But I have managed to read a few things that might interest any of you wanting a good read. As you may have noticed, I've been pre-occupied lately with murder mysteries, but I managed to get to at least three books from other genres.
The Nest, by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
The Age of Miracles, by Karen Thompson-Walker
Both of these were recommendations from my sister,and I enjoyed both. The Age of Miracles was a bit dark, I thought, but as my sister pointed out, really quite hopeful because of the adaptive abilities of people in the long run.
Inspector Lynley Series, by Elizabeth George:
- A Great Deliverance
- Payment in Blood
- Well Schooled in Murder
- A Suitable Vengeance
- For the Sake of Elena
- Missing Joseph
- Playing for the Ashes
- In the Presence of the Enemy
- Deception on his Mind
- In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner
- A Traitor to Memory
- A Place of Hiding
- With No One As Witness
- What Came Before He Shot Her
- Careless in Red
- This Body of Death
I find that the Inspector Lynley series is addictive, despite the length of the books, which can run to many hundreds of pages...although some, as always, are better than others. I have a soft spot for DS Barbara Havers, although I want to clean her house and get her a good haircut.
I am currently in the middle/starting of two other books:
Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses, by Robin Wall Kimmerer
A Great Reckoning, by Louise Penny (Inspector Gamache series)
I am also psyched to learn that the new Alan Bradley novel in the Flavia de Luce series is about to be released (September 20th), Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd. I'll be loading that on my Kindle as soon as possible, Flavia being one of the great child detectives in literature, right up there with Harriet the Spy...one of my childhood favourites.
Happy reading!
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