Whoop Whoop - so many crime! A lovely collection of books picked up last week. I'm sure I won't run out before the van is round again this time. They are all books that I'd reserved online.
There's just one non fiction on the left ' The Bookseller of Hay' which is about Richard Booth the man who more or less started The Town of Books at Hay on Wye. One of the crime novels is a new to me author and Andrew Taylor is an author I've tried umpteen times and never managed to finish and two more are British Library Crime Classics. The Lake House by Kate Morton is the only fiction that isn't crime but the three I'm most looking forward to are those by Christina Koning from the Blind Detective series, they weren't all requested or reserved at the same time but have arrived together.
Last month I collected these below and ran out of reading well before the van came this time. 5 out of the 8 were read properly and one skimmed through. Info about those I read are on the Books Read 2025 page.
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A good selection now that’s it’s dark earlier and it’s lovely to cosy up with a good book. Catriona
ReplyDeleteHalf dark here all day today, got jobs done and then reading - no chance of garden clearing
DeleteI remember the Hay king Richard Booth, he never did get his kingdom of the ground though.. Think I have listened to all Anne Cleese on Audible, I do tend to get stuck in a trend.
ReplyDeleteThis is the new Ann Cleeves with Jimmy Perez back but moved away from Shetland
DeleteIt is getting good reviews on the Internet
DeleteI've recently discovered Kate Morton and I really enjoyed the two novels by her I've read so far. Long stories but very engrossing.
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I'm new to Kate Morton too - this will be the second I've read
DeleteI have A Case of Mice and Murder on my Kindle to read this autumn too, I've heard it's very good. Fingers crossed!
ReplyDeleteI must have seen mention of it on a blog as it's not an author I know - fingers crossed for a good read
DeleteI enjoyed The Lake House, got mired down in her Riverton book.
ReplyDeleteI think it was the Riverton book that was much hyped years ago that put me off reading her books - but giving them a go now
DeleteHello Sue,
ReplyDeleteFor many years we lived in Herefordshire and Hay-on-Wye was a favourite place to visit and browse the bookshops which, over the years, increased significantly. Richard Booth was the self-styled King of Hay, eccentric, but he certainly put the place on the literary map. The Hay Festival remains today a wonderfully eclectic celebration of the written word.
My late husband and I went to Hay on Wye many many times - living on the east coast we always went west for our holidays.
DeleteIt looks like your Christmas reading is starting early this year. :-)
ReplyDeleteIt's a bit worrying that there are so many so long before Christmas, I'm needing to reserve lots more to guarantee a good selection in the December library van visit !
DeleteHappy reading!
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DeleteI really enjoyed Mice and Murder and have just bought the follow up - saving it for another day. Starting my book, chocolates, comfy chair and a warm fire plan for cold winter days, more books to go in the box later I hope. Enjoy your books Sue. Elaine in Portsmouth
ReplyDeleteI'm hoping I'll enjoy it - a new to me author
DeleteSome writers there I don't know. Also a McCall Smith I haven't read. Noted, thank you.
ReplyDeleteBrand New No 1 Detective Agency - always a sunny read
DeleteI always love your library posts! They're my favorites. I need to find Koenig here -- she's not in our stores.
ReplyDeleteChristina Koning books are new, reprinted with different covers and titles and previously she called herself A C Koning (or C A Koning!)
DeleteI'm heading to the library this morning to pick up some books on hold for me. This is a good time of year for reading.
ReplyDeleteHope the ones you fetch are all good to read
DeleteBeing able to read is one of the things I miss most. Even the Radio Times escapes me now. Thank goodness for text to speech.
ReplyDeleteI would miss it terribly too .Best wishes to you
DeleteThat is a good collection and number of books. Running out of library reading materials is hard, especially during the winter months.
ReplyDeleteFortunately, the library book delivery systems seem to continue on very well.
I have lots of my own to read when I run out but deciding which is the problem!
DeleteHave you read any books by Flynn Berry? I just finished Northern Spy and it was well done. I have to admit I flipped to the end because I needed to know. Then I dreamed about it so woke early on Sunday and sat down to finish it. I checked out another by her called Under the Harrow. Hope it's as good.
ReplyDeleteThat's an author I don't know, although I'm always wary of US authors writing books set in this country
DeleteKeith and I met Richard Booth once when if I remember correctly, he was still at the Castle. He asked if me if I was broadminded, and then proceeded to tell the most disgusting joke I've ever heard. We were NOT impressed by him.
ReplyDeleteImpressive collection of library books, You shouldn't run out this month!
Oh dear, he doesn't sound a nice man! I've no idea what the book will be like but hope it's readable although there are plenty of others to read if not.
DeleteIt's interesting that your library doesn't use call letters for the fiction -- just genre labels. Seems like it would be hard to find the books on the shelves. But maybe they file by author's last name (CLE for Cleeves, for example) and just don't spell it out on a label?
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