My thanks, as always, go to Elle for her participation in this monthly meme. Thanks also to Jana and Naomi for featuring some of their recent library reads.

Speaking of Eleanor, we had rather an exciting opportunity yesterday evening to attend one of the UK literary world’s biggest annual events. More on that in another post later today!

It’s crunch time for all the novellas and buddy reads I currently have on the go and intend to finish and write about before the end of November, which is approaching alarmingly rapidly. The 30th is also my husband’s 40th birthday, so it’s a busy week coming up!

*Note: Next month, instead of posting Love Your Library on the last Monday (Christmas), I will post one week before, on the 18th.

Lots of the below I have already reviewed for various other challenges, or will be reviewing soon.

Since last month:

READ

• Harriet Said… by Beryl Bainbridge
• The Garrick Year by Margaret Drabble
• Ferdinand, the Man with the Kind Heart by Irmgard Keun
• The Private Life of the Hare by John Lewis-Stempel
• Western Lane by Chetna Maroo
• The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng
• Absolutely and Forever by Rose Tremain
• The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward

CURRENTLY READING

• Bodily Harm by Margaret Atwood
• Stone Mattress by Margaret Atwood (on audiobook!)
• Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll
• The Cancer Journals by Audre Lorde
• The Story Girl by L.M. Montgomery

CURRENTLY (NOT) READING

• The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
• The Year of the Cat by Rhiannon Lucy Coslett
• Reproduction by Louisa Hall
• Findings by Kathleen Jamie (a re-read)
• Before the Light Fades by Natasha Walter

I started all of these weeks ago, but they have been languishing on various stacks and it will take a concerted effort to get back to and finish them.

RETURNED UNFINISHED

• Weyward by Emilia Hart – I read the first 48 pages. The setup is EXACTLY the same as in The Bass Rock by Evie Wyld (three women characters connected in similar ways, and set at three almost identical time periods). Unfortunately, that one’s amazing whereas this was pedestrian. I could never be bothered to pick it up.
• The Last Bookwanderer by Anna James – I read the first 36 pages and felt no impetus to read any more. The series went downhill after Book 3 in particular, but really never topped Book 1. Say no to series! Stand-alone books are fine!!

RETURNED UNREAD

• Land of Milk and Honey by C. Pam Zhang – Requested after me. Will try to get it back out another time.

What have you been reading or reviewing from the library recently?

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