Happy Monday bookish people! I hope you are all doing well. What a month May has been. I have been almost completely locked into research mode with my PhD draft, it is getting there slowly but surely and in a way that us completely unlike me, the more I am writing it the more I am enjoying it. The worst part now is that I can see the end in sight and not only will I have to do my exam but then it will be time to start sending the novel off to agents which I didn’t think would scare me but it fills me with a mixture of excitement and dread. I have spent so long working on it, it has become very dear to me so sending it off for critiquing is terrifying!
Anyway, you’re not here to listen to me blab on about that, we are here to discuss the books I read, or did not read which is more like it.
The Trial by Robert Rinder
I am currently reading this book and loving it by the way, I am hoping to meet Rob Rinder at Crime Fest next week and I am very excited about that.
Helle and Death by Oskar Jensen
I have not read this. Unfortunately, I have to read this book for my PhD thesis and its gotten to be one of those situations where I know I have to read it so the more I think about reading it the less I want to which is unfair to the book and the author because it sounds good.
What Would Jane Austen Do by Linda Corbett
I did read this book, I thought okay you have been reading a lot of fantasy and msytery novels so you need to break it up with something a bit lighter so I decided to pick up this romance book, it has a crime writer in it as the love interest which create a nice dynamic – I will tell you more of my thoughts in a review coming soon!
Powerless by Lauren Roberts
I have not read this book but I am still very excited to get around to it soon.
I Hope You’re Listening by Tom Ryan
Again, like Helle and Death, I have to read this for my PhD and I stayed it a while ago but I couldn’t get into it so I put it down and I haven’t managed to get back to it yet.
Murder At The Dolphin Hotel by Helena Dixon
I did not get the chance to read this book yet.
Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson
I have heard such good things about this book and I wished I could have gotten to it this month but unfortunately I didn’t manage it.
So, I read two books this month which isn’t great but I have been enjoying the reading I have been doing which is a good thing. I actually didn’t start my first book until halfway through the month as I was finishing Kingdom of the Wicked so two books in 15 days is quite good for me.
How was your reading in the month of may? What was the best book you read?
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