September/October 2021 Wrap-Up

Time, where does it go?

With so much none literary stress going on behind the scenes, (builders, bathroom, boosters, aaaaargh), I am amazed that I did any reviewing at all during October. I was in a list-making mood though, and following the epic Reading Projects: German Themes post, there are a couple more reading project lists to come, but I’ll pace them out.

I did review eight books and these are they:

• The Dear Departed: Selected Stories – Brian Moore
• A Guardian Angel Recalls – Willem Frederik Hermans (October Book of the Month)
• The Plantagenet Prelude – Jean Plaidy (Turkey of the Year!)
• Mrs Jekyll and Cousin Hyde – Jeremy Hodges (September Book of The Month)
• The Long Drop – Denise Mina (August Book of the Month)
• Rizzio – Denise Mina
• The Dark Remains– Ian Rankin
• Resilience – Bogdan Hrib

Plus two features:

• A report of a mini-break in Edinburgh (which I thankfully took before dry October kicked in!)
• How to make A Graphic Novel Guest post by Katy Derbyshire

In total I read 19 books in this period (20, if you count the Hermans I read twice), so I have created quite a reviewing backlog. Some of those reviews will appear during German Literature Month, while others will have to wait until what I already know is going to be catchup December!

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