May was a good reading month with several 5-star reads, including a few books I have not had time to review:
Children’s books
Mollie’s Choice by Helen Barber - a delightful school story set in the other Durham
Just Ella by Margaret Peterson Haddix - a retelling of Cinderella
Enemy Brothers by Constance Savery - set during WWII (my review)
YA
Counting Down with You by Tashie Bhuiyan - a Muslim girl in New York is asked to tutor the high school bad boy with predictable but enjoyable results, amid the added complications of an interracial relationship
The Academy, Book 1 by C.J. Daly - my review
Sisterland by Linda Newbery - a dual timeline story by the author of The Key to Flambards
Suspense
Rubbernecker by Belinda Bauer - my review
The Perfect Couple by Jackie Kabler - my review
Hideaway by Nora Roberts - after ten-year-old Caitlyn is kidnapped, she manages to rescue herself but the ramifications of the event follow her into adulthood
Fer-de-Lance by Rex Stout - the first in the Nero Wolfe series - my review
Her Last Holiday by C.L. Taylor - my review
Historical Fiction
The London Restoration by Rachel McMillan - Diana worked at Bletchley Park during WWII and has one final post-war assignment
Band of Sisters by Lauren Willig - a group of Smith alumnae heads to WWI France to assist several small villages - my review
Fiction
The House on the Strand by Daphne du Maurier - my review
The Parasites by Daphne du Maurier - my review
Nora Webster by Colm Tóibín - my June book club read
Romance
Meet Cute by Helena Hunting - not as cute as the author or I hoped
6 comments:
That is a lot of books for the month. And a good mix, as usual.
I am glad that you gave one of the Nero Wolfe books a try. Fer-de-Lance is my favorite book in the series, but there are readers who don't care for it so much.
I hope that someday I can read more Daphne de Maurier. I only remember reading Rebecca, although I could have read a few more and forgotten them. I have forgotten which books I read in my youth.
A good reading month, Constance. I read Fer-de-Lance several years ago and while I liked it, I wasn't smitten and haven't read any more. I've read quite a lot of Daphne Du Maurier and, given her love of Cornwall, I really should try to read a biography. I've read Myself When Young but it only goes up to a certain age and it might be interesting to read about her life from another point of view. Although I did read one blog post years ago where someone who did said they wished they hadn't as they ended up not liking her very much. I was curious as to why but never did anything about it.
I enjoyed Band of Sisters.
You had a great reading month. I try to review each book right after I read it. Right now I have three books sitting next to me that I need to review...if only I'd reviewed each one right after I finished it.
That's a great reading month, well done!
I have to pick up Rubbernecker from the library on Monday, so I'm looking forward to that. You did have a good reading month.
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