Lady Tan's Circle of Women ~ Lisa See

 

**

If this had been my first Lisa See it probably would have been my last.

Yes, there was history but it was repetitive and laboured  (mostly re bound feet and medial practices in early China) 

Everyone This Christmas Has A Secret ~ Benjamin Stevenson

 

The Proof Of My Innocence ~ Jonathan Coe

 

Devil Makes Three ~ Ben Fountain

 DNF

Orbital ~ Samantha Harvey

 ****

2024 BOOKER PRIZE WINNER

A novella really, but it took so long to read!  It is like reading non-fiction, where every idea, every sentence, every character is nuanced and needs consideration.

An unusual, surprising and interesting read.

Goodreads : "A book of wonder, Orbital is nature writing from space and an unexpected and profound love letter to life on Earth"

Isolation Island ~ Louise Minchin

 

Down Cemetery Road ~ Mick Herron

OK

This was the first in the series.  Man! it would have to get better!!

So freakin cliched, So boring, So not Slow Horses!!!

This review on Goodreads says it well :

I guess when you chose to read a schlocky novel that has something to do with cartoonish assassins, British military spies, hard-bitten lady detectives, and a dim-witted heroine, you deserve what you get

Good Night Irene ~ Luis Alberto Urrea

 A total bleh disappointment from one of my favourite authors.

Schmaltzy

Playground ~ Richard Powers

 

The Silent Patient ~ Alex Michaelides

 

Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books ~ Kirsten Miller

 

Dusk ~ Robbie Arnott

 

The Bandit Queens ~ Parini Shroff

 

The Adversary ~ Michael Crummey

 

Tell Me Everything ~ Elizabeth Strout

 

*** LIKE

Not my favourite in the Olive Kitterage and Lucy Barton series and at times it really annoyed mewith irrelevant babble.  

We Solve Murders ~ Richard Osman

 

The Ministry of Time ~ Kaliane Bradley

 

The Examiner ~ Janice Hallett

 

The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane ~ Lisa See

 

The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels ~ Janice Hallett