I’m very late in getting around to doing this Six in Six post which is hosted by Jo at The Book Jotter, better late than never though! Half-way through the year it’s a good time to look back at the books I’ve read already, and think about what I might be reading soon.
Six historical fiction books
1. Mary Anne by Daphne du Maurier
2. The Lion of Justice by Jean Plaidy
3. A Corruption of Blood by Ambrose Parry
4. The Market Square by Miss Read
5. The Wool Pack by Cynthia Harnett
6. Labour in Vain by Leon Garfield
Six books by new to me authors
1. The Girl from Bletchley Park by Kathleen McGurl
2. A Pin to See the Peepshow by F. Tennyson Jesse
3. Murder at Primrose Cottage by Merryn Allingham
4. Catch 22 by Joseph Heller
5. A Village in the Third Reich by Julia Boyd
6. Strange Journey by Maud Cairnes
Six by Scottish authors
1. Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart
2. News of the Dead by James Robertson
3. Sheiks and Adders by Michael Innes (still to be reviewed)
4. At the Loch of the Green Corrie by Andrew Greig
5. Midwinter by John Buchan
6. The Art of Dying by Ambrose Parry
Six crime fiction books
1. Scarweather by Anthony Rolls
2. Swing, Brother, Swing by Ngaio Marsh
3. Murder Most Vile by Eric Brown
4. The Locked Room by Elly Griffiths
5. The Dark Remains by William McIlvanney and Ian Rankin
6. Death on the Trans Siberian Express by C.J. Farrington
Six books written for children
1. Rosy Starling by Leon Garfield
2. Cherry Tree Perch by Jospehine Elder
3. Legions of the Eagle by Henry Treece
4. Gemma Alone by Noel Streatfeild
5. Dimsie Moves Up Again by Dorita Fairlie Bruce
6. Mullion by M.A. Allan
Six books that I intend to read soon
1. The Master of Ballantrae by R.L. Stevenson (Classics Club spin book)
2. Three Twins at the Crater School by Chaz Brenchley (about a girls’ boarding school set on Mars!)
3. A Certain Smile by Francois Sagan
4. The Shuttle by Frances Hodgson Burnett
5. The Little Bookroom by Eleanor Farjeon
6. Race of Scorpions by Dorothy Dunnett
I note down all the books I’ve read in a jotter as I finish them, with wee notes in the margins. It seems that I’ve only read four non-fiction books so far this year, so I hope to improve on that score over the second half of the year. Shockingly it looks like I’ve only read two books in translation – must do better!