I hope you all had a great weekend. I spent a very nice weekend with friends and catching up on my reading. I also spent a fun afternoon opening lots of packages that had recently arrived. Look at all of this book bounty:
If only I had more reading time. Some of these books I’d heard of and some are new to me. In case you can’t see some of the titles here is the list of the books:
- Billy and Me by Giovanna Fletcher. This looks like a fun love story
- More Bitter Than Death by Camilla Grebe and Åsa Träff. I believe is the second in a series set in Stockholm.
- The Why of Things by Elizabeth Hartley Winthrop. A story about a family struggling to cope in the aftermath of a daughter’s suicide.
- Me on the Floor, Bleeding by Jenny Jägerfeld. Another novel set in Sweden but this is a YA story. I’ve read lots of crime fiction but no YA so I’m looking forward to this one.
- A Conspiracy of Faith by Jussi Adler-Olsen. I read the first book in Detective Carl Mørck series and I’m sure it made it on one of my yearly favorites list so I have high hopes for this book.
- The President’s Hat by Antoine Laurain. A bestseller in France this book has been likened to Amélie, gives the essence of Paris like The Eleance of the Hedgehog and is reminiscent of Alan Bennett’s The Uncommon Reader. Sounds good right?
- The Suicide Shop by Jean Teulé. Set in the distant future when the environment is near destruction, a family runs a shop offering creative ways to end one’s life.
- The Case of the Deadly Butter Chicken by Tarquin Hall. I believe this is the third in the Vish Puri series. I loved the first one but had a bit of a hard time with the second. Let’s see how this one turns out.
- The Time Between by Karen White. I was lucky to discover Karen White via so many of you who’ve read and recommended her novels.With this story she explores the complicated bond between sisters.
- The River of No Return by Bee Ridgway. A historical adventure story about forbidden love and time travel.
Let me know if you’ve read any of these and what you thought. I tempted by all of them of course but right now I’m just getting started with another book.
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I recently got A Conspiracy of Faith on audio, but I guess it is a series? So you know what that means!
What a lovely pile of books! Some good reading to look forward to!
Yee-haw!!! That is a lovely, lovely stack. I think you have good things ahead.
Sandy – It is a series. You must read the first one – it’s excellent!
Stefanie – It’s great isn’t it… Thank goodness I recently cleared some space on the shelves 🙂
Andi @ Estella’s Revenge – I think so too 🙂
I haven’t had the chance to read any of these but I have read White before and enjoyed her. I think I even have another of her books on my shelf now that I say that 🙂 It looks like you have lots of good reading ahead of you! Enjoy!!
We must be on the same lists for I received Billy and Me, A Conspiracy of Faith, Time Between, and The River of No Return as well. I must say, I’m very anxious to start the last one because I’m crazy about a time travel book which is written well as this one promises to be. But, I also love a mystery and Jussi Adler-Olson has not disappointed yet with Mercy or Disgrace. Happy reading, Iliana!
Samantha – To think that if it hadn’t been for book bloggers I may not have discovered her! I’m looking forward to her new book!
Bellezza – Ha,ha… we must be! I loved the first Jussi Adler-Olson book but I will probably have to put this one on hold until I read the second. I gotta read them in order!
What an impressive pile of books! 🙂 That would make me very happy indeed. I also have the two books by French authors on my reading pile–they look quirky and fun!