My Week in Books – 18th July 2021

MyWeekinBooks

On What Cathy Read Next last week

Blog posts

Monday – I published my review of For Lord and Land by Matthew Harffy as part of the blog tour.

Tuesday This week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic was Book Titles That Are Questions. I also shared my review as part of the blog tour for The Book of Echoes by Rosanna Amaka 

WednesdayWWW Wednesday is the opportunity to share what I’ve just read, what I’m currently reading and what I plan to read next… and to have a good nose around what others are reading. 

Thursday – I shared my review of Songbirds by Christy Lefteri

Friday – I published my review of World War 2 thriller Kyiv by Graham Hurley as part of the blog tour. 

Saturday – I shared my list for the latest Classics Club Spin. As I only have two books left on my Classics Club list  I’m aiming to read them both. 

As always, thanks to everyone who has liked, commented on or shared my blog posts on social media.


New arrivals

A Single RoseA Single Rose by Muriel Barbery, translated by Alison Anderson (ARC, courtesy of Gallic Books)

Rose has turned 40, but has barely begun to live. When the Japanese father she never knew dies and she finds herself an orphan, she leaves France for Kyoto to hear the reading of his will.

In the days before Haru’s last wishes are revealed, his former assistant, Paul, takes Rose on a tour of the temples, gardens and eating places of this unfamiliar city. Initially a reluctant tourist and awkward guest in her late father’s home, Rose gradually comes to discover Haru’s legacy through the itinerary he set for her, finding gifts greater than she had ever imagined.

This stunning novel from international bestseller Muriel Barbery is a mesmerizing story of second chances, of beauty born out of grief and roses grown from ashes.


On What Cathy Read Next this week

Currently reading

Planned posts

  • Book Review: The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams
  • Top Ten Tuesday
  • WWW Wednesday
  • Book Review: Vanish in an Instant by Margaret Millar

My Week in Books – 11th July 2021

MyWeekinBooks

On What Cathy Read Next last week

Blog posts

Monday – I published my review of Business As Usual by Jane Oliver & Ann Stafford.

Tuesday This week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic was Reasons Why I Love Reading. I had no problem coming up with ideas for this one!

WednesdayWWW Wednesday is the opportunity to share what I’ve just read, what I’m currently reading and what I plan to read next… and to have a good nose around what others are reading. 

Thursday – Courtesy of September Books, I featured a (UK only) giveaway with a chance to win a paperback copy of The Museum Makers by Rachel Morris. Still time to enter…

Friday – I published my review of Those I Have Lost by Sharon Maas as part of the blog tour. 

Saturday – I shared my review of my latest audiobook listen, A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende

As always, thanks to everyone who has liked, commented on or shared my blog posts on social media.


New arrivals

The Reading ListThe Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams (eARC, courtesy of Harper Collins via NetGalley)

Widower Mukesh lives a quiet life in the London Borough of Ealing after losing his beloved wife. He shops every Wednesday, goes to Temple, and worries about his granddaughter, Priya, who hides in her room reading while he spends his evenings watching nature documentaries.

Aleisha is a bright but anxious teenager working at the local library for the summer when she discovers a crumpled-up piece of paper in the back of To Kill a Mockingbird. It’s a list of novels that she’s never heard of before. Intrigued, and a little bored with her slow job at the checkout desk, she impulsively decides to read every book on the list, one after the other. As each story gives up its magic, the books transport Aleisha from the painful realities she’s facing at home.

When Mukesh arrives at the library, desperate to forge a connection with his bookworm granddaughter, Aleisha passes along the reading list…hoping that it will be a lifeline for him too. Slowly, the shared books create a connection between two lonely souls, as fiction helps them escape their grief and everyday troubles and find joy again. 


On What Cathy Read Next this week

Currently reading

Planned posts

  • Blog Tour/Book Review: For Lord and Land (The Bernicia Chronicles #8) by Matthew Harffy
  • Blog Tour/Book Review: The Book of Echoes by Rosanna Amaka
  • Top Ten Tuesday
  • WWW Wednesday
  • Book Review: Songbirds by Christy Lefteri
  • Blog Tour/Book Review: Kyiv by Graham Hurley