Books read in July

July was quite a good reading month for me - 11 books read in all. To be honest I've come to the conclusion that my reading speed has increased. My average used to be 5 to 7 books, whereas it's now 9 to 11. Even when long books are included, and there were two over 500 pages last month, I still manage the same number. I didn't know this could happen but it clearly has, so there you go.

Anyway, these are the books I read in July:

58. Sovereign by C.J. Sansom

59. Charlotte Fairlie by D.E. Stevenson

60. The Rendezvous and Other Stories by Daphne du Maurier

61. The Library edited by Rebecca Gray

62. Sanctus by Simon Toyne

63. The Overloaded Ark by Gerald Durrell

64. Helliconia Summer by Brian W. Aldiss

65. Lorraine Kelly's Scotland by Lorraine Kelly

66. The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches by Alan Bradley

67. A Shilling for Candles by Josephine Tey

68. For the Time Being by Dirk Bogarde

Quality-wise I consider it be a good month of reading. All these books were good, some very good, some, like the new Flavia de Luce were like visiting old friends. I've tried and I can't pick a favourite. Three or four were stand-out excellent such as Sovereign by C.J. Sansom and For the Time being by Dirk Bogarde. Others were just simply charming like The Dead in their Vaulted Arches (the new Flavia) by Alan Bradley, Charlotte Fairlie by D.E. Stevenson, Lorraine Kelly's Scotland, and The Overloaded Ark by Gerald Durrell. Helliconia Summer by Brian Aldiss was very readable classic science Fiction.

I am very pleased that of the 11 books I read last month 4 were non-fiction. That brings my total this year to 15. It's not 'brilliant' but it's actually not bad and I'll continue to make the effort to read a few non fiction volumes every month.

I hope August is a good reading month for you.

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