I went back and re-read and listened to Transatlantic and Benediction. Since I read both of them months before the long-list ever came out, I wanted to have a current assessment of them against other entries. This week I finished Visitation Street (review coming soon) and was very very pleasantly surprised.
With the exception of The Enchanted Life of Adam Hope, I ended up reading them all in print and listening to the audio versions too, thereby giving me a pretty good handle on all of them. I'm actually glad a couple of them turned out to be such duds for me. It helped to narrow the field..especially since they were for me duds in both formats.

In the dock:
Snow in May - a review copy of Russian short stories on my nook - pub date in May
Bruno, Chief of Police - an audio I got from the Library, recommended by a LibraryThing friend. Just what I need-- another good detective series.
I also have "next ups" standing by - Colin Cotterill's latest Dr. Siri Paiboun adventure, and the newest Ely Griffiths book, as well as the audio of Bill Bryson's One Summer - a long one that will probably take me until the summer to finish.
I've got several Audible credits waiting to be spent, and lots of books on the wishlist to use them up.
The weather was gorgeous yesterday, so I got nothing done except to plan some meals for next week. In the meantime, it's time to stop procrastinating and get to the taxes. Maybe later....but it's supposed to be very cold, so I'll need to curl up in front of the fireplace. So....maybe Monday...or Tuesday...or........wish me luck!
Oops....forgot that I have bookclub on Wednesday, so I'll have to grab my copy of Christopher Morley's Haunted Bookshop which I read years ago and refresh my memory before then. Like I said.....wish me luck!
Good luck! Still have to finish our taxes too, hopefully by the end of the week!
ReplyDeleteThat picture resembles my study too. Got our tax stuff all put together and sent off to our accountant the last day of Feb. Thank heaven. Now just waiting for the returns to sign and return for him to file electronically.
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