July books
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pandop 30: Magpie Murders Anthony Horowitz [Kindle]
Our June read in the Shedunnit read is generally a modern 'golden era style' mystery - overall I liked this, even though it didn't quite live up to my expectations, I think it might be he writes better for tv than for print. Good discussion on the forum.
31: Estates: an intimate history Lynsey Hanley
Interesting, but already a bit dated as things have changed so much in the last few years (not least that shopping in Aldi isn't reserved for the poor). Would have been more interesting if she had managed to look at a council estate in a smaller town - and if she'd had less of a chip on her shoulder
32: Fake Law: the truth about justice in an age of lies The Secret Barrister [Kindle]
Absolutely brilliant - definitely lived up to the expectations I had from twitter/blog posts. Absolutely enraging too - the media and politicians have even more to answer for than I thought they did.
33: 4:50 from Paddington Agatha Christie
July read for the Shedunnit book club, and a re-read for me (once I had found it in the last of the boxes of books to be unpacked). I do love the set up of this, but it feels as though some steps have been missed at the end. As is often the case with the Queens of Crime, there were loads of editions and some of the best discussion was on the book cover thread - we are still at a collective loss as to why one edition seems to feature venus fly traps overlaid on the rail tracks ...
Our June read in the Shedunnit read is generally a modern 'golden era style' mystery - overall I liked this, even though it didn't quite live up to my expectations, I think it might be he writes better for tv than for print. Good discussion on the forum.
31: Estates: an intimate history Lynsey Hanley
Interesting, but already a bit dated as things have changed so much in the last few years (not least that shopping in Aldi isn't reserved for the poor). Would have been more interesting if she had managed to look at a council estate in a smaller town - and if she'd had less of a chip on her shoulder
32: Fake Law: the truth about justice in an age of lies The Secret Barrister [Kindle]
Absolutely brilliant - definitely lived up to the expectations I had from twitter/blog posts. Absolutely enraging too - the media and politicians have even more to answer for than I thought they did.
33: 4:50 from Paddington Agatha Christie
July read for the Shedunnit book club, and a re-read for me (once I had found it in the last of the boxes of books to be unpacked). I do love the set up of this, but it feels as though some steps have been missed at the end. As is often the case with the Queens of Crime, there were loads of editions and some of the best discussion was on the book cover thread - we are still at a collective loss as to why one edition seems to feature venus fly traps overlaid on the rail tracks ...