Sunday 1 September 2013

Showcase Sunday #32

Last week, I found out I won a book - Talking to the Dead by Harry Bingham - via a competition on Vicky's blog, and it arrived from the publishers at Orion this week!


It has a cool double cover going on...
Looking forward to reading this one, it's been a while since I've read a crime novel that really grabbed me and I'm hoping this one will be good.


I also bought Mendelssohn is on the Roof by the Czech author Jiří Weil - this caught my eye a while ago in the Kindle sale but I resisted at the time. When I looked again, I noticed it has a foreword by my favourite author, Philip Roth, so I decided to treat myself. :)


It's also been a week of adventures - term starts soon and I'll be teaching 3 days a week, and researching the other two days, so I've been trying to cram in as much as possible before then. I spent the week in Brighton with the boy, and we biked to Peacehaven and back (about 12 miles round trip), along the coast path.







This weekend one of my best friends came to stay and we drove to Wales - the border isn't too far from Birmingham, and despite having lived halfway around the world I've never actually set foot in Wales before! The scenery was pretty amazing, and we got to see the Knighton Carnival in action...



Recent reviews:
All The Summer Girls by Meg Donohue (7/10)
Sisterland by Curtis Sittenfeld (9.5/10)

Showcase Sunday is hosted by Vicky at Books, Biscuits and Tea.

4 comments:

  1. Congrats on winning! That path next to the sea looks pretty awesome, and it sounds like you had a great time (:

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  2. Brighton looks lovely, and it seems like you had fun. I hope term starts off well.

    Sarah

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  3. So glad it arrived safe and sound! And the cover is so pretty, I loved the whole double cover thing. :)

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  4. The cover to Talking to the Dead looks brilliant Kit! Also I'm glad you had a brilliant break before work starts back, Peacehaven looks absolutely gorgeous! Thanks for sharing your photos with us! :)

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