Tag: books

Ok. So I went ice skating on Monday and fell over and now I have a little fracture in my elbow.  The hospital don’t like to immobilise elbows (you lose movement fast and it’s hard to get it back) so until the giant bruise appeared on Saturday I had no evidence of my injury, but I have had lots of sympathy and I’m hopped up on painkillers so it’s fairly ok.  I’ve been taking it easy (mostly on the sofa) but I haven’t been able to concentrate on anything serious – or hold heavy books.  I called time on The #MonuMeta Social Media Book this week – I’ve tried and tried and tried (I’m not sure the pain helped when I gave it another go in A&E), but I just couldn’t get into it.  It’s got great reviews on Goodreads though, so it’s clearly me that has a problem not anyone else!

Read:

The Season by Sarah MacLean

Burke’s Last Witness by C J Dunford

It Must Be Christmas by Jennifer Crusie, Donna Alward and Mandy Baxter

Twelve Days of Christmas by Debbie Macomber

A Whole Latte Murder by Caroline Fardig

The Best of Dear Coquette by The Coquette

Potent Pleasures by Eloisa James

Started:

The Wangs vs the World by Jade Chang

Duck the Halls by Donna Andrew

Still reading:

The Underground Railroad by Coulson Whitehead

Perhaps unsurprisingly given my weakened state, I had a kindle spending spree from my sick bed on Tuesday and Foyles were doing 20% off for Black Friday so I bought myself a book along with the ones I was buying as presents, but apart from that I’ve been remarkably restrained.  Or at least I think that I have.

I did a lot of work this week – a lot of nights away from home and only one day off in the last seven.  Consequently a lot of sleeping and not as much reading time!

Read:

Charlaine Harris’s Grave Surprise by Charlaine Harris, Royal McGraw and Ilias Kyriazis

Baron by Joanna Shupe

Hero in the Highlands by Suzanne Enoch

Cooking the Books by Kerry Greenwood

All I Ever Wanted by Lucy Dillon

Lumberjanes Vol 3: A Terrible Plan by Noelle Stevenson et al

Started:

Potent Pleasures by Eloisa James

The Best of Dear Coquette by The Coquette

Burke’s Last Witness by C J Dunford

Still reading:

The Underground Railroad by Coulson Whitehead

The #MonuMeta Social Media Book by Roger Warner

The Season by Sarah MacLean

A slight shopping spree in the comic book store – and a few secondhand books to get some free delivery from a well known online retailer, but over all fairly restrained given that I was wandering in Foyles on Tuesday night!

What a crazy week.  As you might expect my working life has been very busy and I haven’t got a lot of reading done.  Most of what I have read has been short stories with only two full length novels on the list this week, one of which I actually started last week.  Fingers crossed normal service will soon be resumed.

Read:

Cheerfulness Breaks In by Angela Thirkell

The Lady Always Wins by Courtney Milan

The Haunted Season by G M Malliet

The Perks of Being a Beauty by Manda Collins

This Wicked Gift by Courtney Milan

Started:

Charlaine Harris’s Grave Surprise by Charlaine Harris, Royal McGraw and Ilias Kyriazis

Baron by Joanna Shupe

Still reading:

The Underground Railroad by Coulson Whitehead

The #MonuMeta Social Media Book by Roger Warner

The Season by Sarah MacLean

On the upside, only one ebook bought and no real books.

Not sure what happened this week, bit of a strange one.  A bit of a mini reading slump.  I read a few things that I liked, but had trouble settling to some other stuff as well.  Not quite sure what caused it, but here’s hoping I’m over  it now!  On a brigher note, as I mentioned a few weeks ago, Novelicious is back – and my first review since its hiatus is up today – it’s Sarah Morgan’s Miracle on Fifth Avenue and you can read it here.

Read:

Mistletoe and Murder by Robin Stevens

Romancing the Inventor by Gail Carriger

Someone to Love by Mary Balogh

Dark Chocolate Demise by Jenn McKinlay

I Am Half-Sick of Shadows by Alan Bradley

Once Upon a Winter’s Eve by Tessa Dare

Started:

The Season by Sarah MacLean

The Haunted Season by G M Malliet

Still reading:

The Underground Railroad by Coulson Whitehead

The #MonuMeta Social Media Book by Roger Warner

I bought one book this week – and that was the new one from Cesca Majors at her book launch – which was fab and which I’m looking forward to reading.

A bit of an odd week.  I had a couple of days off work and went away for a bit of sightseeing and then the nightshifts caught up with me and I was exhausted for the rest of the week and didn’t get as much reading done as I would have wanted.

Read:

You Can’t Touch My Hair by Phoebe Robinson

Blessed is the Busybody by Emilie Richards

Forbidden Fruit by Kerry Greenwood

How to Catch a Wild Viscount by Tessa Dare

The Murdstone Trilogy by Mal Peet

Lord Dashwood Missed Out by Tessa Dare

Started:

The #MonuMeta Social Media Book by Roger Warner

Still reading:

The Underground Railroad by Coulson Whitehead

On the brightside, I didn’t buy any actual books this week, although I did have a bit of a spree on novellas – in particular historical ones – and a few preorders.  I need to start making a list and asking for things for Christmas instead.  And all the books I ordered during nightshifts have turned up now and I need to start reading them, pronto!

 Nightshifts are over! Hurrah! I spent most of the week sleeping, and staying away from home, both of which means I didn’t read as much this week as I usually do on nights (not much commute) but there’s some quite good stuff on the list of stuff I did read. Also, as a side note, Novelicious is back – and I’m reviewing for them again, so more on that soon!

Read:

Eggnog Murder by Leslie Meier, Lee Hollis and Barbara Ross

Front Page Fatality by LynnDee Walker

A Killer Location by Sarah T Hobart

Death Wears a Mask by Ashley Weaver

Wonder Women by Sam Maggs

China Rich Girlfriend by Kevin Kwan

The Curious Case of the Copper Corpse by Alan Bradley

Started:

The Murdstone Trilogy by Mal Peet

Still reading:
The Underground Railroad by Coulson Whitehead

 So, nightshifts. I might have gone a little crazy with the book buying in the early hours of the morning. Twice. Oops. I’ve more than replaced everything I read from the pile this week!

I’ve had a busy week – and lots of different shifts, working my way towards nightshifts – so I’m actually quite pleased with how much I’ve read.  We’ll see what happens now the nightshifts are underway…

Read:

A Royal Pain by Rhys Bowen

Dangling by a Thread by Lea Wait

Geek Girl: All Wrapped Up by Holly Smale

Devil’s Food by Kerry Greenwood

Wallace at Bay by Alexander Wilson

Sidney Chambers and the Dangers of Temptation by James Runcie

A Killer’s Guide to Good Works by Shelley Costa

Started:

Wonder Women by Sam Maggs

Death Wears a Mask by Ashley Weaver

Still reading:

The Underground Railroad by Coulson Whitehead

China Rich Girlfriend by Kevin Kwan

And I resisted the urge to buy any books too.  I’m almost proud of myself!

Not a bad week’s reading – and a bit of a better mix of stuff – some romance, some crime, some non-fiction, some very retro career fiction for nicely brought up girls…

Read:

Lethal Lifestyles by LynDee Walker

Death at the Cafe by Alison Golden

Miracle on 5th Avenue by Sarah Morgan

Heavenly Pleasures by Kerry Greenwood

Dustbowl Girls by Lydia Reeder

Judith Teaches by Mabel Esther Allan

Started:

Devil’s Food by Kerry Greenwood

A Royal Pain by Rhys Bowen

Still reading:

The Underground Railroad by Coulson Whitehead

Sidney Chambers and the Dangers of Temptation by James Runcie

China Rich Girlfriend by Kevin Kwan

Oh dear.  I went into The Works on Tuesday and they had an awful lot of books I wanted.  And when they’re 3 for £5 they’re just so hard to resist.  I filled in a few gaps in my Christina Jones collection* (did you see my post about how much I love her books ) and picked up a few that I’ve been coveting for a while and a couple of new series to try.  Whoops.

 

*Stuff I’ve already read but don’t own

It’s was a bit of a weird week – I found it hard to get in to a few things hence the dipping around.  I abandoned Murder out of Tune after 50 pages – I was only about 25 pages in at the end of last week – and included it for completeness and it came back and bit me!  I have another cozy crime started that’s not on this list – because I’m less than 50 pages in and I’m not sure it’s going to stick and I’m not making that mistake again…

Read:

Queen Victoria’s Youngest Son by Charlotte Zeepvat

No Time Like the Past by Jodi Taylor

Hot Summer Nights by Laramie Briscoe

Start Here: Read Your Way into 25 Amazing Authors ed. Jeff O’Neal

Midsummer Night by Deanna Raybourn

Earthly Delights by Kerry Greenwood

The Case of the Deepdean Vampire by Robin Stevens

Started:

Sidney Chambers and the Dangers of Temptation by James Runcie

China Rich Girlfriend by Kevin Kwan

Lethal Lifestyles by LynDee Walker

Still reading:

The Underground Railroad by Coulson Whitehead

Dustbowl Girls by Lydia Reeder

I bought a couple of ebooks this week in an attempt to get out of the slump – and pre-ordered a couple more too.  So relatively restrained.  For me anyway