My Week in Books – 24th November ’19

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On What Cathy Read Next last week

Blog posts

Monday – I published my introduction to my Buchan of the Month – Augustus by John Buchan.

Tuesday –  The Top Ten Tuesday topic was Changes In My Reading Life. I also shared my Nonfiction Favourites as part of Nonfiction November.

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 have a good nose around to see what other bloggers are reading.

Thursday – I published my review of Entertaining Mr Pepys by Deborah Swift as part of the blog tour.

Saturday – I published my review of The Outrun by Amy Liptrot, one of the books on my reading list for Nonfiction November.

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


New arrivals

Giveaway Prize - corpsecover3plusshoutThe Convalescent Corpse by Nicola Slade (ebook, giveaway prize)

A story of family, rationing and inconvenient corpses.

Life in 1918 has brought loss and grief and hardship to the three Fyttleton sisters.

Helped only by their grandmother (a failed society belle and expert poacher) and hindered by a difficult suffragette mother, as well as an unruly chicken-stealing dog and a house full of paying guests, they now have to deal with the worrying news that their late – and unlamented – father may not be dead after all.

And on top of that, there’s a body in the ha-ha.


On What Cathy Read Next this week

Currently reading

Planned posts

  • Book Review: The Listening Walls by Margaret Millar
  • Top Ten Tuesday: Thankful Freebie
  • Waiting on Wednesday
  • Blog Tour/Book Review: Death Makes No Distinction by Lucienne Boyce
  • Buchan of the Month/Book Review: Augustus by John Buchan
  • NonFiction November Week 5: Added To My TBR

My Week in Books – 17th November ‘19

MyWeekinBooks

On What Cathy Read Next last week

Blog posts

Monday – I published my review of Chanel’s Riviera by Anne de Courcy.

Tuesday –  The Top Ten Tuesday topic was Favourite Bookmarks but I took my own route discussing Reasons I Fail At Reading Challenges.  I also shared my review of There’s Something About Darcy by Gabrielle Malcolm as part of the blog tour.

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 have a good nose around to see what other bloggers are reading.

Thursday – I shared some gems from my collection of books about John Buchan for this week’s NonFiction November prompt – Be The Expert.

Friday – I shared my review of Wolf of Wessex by Matthew Harffy.

Saturday – I published my review of dual time historical novel The Tide Between Us by Olive Collins.

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


New arrivals

The Bermondsey BookshopThe Bermondsey Bookshop by Mary Gibson (eARC, courtesy of Head of Zeus and NetGalley)

Bermondsey, 1920s. After her mother’s death Kate is taken in by her father’s sister, the quick-tempered Aunt Sylvie. Already struggling to feed children of her own, Aunt Sylvie treats Kate like an unwanted burden. Although Kate’s father disappeared when she was a child, she still harbours hope that he will one day reappear and release her from this miserable existence. If only she knew why he left and what really happened to her mother…

One day, after a terrible argument, eighteen-year-old Kate is thrown out. Desperate to land on her own two feet she answers an advert for a cleaner at The Bermondsey Bookshop and Reading Room. Little does she know that her life is about to be changed forever…


On What Cathy Read Next this week

Currently reading

Planned posts

  • Buchan of the Month: Introducing Augustus by John Buchan
  • Top Ten Tuesday: Changes In My Reading Life
  • Waiting on Wednesday
  • Blog Tour/Book Review: Entertaining Mr Pepys by Deborah Swift
  • NonFiction November Week 4: Nonfiction Favourites
  • Book Review: The Outrun by Amy Liptrot