Mixed Bag

I can’t believe it has been 3 months since I last added to the blog, and I am ashamed to realise how little I have been reading. However, I did read some really great books and they were from a wide range of genres, hence the title of the post.

A few months back a friend, who has recently emigrated to Canada, presented our book group with five books by Canadian authors to choose from. She very deliberately ignored the most famous authors that we would probably know and love. We opted for this one and I now have a new author to read more from.

This one has received a lot of press so you probably have it on your radar. If you have a hardback copy you’ll realise (once you’ve read a bit of the book) that the design of the cover under the dust jacket is a hidden easter egg.

My first W. Somerset Maugham title yet not my last!

‘Folk Horror’ is a term I have seen and heard a few times recently and this falls under that umbrella. I have to admit to being hooked in by the cover but if that means someone reads a book they would not have considered otherwise, surely that is not something to sneer at.

Dystopian fiction has become a bit of a recurring theme for me and this one is probably the touchstone for many writers. Utterly brilliant.

Another author I will be reading more of is Rebecca Stead. This is an extraordinary children’s/teen book.

A fun fantasy adventure for children from 1935. Ideally one to read just before Christmas to fully appreciate the setting of the book.

The new Stephanie Plum book by Janet Evanovich was devoured in one sitting. It is very rare for me to laugh aloud but most books in this series have managed it.

Now I plan to sit in my living room, sunshine flooding in, attacking the huge pile of library books I have that gets added to almost daily but seems to never diminish!

Wishing you all some fantastic books to read. If you don’t enjoy it, give yourself permission to abandon it. Life is short and there are more books than you can ever get through.