medal Up by Nicole Flockton

Still reading:

Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

The Square and the Tower by Niall Ferguson

The Vanity Fair Diaries by Tina Brown

Uncommon Type by Tom Hanks

Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho

The Unfinished Palazzo by Judith Mackrell

And we went to York for the weekend, and I *may* have spent some money in the charity bookshop on old Girl’s Own hardbacks.  So four books bought.

Well.  What a week.  I started coming down with a bug on Sunday night and was ill all week.    I can’t remember the last time that I felt so ill.  And I was thanking my lucky stars that I had last week’s posts already written I can tell you.  Yuck.  Anyway, once I had started to get my concentration back, I stuck to mostly children’s books and mysteries because that was all my brain could handle.  It was only on Friday night that I started to venture into anything else. Not. Fun. At. All.  Four of the books on this list were finished at the weekend once I was up and about a bit more – which just tells you how ill I was earlier in the week – despite being stuck at home with nothing to do and nowhere to go I wasn’t reading anything!

Read:

The Leader of the Lower School by Angela Brazil

Dandy Gilver and a Spot of Toil and Trouble by Catriona McPherson

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle

When the Stars Come out by Laura Trentham

The Riviera Set by Mary S Lovell

A House Full of Daughters by Juliet Nicholson

Started:

The Unfinished Palazzo by Judith Mackrell

Duke of Pleasure by Elizabeth Hoyt

Still reading:

Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

The Square and the Tower by Niall Ferguson

The Vanity Fair Diaries by Tina Brown

Uncommon Type by Tom Hanks

Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho

Of course the other side of being ill, is that I didn’t buy anything either.  So that’s a bright side I suppose!

It was my birthday early in the week so we went away for a few days of relaxation. Which means plenty of reading, even before I tackled the comic/graphic novel backlog once we were home.

Read:

The Obsession by Lilliane Lee

Stiff by Mary Roach

Someone Like You by Susan Mallery

A Treacherous Curse by Deanna Raybourn

The Bittersweet Bride by Vanessa Riley

Black as He’s Painted by Ngaio Marsh

Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler

Should’ve Been You by Nicole McLaughlin

Cry Fox Vols 2 & 3 by Ben Aaronovitch et al

New Romancer Vol 4 by Peter Milligan

Bitch Planet Triple Feature Vols 4 & 5 by Matt Fraction, Marc Deschamps et al

The Mitford Murders by Jessica Fellowes

Started:

Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho

Still reading:

Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

The Square and the Tower by Niall Ferguson

The Vanity Fair Diaries by Tina Brown

The Riviera Set by Mary S Lovell

Uncommon Type by Tom Hanks

I may have treated myself to a book or two for my birthday. Nothing excessive, but Deanna Raybourn had a new book out and a couple of my favourite authors had books on sale. Oh and I went into a charity shop or two while we were away. I think the total was 3 ebooks and 2 actual books.

A bit of a bitty week of reading, but some interesting stuff in there. I’m trying to do better with getting to my NetGalley Books on time so that’s a fair few of this week’s books too.

Read:

A Scot in the Dark by Sarah MacLean

The Linking Rings by John Gaspard

The Phantom of Oz by Cindy Brown

A Fourth Form Friendship by Angela Brazil

A Week to be Wild by JC Harroway

The Spiritual Poems of Rumi by Rumi

Started:

The Riviera Set by Mary S Lovell

Uncommon Type by Tom Hanks

Stiff by Mary Roach

The Mitford Murders by Jessica Fellowes

Still reading:

Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler

The Square and the Tower by Niall Ferguson

The Vanity Fair Diaries by Tina Brown

A couple of ebooks bought, but no actual books, so that’s progress in a way!

New Year, new books and still a few stragglers from last year (which I’m working on it).

Read:

A Wedding at Two Love Lane by Kieran Kramer

The Crown Prince’s Bride by Donna Alward

Second Grave on the Right by Darynda Jones

Christmas in Cornwall by Laura Briggs

Lost and Found Sisters by Jill Shalvis

Started:

A Scot in the Dark by Sarah MacLean

Still reading:

Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler

The Square and the Tower by Niall Ferguson

The Vanity Fair Diaries by Tina Brown

Three books bought on the sly on Sunday morning – one of which I read immediately.  Lovely stuff.  Start as I mean to go on…

Here is the final WiB of 2017 – ending neatly at the end of the year precisely.  And everything that I finished this week was to try and finish ReadHarder – and it worked!  As it’s the end of the year, I’ve rationalised the ongoing books – and given up on the Rushdie – I wasn’t enjoying it and I’ve got lots of other things I’d rather read in 2018.

Read:

Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly

Meridian by Alice Walker

French Poems of the Great War translated by Ian Higgins

Revolutionary Ride by Lois Pryce

Northern Lights by Philip Pullman

Started:

Second Grave on the Right by Darynda Jones

Still reading:

Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler

The Square and the Tower by Niall Ferguson

The Vanity Fair Diaries by Tina Brown

I was so busy trying to finish ReadHarder that I only bought one book – in the Waterstone’s sale and no ebooks.  Not too bad really.

 

Yeah.  This is a day late, but you had a nice bonus post yesterday, so I don’t feel too sorry for you.  And as it’s been another one of those weeks – all reading plans derailed by the need to catch up on Christmas preparations – you weren’t really missing out on much anyway!

Read:

Christmas at the Grange by T E Kinsey

A River in the Sky by Elizabeth Peters

Started:

The Vanity Fair Diaries by Tina Brown

Still reading:

The Golden House by Salman Rushdie

Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler

The Square and the Tower by Niall Ferguson

French Poems of the Great War translated by Ian Higgins

Meridian by Alice Walker

A couple of books bought – but I blame the stress of Christmas!

The less said about this week the better.  Let’s just move on and get to Christmas and hope things get better.

Read:

Maigret’s Christmas by Georges Simenon

Mr Penumbra’s 24 Hour Bookshop by Robin Sloan

Schoolgirl Jen at the Abbey by Elsie J Oxenham

Runout Groove by Andrew Cartmel

Started:

Christmas at the Grange by T E Kinsey

Still reading:

The Golden House by Salman Rushdie

Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler

The Square and the Tower by Niall Ferguson

French Poems of the Great War translated by Ian Higgins

Meridian by Alice Walker

One ebook bought.  Admirable restraint shown in the face of stress and temptation.  This may not last