Well here I am writing my Sunday post in the early hours of Monday morning again. And unfortunately I am probably not going to get a full week of posting in this week either. We move house, not this coming weekend but the one after, so I have started packing and cleaning as I go. On top of that, two of our long-standing club members passed away over the weekend, so we will have two wakes to host during the week. It is going to be a sad, but busy, week.
Currently I am reading
The Rules of Blackheath
Evelyn Hardcastle will be murdered at 11:00 p.m.
There are eight days, and eight witnesses for you to inhabit.
We will only let you escape once you tell us the name of the killer.
Understood? Then let’s begin…
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Evelyn Hardcastle will die. Every day until Aiden Bishop can identify her killer and break the cycle. But every time the day begins again, Aiden wakes up in the body of a different guest. And some of his hosts are more helpful than others…
The most inventive debut of the year twists together a mystery of such unexpected creativity it will leave readers guessing until the very last page.
And I am listening to
In an enthralling new historical novel from national bestselling author Kate Quinn, two women—a female spy recruited to the real-life Alice Network in France during World War I and an unconventional American socialite searching for her cousin in 1947—are brought together in a mesmerizing story of courage and redemption.
1947. In the chaotic aftermath of World War II, American college girl Charlie St. Clair is pregnant, unmarried, and on the verge of being thrown out of her very proper family. She’s also nursing a desperate hope that her beloved cousin Rose, who disappeared in Nazi-occupied France during the war, might still be alive. So when Charlie’s parents banish her to Europe to have her “little problem” taken care of, Charlie breaks free and heads to London, determined to find out what happened to the cousin she loves like a sister.
1915. A year into the Great War, Eve Gardiner burns to join the fight against the Germans and unexpectedly gets her chance when she’s recruited to work as a spy. Sent into enemy-occupied France, she’s trained by the mesmerizing Lili, the “Queen of Spies”, who manages a vast network of secret agents right under the enemy’s nose.
Thirty years later, haunted by the betrayal that ultimately tore apart the Alice Network, Eve spends her days drunk and secluded in her crumbling London house. Until a young American barges in uttering a name Eve hasn’t heard in decades, and launches them both on a mission to find the truth…no matter where it leads.
This week I am planning on reading
Edward Powell lives with his Aunt Mildred in the Welsh town of Llwll.
His aunt thinks Llwll an idyllic place to live, but Edward loathes the countryside – and thinks the company even worse. In fact, Edward has decided to murder his aunt.
A darkly humorous depiction of fraught family ties, The Murder of My Aunt was first published in 1934.
And
‘Is her life as easy and effortless as it seems from the outside? Or is she feeling lonely, all by herself in that big house, an evening stretching out in front of her just as it is for me?’
When Tessa arrives at the little house by the lake with her two children Ben and Katherine, it is an escape. For all of them. Never mind that the rental house is a bit small – it’s theirs for the summer. A place to hide…
Their isolation is disrupted when they meet the family from the big house next door. Three children Charlotte, Zoe and Max and their glamorous mother Rebecca – who seems absolutely determined to invite Tessa in to their lives.
But Rebecca is harbouring a dark secret of her own. One that will put not only her family at risk, but Tessa’s too. And when she discovers she has no option but to leave her children for several weeks, Tessa feels like the only person she can trust.
Suddenly Tessa finds herself living a life she could only have dreamed of. Wealth, a large brood of children, and Rebecca’s handsome husband Josh visiting at weekends.
But even as powerful bonds are forming between them, secrets have a way of catching up with people. And as the summer comes to an end, who will learn to love again and who will risk losing everything?
I have only had one ARC approved by Netgalley this week
But I did go out and buy the new Kate Atkinson,
I am so looking forward to unpacking my 600+ books that have spent the last 3 years crated up in storage (poor things), but I am going to have to go buy some more bookshelves. Oh, what a chore! 😀😁😂😃😄😅😆
Happy reading my friends 😎
Yay for new bookshelves!! I hope your move goes smoothly! I hate moving!! Good luck on getting some reading time this week!💕💕
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I hope you move goes well. Sorry to here about your club members! I hope you can get some relaxing reading time int!
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It is so sad when the older members go. There is so much history that gets lost with them.
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Best of luck with the move, sorry about your club members 😦
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It is so sad when the older members go. There is so much history that gets lost with them.
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Lovely books..sorry for your sad week.
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It is so sad when the older members go. There is so much history that gets lost with them.
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Yes…
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Condolences on your losses, and good luck for the move. I hope there’s some smooth sailing ahead for you!
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It is so sad when the older members go. There is so much history that gets lost with them.
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Oh my, so sorry to hear about the deaths of your club members. It is so sad when anyone leaves us. And moving as well, you are a very busy lady. Enjoy your reads, they all look inviting. I am looking forward to your review of the latest Kate Atkinson book. Don’t forget to rest and take care of yourself during the busyness.
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Thanks Carla. No chance to rest this week, but next week looks far more manageable. 😂😂
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I have had weeks like that.
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I’m so sorry for the loss of your friends. 💔
I hope the move went well and I’m so excited for you to get your books back!
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Thank you. Since then my youngest brother’s partner has also passed away. While it wasn’t unexpected, it was certainly much sooner than expected. It’s been a bit of a rough time.
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Ugh. I’m so sorry. 😦
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