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The Week In Books: February 9 – February 15

There is a little bit of a theme to this week’s reading.  I picked up a copy of the second Harper Connelly book at a charity shop on Thursday, read it pretty much straight away – and then went straight on to books three and four which were waiting on the pile (and had been for sometime).  I’m on nights this week coming, so expect the reading matter to be lightweight and non challenging.  I’ll be avoiding anything that’s potentially a weepy too!

Read:

Macdeath by Cindy Brown

Her Brilliant Career by Rachel Cooke

The Amazing Lightness of Scones by Alexander McCall Smith

Paper or Plastic by Vivi Barnes

Grave Surprise by Charlaine Harris

An Ice Cold Grave by Charlaine Harris

Grave Secret by Charlaine Harris

Started:

Lost and Found by Brooke Davis

Never Judge a Lady by Her Cover by Sarah MacLean

Still reading:

n/a

While writing this, The Boy has been reading some of this post over my shoulder, and I’ve had to own up to a book purchase that I hadn’t mentioned to him(the Charlaine Harris).  So I probably ought to mention that I bought two other books at the same time… But that was it for purchases this week.  And I’ve read a non-fiction book this week – and a library book, so that’s working on my New Year’s resolutions. I’m not sure he’ll see it that way if he reads this!

 

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The Week In Books: February 2 – February 8

Quite a busy week of reading in the end – some of it very good, some of it less so.  But then that’s the joy of reading.  You never know what you’re going to get and whether you’re going to like it!

Read:

Three Amazing Things About You by Jill Mansell

No Known Grave by Maureen Jennings

Criminal Confections by Collette London

The Restoration of Otto Laird by Nigel Packer

Where’s my Hero by Lisa Kleypas, Kinley MacGregor and Julia Quinn

The Duchess War by Courtney Milan

Started:

Paper or Plastic by Vivi Barnes

The Amazing Lightness of Scones by Alexander McCall Smith

Her Brilliant Career by Rachel Cooke

Still reading:

n/a

One book bought – from the charity shop!

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The Week In Books: January 26 – February 1

A much better week. And one with a proper variety of reading material too. I forgot a bit about Otto Laird, so I need to pull my finger out a bit!

Read:

The Tiger in the Smoke by Margery Allingham

The Other Duke by Jess Michaels

The Ship by Antonia Honeywell

The Burry Man’s Day by Catriona McPherson

Some Like It Hawk by Donna Andrews

The Merchant of Death by Lisa Henry

Started:

The Duchess War by Courtney Milan

Three Amazing Things About You by Jill Mansell

Still reading:

The Restoration of Otto Laird by Nigel Packer

No books bought – but a couple acquired…

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(Nearly) All New January Stats

On Good Reads to-reads shelf (I don’t have copies of all of these!): 430

New books read this Month: 20

Books from the Library Book pile: 1

Books from the to-read pile: 6

Ebooks read: 7

Most read author: Donna Andrews

Books read this year: 20

Books bought: 8

Here we have the new look stats post.  I’ve pared back the categories – as I was finding it hard to work out what belonged in what category – and how to make it add up.  So I’m shifting the focus back to the actual physical pile – am I buying more books – than I’m reading from the backlog of real books.  But obviously this doesn’t include books that I’ve been sent for free.  So it still won’t add up – but the missing books from the total are either going to be books I bought and read straightaway or books I was sent for review.

But it’s the best way that I can come up with. The original purpose of the blog was to try and force me to deal with the backlog by buying less – so here we can keep track of whether I’m buying less.  As I said in last month’s stats, this is very much a work in progress, and I may still tweak it some more in the coming months.

As far as the New Year’s Resolutions go – No Classics and No Non Fiction – but I did read a library book.  Must Do Better.

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The Week In Books: January 19 – January 25

Hmmm.  Not a hugely productive week – but some good stuff in there.

Read:

Fatal Waltz by Tasha Alexander

The Norfolk Mystery by Ian Sansom

Arsenic for Tea by Robin Stevens

Grave Sight by Charlaine Harris

Started:

The Tiger in the Smoke by Margery Allingham

The Other Duke by Jess Michaels

Still reading:

The Restoration of Otto Laird by Nigel Packer – should’ve been on last week’s list but got missed off – and by the time I realised, I was several days after the fact and beyond the point where I felt I could edit the post to add it…

I may have bought a few books this week.  Ok, four paperbacks and three e-books.  And I bought an ebook last week too.  But I was working earlies all weekend so I deserved a treat.  That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.

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The Week In Books: January 12 – January 18

Hmmm.  Half a week off work for my birthday – and I was so busy enjoying myself that I didn’t get much reading done… Still I’ve got a bunch of lates and a weekend coming up, so that’s not going to last…

Read:

Silent in the Grave by Deanna Raybourn

Ridley Road by Jo Bloom

Beyond Heaving Bosoms by Sarah Wendell and Candy Tan

Scales of Justice by Ngaio Marsh

Started:

Fatal Waltz by Tasha Alexander

Still reading:

Still no lingerers!

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Reminder: A Place for Us out today in Paperback

Yes, I know, as if I haven’t gone on about Harriet Evans’ latest book enough already.  But for those of you who like a paperback in your hand – or who have a shelf of Harriet Evans they want to add to – A Place for Us is out today.

In case you missed my gushings about this already – it was on my Books of the Year List and I also did a bit of sleep deprived babbling about it after Part One and reviewed Part Two and Parts Three and Four too.

In case you can’t tell – I really liked it.  You should be able to get your copy all over the place – but here are some links: Foyles, Waterstones, Amazon and my page on My Independent Bookshop where you can also find various other books I’ve been raving about.

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The Week In Books: January 5 – January 11

Not a long list this week – but there’s some real quality on it.  The Last Days of Rabbit Hayes took a bit of reading – it’s a real emotional journey – but it is so worth it and you read more about it here tomorrow!

Read:

How to Plan a Wedding for a Royal Spy by Vanessa Kelly

The Last Days of Rabbit Hayes by Anna McPartlin

The World According to Bertie by Alexander McCall Smith

Curtain Call by Anthony Quinn

Started:

 Silent in the Grave by Deanna Raybourn

Still reading:

Still no lingerers!

I bought Four books this week – naughty me.  But they were all second hand, and all books that I’d had on my to buy list for a while.

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The Week In Books: December 29 – January 4

I put in a shift or two this week finishing the Stephen Fry so that I could start 2015 without any long running lingerers.  And then I had nightshifts for four nights over New Year….

Read:

Spinsters in Jeopardy by Ngaio Marsh

More Fool Me by Stephen Fry

The Kennedy Wives by Amber Hunt and David Batcher

Christmas at High Rising by Angela Thirkell

Meet Your Baker by Ellie Alexander

All I Want For Christmas by Claudia Carroll

The Real Macaw by Donna Andrews

Twisted Threads by Lea Wait

Started:

 How to Plan a Wedding for a Royal Spy by Vanessa Kelly

The World According to Bertie by Alexander McCall Smith

Still reading:

None!  New year, new start!

I bought a Kindle book this week – the first Inspector Maigret which was on offer – but that’s it. A positive start to the new year.

 

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December Stats

On Good Reads to-reads shelf (I don’t have copies of all of these!): 430

New books* read in December: 33

Books from the Library Book pile: 0

Books from the to-read pile: 10

E-books: 16

Books read as soon as they arrived: 7

Most read author: Ngaio Marsh (five books)

Books* read this year: 290

Books bought: 9

Books acquired: 2

Ebooks acquired: 13

So there you have it – the end of another year’s reading.  You can see the full list of 2014 books here thanks to Goodreads – so you can find out what I read before the blog started.

As I mentioned in yesterday’s New Year’s Resolutions post, the format of this monthly review post will be changing in 2015 – so this is the final one in this style.  I’m hoping the revised version will be easier for me to put together, more engaging to read etc.  This blog is very much a learning process for me – and I don’t think the current format, though I’ve stuck with it through til the end of the year has been doing what I wanted it to.  And if you have any suggestions or requests please do put them in the comments.

* Total includes some short stories/novellas (8 this month – mainly Christmas themed!)