9. The Signature of All Things - Elizabeth Gilbert
10. A Life in Questions - Jeremy Paxman
11. Way Station - Clifford D. Simak
12. The Lost Girls - Heather Young
13. William the Conqueror - Richmal Crompton. Thirteen stories of 1920s mayhem with Just William and his loyal Outlaws getting up to all sorts of mischief. Great fun.
14. Jacquot and the Fifteen - Martin O'Brien
Not a bad mix of books, one excellent autobiography, one crime, one science fiction and I'm not sure how to categorise the other three... historical fiction and children's I imagine. Every single book was enjoyable, several of them outstandingly so. Thus I'm really struggling to pick a favourite. My head says The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert or The Lost Girls by Heather Young because both were so good. But really... when it comes down to it my heart tells me that this one had a very tiny edge:
I do love Martin O'Brien's Daniel Jacquot crime series, set in the south of France. So well written with a gorgeous sense of place and 'food'. Wonderful.
6 comments:
Glad you read some good quality books!
I thought I read Lost Girls but I guess not... so I added it to the wish list!
Hi Cath,
You had some great books this time and all by new to me authors, which is even more interesting, as I am always on the lookout for something new.
'The Signature Of All Things' is a must after the many exchanges we have enjoyed about the book.
'The Lost Girls' and 'Jacquot And The Fifteen' both sound intriguing enough to make it onto my list, so thanks for sharing :)
Yvonne
Kelly: Quality-wise, it was an outstanding month for me.
Pat: You have to read it!!!
Yvonne: Like you, I'm always on the lookout for new authors. Not that I don't already have heaps of them whose series I'm doggedly reading. LOL!
Those three books you mention are all ones I would recommend to anyone without too many reservations. Any reservations I do have (such as things that might offend) I always try to mention in my reviews. I would hate to be the cause of someone being upset by the content of a book I recommend. The fact that I'm upset by very little makes me ultra sensitive about that.
That was a good month! It's always good when it's a struggle to pick a favourite. I can see I'll have to try one of Martin O'Brien's books.
Margaret: It was indeed a good reading month. Not all of them are, as we know.
I would certainly recommend the Jacquot books to you as I think you might like them.
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