After struggling through Soul Mountain, I was more than ready for a slightly easier Chinese novel to read. So when Warren suggested Qiu Xiaolong (thanks again, Warren!), I immediately went to the library and borrowed one of the books that sounded interesting. Enigma of China isn’t the first book in the series, so I’m probably… Read More Enigma of China by Qiu Xiaolong
Since the library is having a reading competition, I’ve been visiting every week to borrow a book or two. And in the interest of being able to finish books fast enough (while making progress on my book haul), I’ve been trying to borrow mostly books that I know I’ll enjoy – like the next book… Read More A Great Reckoning by Louise Penny
I think I’m warming up to Lord Peter Wimsey. According to Goodreads, I gave three stars to the first Lord Peter Wimsey book I read, four stars to the next, and I think this is either a four or five star read (it’d be 4.5 if Goodreads let me give half stars, but they don’t… Read More Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers
Although I’m trying to read more Marple, I normally don’t read the non-Poirot mysteries because I generally don’t enjoy them (case in point: Tommy and Tuppence). But, I heard that The Seven Dials Mystery is good and an unconventional Christie, which convinced me to give it a go. The Seven Dials Mystery starts with a… Read More The Seven Dials Mystery by Agatha Christie
Looking through my past reviews of the Inspector Gamache series (the ones I have written – I have a large chunk missing that I will reread someday), I realised that there was a book in the series that I actually rated four stars. Which is surprising to me now, because every new book I read… Read More The Nature of the Beast by Louise Penny
So lately, I’ve been pretty pleased at myself for being able to stop a book if I didn’t really like it (my current reading model is “life’s too short to waste it on books I don’t like). Which makes Playing Dead a bit of an outlier; there’s plenty of things in the book I don’t… Read More Playing Dead by Julia Heaberlin
I heard about Candace Robb and her books on the Medievalist podcast, where she appeared to talk about medieval mysteries. Since I love mysteries and I’m visiting York later this year, I knew that I had to read her Kate Clifford series, which are set in medieval York! The Service of the Dead is the… Read More The Service of the Dead by Candace Robb
This is definitely one of the more unusual books that I’ve read for SEA Reading Challenge, but I think it was the kind of thing that I was originally looking for. It’s been easier to find ‘literary’ books from SEA, but a Mystery/Thriller is pretty unusual; I think the last mystery I read that was… Read More The Bone Ritual by Julian Lees
I am finally over How The Light Gets In (although looking back on my review, it seems a bit understated compared to how the book still makes me feel) and so I finally borrowed the next book in the Inspector Gamache series: The Long Way Home. This book is different from the rest of the… Read More The Long Way Home by Louise Penny
I got this because it’s a historical mystery and it sounded fun. Also, for a minute, I confused it with the play Gas Light because of its title. It’s totally different, though, and I only got tripped up because of the name. The Secrets of Gaslight Lane is the fourth book in a series and… Read More The Secrets of Gaslight Lane by M.R.C Kasasian