Jo at The Book Jotter is hosting Six in Six again and I’ve decided to take part, it’s an enjoyable look back at what I’ve been reading over the first six months of the year. Joanne always suggests lots of possibilities of categories and I’m taking advantage of most of her suggestion.
Six authors new to me:
Rachel Ferguson – A Footman for the Peacock
The Life and Death of Harriett Frean by May Sinclair
Charles Spencer – Killers of the King
Flora Fraser – Pretty Young Rebel
Six books that took me by the hand and led me into the past:
The Revolt of the Eaglets by Jean Plaidy
Sword at Sunset by Rosemary Sutcliff
The Winter List by S.G. MacLean
Across the Barricades by Joan Lingard
The Secrets of Blythswood Square by Sara Sheridan
A Footman for the Peacock by Rachel Ferguson
Six books from the non fiction shelf:
Notes from Walnut Tree Farm by Roger Deakin
Pretty Young Rebel by Flora Fraser
Landmarks by Robert Macfarlane
Six books by Scottish authors:
The Redemption of Alexander Seaton by Shona MacLean
Green Willow’s Secret by Eileen Dunlop
The Fall of Kelvin Walker by Alasdair Gray
The Tenement by Iain Crichton Smith
Squeaky Clean by Callum McSorley
Six vintage crime books:
Suddenly at His Residence by Christianna Brand
Green for Dander by Christianna Brand
Someone from the Past by Margot Bennet
Somebody at the Door by Raymond Postgate
Post After Post Mortem by E.C.R. Lorac
Six book titles containing female names:
Consider the Lily by Elizabeth Buchan
Harriet Said by Beryl Bainbridge
Eustacia at the Chalet School by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer
Dimsie Grows Up by Dorita Fairlie Bruce
The Life and Death of Harriet Frean
Thank you Jo for hosting this, it’s always useful to have a look back. I’ve been reading a lot of historical fiction over the past six months, more than usual I think. For the rest of 2024 I plan to mix things up a bit more, but reading plans often ‘gang agley’ – as we all know!