New arrivals

    Don't you just love it when you've ordered books and hey presto they appear on your doorstep? Golden moments!

    So, these have arrived today (in no particular order), causing slight chaos on my bookshelf:

 

Shadows of the Workhouse by Jennifer Worth

    This is the sequel to "Call the Midwife", the first in a trilogy based on Jennifer Worth (née Lee)'s work as a midwife in the 1950s. Call the midwife says a lot about Eastenders' lives and the hardships they went through in post-war London. I am looking forward to getting back to the familiar settings of Nonnatus House, the Eastend and the cockney rhyming slang. Can't wait to see what this book has in store for me.

Gone for Good by Harlan Coben

    I read my first Harlan Coben this year: The Stranger, mostly because it was airing on Netflix, and I wanted to read the book before viewing the series. In the process, I discovered that although The Stranger is a relatively good thriller, GoodReads' readers found some of his other works even better! So I ordered Gone for Good, with a current average rating of 4.10 out of 5, and lots of positive reviews.

The Rosie Result by Graeme Simsion

    This is the third in the "Don Tillman" trilogy. I very much enjoyed the first in the trilogy, The Rosie Project, which made me laugh out loud (this may have led my SO to worry about my mental state at the time). After which, I quite naturally read the second in the trilogy, The Rosie Effect. It didn't quite spark the same flame. And then... I am ashamed to admit I dithered and felt wishy-washy about dear Don for quite a while, before finally getting the third and last installment: The Rosie Result.

    

    Only fools and dead mean don't change their mind and I can't wait for a light and funny read!  

Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters

    I read my first Sarah Waters earlier this year: Fingersmith. After some research, I take it Tipping the Velvet is one of the classics of LGBTQ+ historical fiction. It's also Sarah Waters' debut novel and I understand one of her most outstanding works. 

    As it turns out, this is perfect timing because Sue's Big Book Summer Challenge at Book By Book will be starting this Friday, and Tipping the Velvet will be on my contenders list. Stay tuned for my kick-off post that will list potential contenders - as always, all comments welcome.

    In the meantime, I'm headed back to the cotton plantations and a slave's life in The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead, with a very promising start.