Well, Wimbledon started with good tennis and a lot of heat, hot here in Suffolk too - love it!
Collected last week from the library van, just 5 that I'd reserved and one I spotted on the shelves.
Decided to read (or re-read from 50 years ago) another Nevil Shute. There's books from authors I know ............... Kristin Hannah, Christina Koning and Katy Watson but the 'Clues in the Fjord' is a new to me author and a translation from Finnish or Icelandic - not sure which and not sure I'll like it and finally the book by Jenny Pearson is a children's book that looked interesting as it's set in WWII.
Last time (when the mobile didn't come but they kindly sent my books to Stowmarket) there were 15 and I've written about those I read on the Books Read 2025 page. Some went back unread as I just couldn't get into them and there is still one here to read.
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| Three of the these read, four still here and the rest returned unread. |
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| Enjoyed all these four |
I went online to reserve some more books but discovered the online reserving thingy wasn't working, thankfully it was only off for a week or so. I'm enjoying the re-reading of the Nevil Shute book so have already reserved another.
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The Icelandic book will make for 'cooling' reading! All snow and ice... I found it a fascinating insight into a whole different culture. The food though... I'm not sure I'd enjoy the meals! I've just started the next in the series. It's still snowing...
ReplyDeleteSatu is a quite common Finnish name, I have known a few Satu's being a Finn myself. I found the Katie Fforde book not as interesting as some of her other books and have found this with several other similar authors who I enjoyed earlier but not so much now.
ReplyDeleteWhy I'm anonymous I don't know. Tuuliika
ReplyDeleteI remember reading A Town Like Alice years ago and being blown away by it, but I have never come across any more books by Nevil Shute. You've made me think that it might be worth the effort to seek some out.
ReplyDeleteI recently read a book which was flagged up as a thriller, but turned out to be an insipid family drama. I stuck with it, but felt really cheated. There ought to be a law against misleading book blurbs!
The Alcarez / Fognini match was superb, wasn’t it? Must’ve been tough for both players in that heat!
ReplyDeleteI’m reading Hardy at the moment…quite hard going but I’m persevering!
Have a good week! 😁