April Books
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pandop 12: Home Fire Kamila Shamsie
This was April's choice for my in-person book group, and it turned out to be a re-read (not that I remembered that when it was first announced) - I enjoyed it as much as I did the first time, and if anything it is even more relevant to recent news than it was the first time I read it. I had forgotten I was intending to read more by her.
13: Death on the Cherwell Mavis Doriel Hay [Kindle]
March's choice for the online book group, this was an enjoyable glimpse into the early life of a women's college at Oxford between the wars, as well as a pretty decent mystery (if a little Famous Five-ey at times) - would definitely read her previous mystery, and really want to read her textile books.
14: A haunt of murder Paul Doherty [Kindle]
This was the most supernatural of the stories I have read so far, very much as a convenient plot-point at the end, but a good mystery nonetheless, and links between the pilgrims grow. Looking forward to the final book in this series.
15: The laughing policeman Maj Sjowall/Per Wahloo [Kindle]
For the theme of mystery in translation, this is also a bit later than most of the books we read in the online book group (1968), and this was a lot darker in tone, both in the violence, and the sexist attitude towards women. I did enjoy the plot though, which was very much a police procedural, and warmed a little towards the main detective towards the end. Many of us had an edition with a Jonathan Franzen quote on the cover flagging up a twist on the last page ... and we discovered he doesn't know what at twist is!
This was April's choice for my in-person book group, and it turned out to be a re-read (not that I remembered that when it was first announced) - I enjoyed it as much as I did the first time, and if anything it is even more relevant to recent news than it was the first time I read it. I had forgotten I was intending to read more by her.
13: Death on the Cherwell Mavis Doriel Hay [Kindle]
March's choice for the online book group, this was an enjoyable glimpse into the early life of a women's college at Oxford between the wars, as well as a pretty decent mystery (if a little Famous Five-ey at times) - would definitely read her previous mystery, and really want to read her textile books.
14: A haunt of murder Paul Doherty [Kindle]
This was the most supernatural of the stories I have read so far, very much as a convenient plot-point at the end, but a good mystery nonetheless, and links between the pilgrims grow. Looking forward to the final book in this series.
15: The laughing policeman Maj Sjowall/Per Wahloo [Kindle]
For the theme of mystery in translation, this is also a bit later than most of the books we read in the online book group (1968), and this was a lot darker in tone, both in the violence, and the sexist attitude towards women. I did enjoy the plot though, which was very much a police procedural, and warmed a little towards the main detective towards the end. Many of us had an edition with a Jonathan Franzen quote on the cover flagging up a twist on the last page ... and we discovered he doesn't know what at twist is!