Books - August 2024
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smallhobbit7 books this month so I'm nicely on target for the year.
Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells
The third book in the Murderbot series and just as enjoyable as the previous two. Next year I plan to read the rest of the series - I have copies, or have access to them (since I bought them for J!).
Wolf to the Slaughter by Ruth Rendell
I read this as one of the alternatives for the Shedunnit choice for pre-2000 writers, since I couldn't face another P D James, and it was available in the library. This is the third book in Rendell's Wexford series. I hadn't read any of her books before, but it didn't click for me, so I won't be reading any more.
Stories for Summer: and Days by the Pool edited by Simon Thomas
I'm planning on reading some of the British Library Women's Writers series. These are works by women writers from the early and mid twentieth century. I began with this collection of seasonal short stories, which on the whole I enjoyed.
A Girl's Guide to Winning the War by Annie Lyons
I enjoy Annie Lyons' books, she has some interesting female characters who I really want to do well, so when I received a library notification there was a new book coming out, I had my reservation in. This is set in WWII, with Peggy and Marigold working in a department designed to produce leaflets encouraging those on the home front. While they are the main characters the families and others around them all become individuals. There's romance, of various sorts, and it all brings a sense of reality to the story.
Auntie Lee's Chilled Revenge by Ovidia Yu
Having not particularly enjoyed the last Auntie Lee book, if I hadn't already had a copy I wouldn't have read this. But in fact I did enjoy it and I suspect Yu improved in the series.
Memoirs of an Infantry Officer by Siegfried Sassoon
One of the standard WWI books written by a poet who survived, despite being a Second Lieutenant in the trenches. Reading his account of trench warfare was interesting and likewise seeing the views of those back home who were unaware of the conditions, and perhaps preferred not to know. However, the book ends before Sassoon was sent to Craiglockhart and I would have liked to have read about that.
Death at the Chase by Michael Innes
A Sir John Appleby novel (number 25). I really don't get on with the Appleby stories and only read this because it was available at the library. I doubt I'll read any more.
Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells
The third book in the Murderbot series and just as enjoyable as the previous two. Next year I plan to read the rest of the series - I have copies, or have access to them (since I bought them for J!).
Wolf to the Slaughter by Ruth Rendell
I read this as one of the alternatives for the Shedunnit choice for pre-2000 writers, since I couldn't face another P D James, and it was available in the library. This is the third book in Rendell's Wexford series. I hadn't read any of her books before, but it didn't click for me, so I won't be reading any more.
Stories for Summer: and Days by the Pool edited by Simon Thomas
I'm planning on reading some of the British Library Women's Writers series. These are works by women writers from the early and mid twentieth century. I began with this collection of seasonal short stories, which on the whole I enjoyed.
A Girl's Guide to Winning the War by Annie Lyons
I enjoy Annie Lyons' books, she has some interesting female characters who I really want to do well, so when I received a library notification there was a new book coming out, I had my reservation in. This is set in WWII, with Peggy and Marigold working in a department designed to produce leaflets encouraging those on the home front. While they are the main characters the families and others around them all become individuals. There's romance, of various sorts, and it all brings a sense of reality to the story.
Auntie Lee's Chilled Revenge by Ovidia Yu
Having not particularly enjoyed the last Auntie Lee book, if I hadn't already had a copy I wouldn't have read this. But in fact I did enjoy it and I suspect Yu improved in the series.
Memoirs of an Infantry Officer by Siegfried Sassoon
One of the standard WWI books written by a poet who survived, despite being a Second Lieutenant in the trenches. Reading his account of trench warfare was interesting and likewise seeing the views of those back home who were unaware of the conditions, and perhaps preferred not to know. However, the book ends before Sassoon was sent to Craiglockhart and I would have liked to have read about that.
Death at the Chase by Michael Innes
A Sir John Appleby novel (number 25). I really don't get on with the Appleby stories and only read this because it was available at the library. I doubt I'll read any more.
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