Currently Reading
Weycombe by G.M. Malliet is what I’m reading on my lunch breaks at work, since I finished Mission Hill by Pamela Wechsler.
Eating outside – sitting in a folding chair at the edge of the parking lot with (usually) a salad balanced on my lap – makes me nervous about spilling food or water on a library book, so I’m reading Weycombe partly in print and partly on my phone.
If you like classic English mysteries with a contemporary setting, such as The Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz you will probably like Weycombe.
I’m close to finishing Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell, and will probably go right on to The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet (pronounced “Zoot,” BTW) which I own but haven’t read yet. Jacob de Zoet is a main character in Utopia Avenue, which is on the surface the story of the rise to fame and stardom of an English rock and roll band in the ’60s.
Recently Listened To
As I wrote in last week’s It’s Monday update, the Clifton Chronicles books by Jeffrey Archer always end with a major cliffhanger. (Major, as in the level of the “Is Little Nell dead?” type of cliffhanger.)
To find out what happened at the end of book 3, Best Kept Secrets, I went right on to listen to Book 4, Be Careful What You Wish For, but resisted the urge to download Book 5, Mightier Than the Sword, right away. Once I read the beginning to find out what happens after the ending of Book 4, it will be impossible to stop and I want to listen to some October-themed audiobooks between now and Halloween.
I don’t often binge-listen a series, preferring to mix up my audiobooks more, but I now understand the impulse.
Currently Listening To
Once I started listening to Fangland (Penguin, 2007) by John Marks, I remembered I had already read this one in print somewhere along the line. The vampire theme is still appropriate for October, and I don’t remember the details of the story, so I’m going to keep listening. Simon Vance and Ellen Archer are two of the audiobook narrators!
Please let me know what you’ve been reading in the comments…
This post is linked to “It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?” hosted by Kathryn at The Book Date. Check out the link-up party there for more book lists!
