I spent the majority of November listening to The Fellowship of the Ring on audiobook so I didn’t get much reading-reading done. In fact, I went a whole week without picking up a book as Frodo left the Shire, that story is just addictive and I didn’t want to leave Middle Earth for anything. But these are the book-books I read last month.
Shakespeare’s Champion by Charlaine Harris
I read the first book of this series in October as part of my Autumn TBR, then took a short break to pace myself. And I spent at least half the book trying to figure out if I had forgotten a plot point from the last book, which isn’t ideal. I hadn’t, it was explained later. Lily- the main character, kept referring to an event that as a reader, I didn’t know about, as if I should. This isn’t something Harris has done before so I hope the trend doesn’t continue in the rest of this series.
Apart from this, it was an enjoyable cosy crime novel. There was some slut-shaming and some questionable racial terms but nothing DNF-worthy. I liked that Harris approached the issue of black people being murdered in small Southern American towns and police involvement. Something we know from the news as realistic.
“-Darcy said in that jocular tone some men reserve for insults they don’t want you to take them up on.”
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The Diabolic by S.J. Kincaid
You can read my full review here!
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Imogen's Typewriter. 