Monday, 9 May 2022

The May Library Book Photo

 Last Thursday I came home from the library van with this good haul of books that I'd requested online. Good thing there are several as the next visit in 4 weeks is cancelled due to it now being the Queens Bank Holiday. Doubt these will last me 8 weeks - that will give me a chance to read something from my shelves. 

Anyway, as usual they are mostly crime fiction including two that will be brilliant, others that will be very good and one I don't know about plus two non-fiction for browsing

From the left is a book about the work of print-maker Angela Harding. (About time it arrived - it went walkabout for 3 months!)
 Next the new books by Rory Clements and Jacqueline Winspear. Then a book about Ladybird books. Next is the latest by Robin Blake set in 1740's Preston.Then on the bottom on the right is an old Donna Leon that I've not read.  
Patricia Hall is a crime author I used to read years ago. Then there are two D.E.Stevenson's both Furrowed Middlebrow re-prints and Post After Postmortem is a British Library Crime Classic reprint by one of their best authors. 
Murder at Claridges by Jim Eldridge is the most recent by this relatively new-to-me author and on the top of the pile is the one I have no idea about. It's by Rachael Blok - must have been mentioned somewhere.

 It's the Rory Clements and the Jacqueline Winspear that I'm most excited to read.

 

In April I brought home all this lot and have kept the Spirit of the Blitz as it's not exactly riveting  reading, so I'm reading a bit at a time.

 

9 read  and listed on the Books Read 2022 page. 4 Returned un-read including the Jan Morris posthumous book which was a bit odd. I flicked through the cookery book but had seen it before.


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Sue


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  1. Bovey Belle9 May 2022 at 07:52

    Gosh, you must read all day long to get through that lot! Because I am always so busy I am lucky to read a book a fortnight. Reading another brilliant Welsh-orientated book "Jane Evans" by Christine Purkis. Set firstly in Wales (Drovers journey) and then the Crimea. Recommended.

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    1. Sue in Suffolk9 May 2022 at 08:22

      I usually only read in the evenings averaging two books a week. I'll check out that author

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  2. Joan (Devon)9 May 2022 at 08:53

    The Ladybird book looks like one I had which I passed on to my Grand-daughter. At the moment I am reading the Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan, not my usual type of book, but it is what the said Grand-daughter is reading and I expressed an interest. I've read the first and about to read the second.

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    1. Sue in Suffolk9 May 2022 at 11:33

      I haven't had a look at the Ladybird designs book yet - looked up the author you mentioned - bit weird for me

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  3. Hilary9 May 2022 at 09:50

    I have been listening to the Rory Clements series , out of order though, but do not think it matters that much. They are very good.

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    1. Sue in Suffolk9 May 2022 at 11:34

      He writes so well, a bit violent sometimes but good stories

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  4. thelma9 May 2022 at 10:25

    Now you have put me in a dilemma. Just checked Rory Clements on Audible and there is a whole load of books. Which should I start with I woder.

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    1. Sue in Suffolk9 May 2022 at 11:31

      At the beginning! Look on Fantastic Fiction website for the first in this series - they are brilliant

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    2. thelma9 May 2022 at 16:03

      Thanks for that, I have Corpus in my reading list now.

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  5. Lyssa Medana9 May 2022 at 10:34

    That looks like some good reading.

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  6. Marcia9 May 2022 at 15:23

    Just read the Winspear book. It was much better than her last one in that series. I enjoyed it a lot.

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  7. Susan9 May 2022 at 16:01

    Your library is brilliant at collecting the books you prefer and making them easily available to you. Two books a week is good reading. Are the books sitting in your leather reading chair? That chair looks very comfortable. I might have the twin. (Stressless leather recliner in large.)

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    1. Sue in Suffolk10 May 2022 at 11:19

      It's brilliant being able to order online, requested books move around the county by van to where theyve been ordered and can be returned to any Suffolk library. A good way of moving stock around

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  8. Anonymous9 May 2022 at 20:09

    Nothing makes me happier than a stack of books.

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    1. Sue in Suffolk10 May 2022 at 11:20

      My library photos are definitely Happy Photos!

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  9. Traveller9 May 2022 at 21:51

    Looks like a great set of books…have read a few of them

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  10. Chris9 May 2022 at 22:52

    I always get good suggestions from your library book photos. I'm currently working through Peter May novels - an author I knew nothing of until your April photo!

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    1. Sue in Suffolk10 May 2022 at 11:22

      I've only read a few of his books so far, some are a bit odd or violent can't remember which

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  11. Ellen D.9 May 2022 at 23:17

    I just finished A Sunlit Weapon and really enjoyed it. I love those Maisie Dobbs books by Winspear. I have been reading the Peter Diamond series by Peter Lovesey and I like them!

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    1. Sue in Suffolk10 May 2022 at 11:22

      I know that will be a good read - they've all been brilliant

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  12. Sharon10 May 2022 at 02:33

    Wow what a wonderful lot of books! The Year Unfolding sounds interesting. I am still plodding my way through some of the books in the house though I have been sorely tempted to buy some new ones! I might have to check out the library instead.

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    1. Sue in Suffolk10 May 2022 at 11:23

      Her prints are so good I shall enjoy browsing through

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  13. Jackie10 May 2022 at 03:19

    Great haul of reading material. I may just have to add a few of those titles to my reading list.

    God bless.

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