My Week in Books – 2nd June 2024 – What Cathy Read Next…

On What Cathy Read Next last week

Monday – I published my review of The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley.

Tuesday – This week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic was Books I Was Excited To Get But Still Haven’t Read.

Wednesday – As always WWW Wednesday is a weekly opportunity to share what I’ve just read, what I’m currently reading and what I plan to read next… and to take a peek at what others are reading.

Thursday – I published my review of The Zone of Interest by Martin Amis.

Friday – I made another visit Down The TBR Hole as a result of which my TBR pile is three (yes, a whole three!) books lighter.

Saturday – The first Saturday of the month means it’s time for #6Degrees of Separation. My book chain took me from Butter by Asako Yuzuki to The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert.

Book cover of The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

Book cover of The Zone of Interest by Martin Amis

New arrivals

Two book club picks…

Normal Rules Don’t Apply by Kate Atkinson (Penguin)

In this first full collection since Not the End of the World, we meet a queen who makes a bargain she cannot keep; a secretary who watches over the life she has just left; a man whose luck changes when a horse speaks to him.

With clockwork intricacy, inventiveness and sharp social observation, Kate Atkinson conjures a feast for the imagination, a constantly changing multiverse in which nothing is quite as it seems.

The Housekeepers by Alex Hay (Headline)

UPSTAIRS, MADAM IS PLANNING THE PARTY OF THE SEASON.

All eyes are on the grandest house in Mayfair as the countdown to their lavish summer ball begins. Everything must be perfect. But with the chandeliers gleaming and the cellars stocked, loyal housekeeper Mrs King is suddenly dismissed.

DOWNSTAIRS, THE SERVANTS ARE PLOTTING THE HEIST OF THE CENTURY.

As the clock strikes twelve on the night of the ball, Mrs King will return to strip the house of its riches – right under the nose of her former employer. And she knows just who to recruit to pull off the impossible: a bold alliance of women with nothing left to lose and every reason for revenge.