Tag: to-read pile

Another really quite good week.  Three of the books were from last week’s early hours spending spree though, so not really backlog…

Read:

Sprinkle with Murder by Jenn McKinlay

Buttercream Bump Off by Jenn McKinlay

The A-Z of You and Me by James Hannah

A Murder of Magpies by Judith Flanders

The Governess Affair by Courtney Milan

Creature Comforts by Trisha Ashley

A Fatal Winter by GM Malliet

Started:

A Darker Shade of Magic by VE Schwab

Still reading:

n/a

I didn’t buy anything on nights! A miracle has occurred.  Perhaps my will power is improving.  Or not.

And this ladies and gentlemen is what a week of nightshifts – with train journeys and meal breaks where all you can do is read – will do for you.   Yes it’s lightweight reading, but I really enjoyed it – and it was just what I needed.

Read:

The Sleeping Salesman Enquiry by Anne Purser

The Ruby in the Smoke by Philip Pullman

Not Quite Darcy by Terri Meeker

Lost and Found by Brooke Davis

Earls Just Want to Have Fun by Shana Galen

A French Pirouette by Jennifer Bohnet

A Sinful Deception by Isabella Bradford

The Importance of Being Seven by Alexander McCall Smith

Never Judge a Lady by Her Cover by Sarah MacLean

The Truth about Lord Stoneville by Sabrina Jeffries

Return to Peyton Place by Grace Metalious

Started:

A Murder of Magpies by Judith Flanders

Still reading:

n/a

I bought 5 books in the early hours of Wednesday.  Oops.

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!

 

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!

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…

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.

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!

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.

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.

 

Turns out working the start of Christmas week – and then being back at work the day after Boxing Day means that I did a surprising amount of reading considering the time of year.

Read:

A Viennese Christmas by Lynn Crain

The Two Gentlemen of Altona by Lisa Henry and JA Rock

These Wonderful Rumours! by May Smith

Death Comes To The Village by Catherine Lloyd

Corduroy Mansions by Alexander McCall Smith

My Sister’s Song by Gail Carriger

Fairy Debt by Gail Carriger

Marine Biology by Gail Carriger

Started:

The Kennedy Wives by Amber Hunt and David Batcher

Spinsters in Jeopardy by Ngaio Marsh

Still reading:

More Fool Me by Stephen Fry

I bought ONE book this week (!) and three short stories and I only got given two for Christmas – so the to read pile hasn’t expanded the way I was worried it might.  We head towards 2015…