July's reading topic was "light reads," and that's exactly what I did. My favorite book for July was Death in Breslau, by Marek Krajewski, although there were so many good ones this month that it was hard to choose just one. Here's how the list shakes out:
British mysteries and UK crime fiction
The Caribbean Mystery, by Agatha Christie
Third Girl, by Agatha Christie
The Franchise Affair, by Josephine Tey
French crime fiction
The Chalk Circle Man, by Fred Vargas
Badfellas, by Tonino Benacquista
Historical True Crime
The Magnificent Spilsbury and the case of the Brides in the Bath, by Jane Robins
Italian crime fiction
The Shape of Water, by Andrea Camilleri
August Heat, by Andrea Camilleri
Japanese crime fiction
The Master Key, by Masako Togawa
Polish crime fiction
Death in Breslau, by Marek Krajewski
Scandinavian crime fiction
The Darkest Room, by Johan Theorin
--winner of the CWA International Dagger award
South African Crime Fiction
Thirteen Hours, by Deon Meyer (not yet reviewed...soon)
Fantasy/Speculative Fiction
Kraken, by China Mieville
Fiction
Chef
The Madonnas of Echo Park, by Brando Skyhorse
In other book-related stuff:
1) My book group is on hiatus until the end of September
2) Added to the Amazon Wishlist
--Blood on the Saddle, by Rafael Reig
--The Elements of Murder: A History of Poison (no, I'm not planning to kill my spouse)
--Operation Mincemeat: The True Spy Story that Changed the Course of World War II, by Ben Macintyre
--Therese Raquin, by Emile Zola
--Taking Apart the Poco Poco, by Richard Francis
3) A huge number of ARCs (too many to list) came in, and 23 books went out this month. Chef by Jaspreet Singh came to me from Librarything's Early Reviewer program (thanks!)
4) The number of books bought, well, let's just say I need to seriously think about a 12-step program to combat the urges
5) Until I replace my Kindle, I discovered I can get Kindle books on my phone.
August begins the Booker Prize longlist, and I'll throw in a few more crime novels as well -- I have two more books by Krajewski to read.
and that's it!
"Amd that's it"! What a great month! I love the idea of trying out all different countries crime fiction! Will you be having a post that compares the different countries approaches? That might be interesting
ReplyDeleteOperation Mincemeat has been on my wish list for a bit now.
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