Back to school peeps!!!!
We survived the summer, heatwave and all and now all we have left is pics on our phone never to be printed and an ever fading peeling tan line.
Autumn rustles up images of snuggles with a good book and a crackling fire as the dark nights approach, I don't have a fire however so will have to make do with the rustling of washing drying over radiators. To compensate for this the books added to my shelf this month have been:
The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion is the follow on to the very good The Rosie Project we reviewed in 2014.
The Project prompted one of our Book Club Mugs but will the Effect be as good?
The Most Beautiful Walk by John Baxter is only on loan to me (mental note to self must read it soon!) Another non fiction venture for me this time about the wanderings of Baxter around Paris. I am only sorry I didn't get chance to read whilst in France as I love a good location read.
The Crow Road by Iain Banks was one I decided I had to have after hearing too many people rating it too highly to not have it somewhere on my To Read Shelf. Duly added.
I also received a lovely little package from Urbane Publications containing two books, The Soldier's Home by George Costigan and Wyld Dreamers by Pamela Holmes. The internal artwork on both are particularly beautiful and if the writing is anywhere near as good I'm a lucky girl.
Last but not least was a Blog Tour book Paris in the Dark by Robert Olen Butler. Check out my review for it in November!
I kicked off September by reading The Continuity Girl by Patrick Kincaid for a Blog Tour. An excellent reverse take on the classic romantic comedy genre featuring the Loch Ness Monster, Sherlock Holmes and a pine martin.
How We Remember by J.M Monaco was also a Blog Tour book covering mental illness, grief, abuse and complex family dynamics. A brilliant one to review by a book club. Hint hint Cramlington Book Club members!
The Lion Tamer Who Lost by Louise Beech was next up. It was my favourite read of the month (think that might become a new thing!) and it's already been stolen off my shelf by my mum desperate to read it as well.
A break from Blog Tours saw me finally getting round to reading The Little Friend by Donna Tartt. It was brilliantly written (of course, it is Tartt) but for me it never really decided what it wanted to be. Who else finds the cover disturbing? And should I read The Secret History?
My last Blog Tour book in a month of Blog Tours was After He Died by Michael J Malone. A tense twisty thriller that reminded me just how much I had missed this genre.
The Book Club's Book of the Month was The Monogram Murders - Sophie Hannah's first take on Poirot. She nailed the character but did the group think she nail the book?
Finally I was left with just enough time to squeeze in Being Simon Haines by Tom Vaughan MacAulay. A timely read for me about a solicitor pondering his life choices. Reading it I can definitely say I made the right choice!
Happy autumn reading!
We survived the summer, heatwave and all and now all we have left is pics on our phone never to be printed and an ever fading peeling tan line.
Autumn rustles up images of snuggles with a good book and a crackling fire as the dark nights approach, I don't have a fire however so will have to make do with the rustling of washing drying over radiators. To compensate for this the books added to my shelf this month have been:
The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion is the follow on to the very good The Rosie Project we reviewed in 2014.
The Project prompted one of our Book Club Mugs but will the Effect be as good?
The Most Beautiful Walk by John Baxter is only on loan to me (mental note to self must read it soon!) Another non fiction venture for me this time about the wanderings of Baxter around Paris. I am only sorry I didn't get chance to read whilst in France as I love a good location read.
The Crow Road by Iain Banks was one I decided I had to have after hearing too many people rating it too highly to not have it somewhere on my To Read Shelf. Duly added.
I also received a lovely little package from Urbane Publications containing two books, The Soldier's Home by George Costigan and Wyld Dreamers by Pamela Holmes. The internal artwork on both are particularly beautiful and if the writing is anywhere near as good I'm a lucky girl.
Last but not least was a Blog Tour book Paris in the Dark by Robert Olen Butler. Check out my review for it in November!
I kicked off September by reading The Continuity Girl by Patrick Kincaid for a Blog Tour. An excellent reverse take on the classic romantic comedy genre featuring the Loch Ness Monster, Sherlock Holmes and a pine martin.
How We Remember by J.M Monaco was also a Blog Tour book covering mental illness, grief, abuse and complex family dynamics. A brilliant one to review by a book club. Hint hint Cramlington Book Club members!
The Lion Tamer Who Lost by Louise Beech was next up. It was my favourite read of the month (think that might become a new thing!) and it's already been stolen off my shelf by my mum desperate to read it as well.
A break from Blog Tours saw me finally getting round to reading The Little Friend by Donna Tartt. It was brilliantly written (of course, it is Tartt) but for me it never really decided what it wanted to be. Who else finds the cover disturbing? And should I read The Secret History?
My last Blog Tour book in a month of Blog Tours was After He Died by Michael J Malone. A tense twisty thriller that reminded me just how much I had missed this genre.
The Book Club's Book of the Month was The Monogram Murders - Sophie Hannah's first take on Poirot. She nailed the character but did the group think she nail the book?
Finally I was left with just enough time to squeeze in Being Simon Haines by Tom Vaughan MacAulay. A timely read for me about a solicitor pondering his life choices. Reading it I can definitely say I made the right choice!
Happy autumn reading!
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