I’ve banned myself from the library – again, which is just as well as I seem to be hauling home new to me books almost on a weekly basis. Yep I was book-mugged again.
I couldn’t say no to another Blackie’s book, this time it was –
1. A Book of Stories from the Norse.
Yet another Blackie book, complete with dustjacket is
2.St Catherine’s College by Angela Brazil
Two British Library Crime Classics jumped out at me:
3. The Colour of Murder by Julian Symons – and
4. The Christmas Card Crime – a book of short stories which I’ll keep for next Christmas reading.
and lastly, I was given a book by a friend as it was a doubler, he hadn’t remembered that he already had this one (we’ve all been there I’m sure)
5. Dunstan by Conn Iggulden
I’ve never read anything by that author before. Have you read any of these books?
I have been waiting for The Christmas Card Crime to come out in the US – but when I finally do get hold of a copy, I’ll probably save it for Christmas as well.
Lisa,
I was so pleased to get The Christmas Card Crime really cheap in a secondhand bookshop.
I mentally swear off the library regularly – so that I might have time to read all the books I own…..but I constantly give in and check out more books. ?
Julie,
Me too – and it’s just too easy to pop over to the Fife Libraries catalogue to reserve books that I’ve just read about on a blog. I’m trying really hard not to though!
Conn Iggulden was new to me too until just recently when I read a review of this book from FictionFan – not sure of you read her blog? Here’s her review anyway – https://fictionfanblog.wordpress.com/2019/04/10/dunstan-by-conn-iggulden/ She rates it very highly!
Sandra,
I drop in now and again to Fiction Fan but I’ve just subscribed. My friend Nigel who gave me the book is really keen on Iggulden, so I’m looking forward to this one.