On the blog last week
Tuesday – This week’s Top Ten Tuesday was a freebie and given the date (1st July) I came up with Books That Are The First In A Series. I also did a Mid-Year Check-in on my bookish goals this year.
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. I also published my review of historical novel One Good Thing by Georgia Hunter.
Thursday – I shared my Top 3 June 2025 Reads.
Saturday – I took part in the #6Degrees of Separation meme forging a book chain from Theory & Practice by Michelle de Kretser to Talland House by Maggie Humm. I also published my review of Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson, one of the books on my list for 20 Books of Summer 2025.
New on my shelves
The Predicament by William Boyd (Viking via NetGalley)
Gabriel Dax, travel writer and accidental spy, is back in the shadows. Unable to resist the allure of his MI6 handler, Faith Green, he has returned to a life of secrets and subterfuge. Dax is sent to Guatemala under the guise of covering a tinderbox presidential election, where the ruthless decisions of the Mafia provoke pitch-black warfare in collusion with the CIA.
As political turmoil erupts, Gabriel’s reluctant involvement deepens. His escape plan leads him to West Berlin, where he uncovers a chilling realisation: there is a plot to assassinate magnetic young President John F. Kennedy. In a race against time, Gabriel must navigate deceit and danger, knowing that the stakes have never been higher.
Brick Dust by Craig Jordan=Baker (eARC, epoque press)
This sprawling saga of family and class is told by an enigmatic narrator, a hoarder of documents, who is trying to lay out a history of the Nacullian family. As the jumble of their lives is pieced together we witness them migrate, marry, work up library fines, die, build bridges and Morris dance.
Brick Dust is a comedic tale about the struggle to make something solid, when all we have is dust?
What I’m currently reading
I’m listening to the audiobook of The Mirror & the Light by Hilary Mantel from my 20 Books of Summer list, I’m reading The Last Apartment in Istanbul by Defne Suman from my NetGalley shelf and a review copy, Green Ink by Stephen May.
Look out for…
- Book Review: The Mare by Angharad Hampshire
- Book Review: A Beautiful Way to Die by Eleni Kyriacou
- Book Review: Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
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