My Week in Books – 9th June 2024

My Week in Books

On What Cathy Read Next last week

Monday – I shared My Top 5 May 2024 Reads

Tuesday – This week’s ‘official’ Top Ten Tuesday topic was Books I Had Very Strong Emotions About. My twist on it was a list of Book Titles Containing Feelings

Wednesday – I published my review of The Comfort of Ghosts by Jacqueline Winspear, the 18th and final book in the author’s Maisie Dobbs series. And 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 shared my review of Estella’s Revenge by Barbara Havelocke

Friday – I published my review of French Windows by Antoine Laurain, translated by Louise Rogers Lalaurie, the first of my 20 Books of Summer

Saturday – Thinking of events this week commemorating the 80th anniversary of D-Day, I shared a list of Books I’ve Read Set In WW2.


New arrivals

A blank page this week…


On What Cathy Read Next this week

Currently reading


Planned posts

  • Book Review: The Heart in Winter by Kevin Barry
  • Book Review: A Beginner’s Guide to Breaking and Entering by Andrew Hunter Murray

Books I’ve Read Set in WW2

Normany beach, scene of D-Day landings

This week events took place to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day on 6th June 1944 when Allied forces staged the largest seaborne invasion in history on the beaches of Normandy. This decisive event changed the course of the Second World War.

Here are some books I’ve read set in the WW2. I hope there’s something for everyone in this list whether you favour adventure, mystery, crime, thriller or romance in your historical fiction or have an interest in reading books written during the war. Links from each title will take you to my review.

  1. Mr Bunting At War by Robert Greenwood
  2. A Better Place by Stephen Daisley
  3. Darkness Does Not Come At Once by Glenn Bryant
  4. The Night Raids by Jim Kelly
  5. The Blood of Others by Graham Hurley
  6. Dead of Night by Simon Scarrow
  7. The Lace Weaver by Lauren Chater
  8. My Father’s House by Joseph O’Connor
  9. SBS: Special Boat Squadron by Iain Gale
  10. A Sunlit Weapon (Maisie Dobbs #17) by Jacqueline Winspear
  11. These Days by Lucy Caldwell
  12. Hitler’s Taster by V.S. Alexander
  13. Dear Mrs Bird by A.J. Pearce
  14. Stella by Takis Wurger
  15. A Prince and A Spy by Rory Clements
  16. Blitz Writing: Night Shift & It Was Different At The Time by Inez Holden
  17. City of Spies by Mara Timon
  18. A Ration Book Wedding by Jean Fullerton
  19. Crooked Heart by Lissa Evans
  20. The Bird in the Bamboo Cage by Hazel Gaynor