This month there were quite a lot, for me, because they were all shorter!
4 Fantasy:
Piranesi, Susanna Clarke
I really LOVED this book - it was different and magical and for me had a lot of different layers that you could read into the story.
A time of dread,
A time of blood,
A time of courage, John Gwynne (
Of Blood and bone trilogy)
I re-read book 1 before 2 and 3, as I couldn't remember much. I really enjoyed book 1, his other series is one of my favourites, but then I think it was a case of 'right book at wrong time', a few things got to me and I couldn't connect that much.
If you like reenactments, the last book is definitely for you - it felt (probably wrongly) 80% battles and 20% not battles, and you could do a study in strategy and tactics, with all the detailed steps, hehe
I was a bit sad about it, because the good bits, about friendship and growth and acceptance were really good. Definitely one to re-read at a different time!
2 non-fantasy:
Confessions of a bookseller, Shaun Bythell
Second volume of his diaries as the owner of a second hand bookshop in south Scotland. Funny and interesting, it's a picture of books, and people.
Talking to strangers, Malcolm Gladwell
A book about how and why miscommunication and misunderstandings happen, sometimes with serious consequences. Lots of examples and ideas, the one that remains with me is that people's expressions aren't like on TV, with grief, surprise, anger and sadness being obviously visible in people's faces - and that can create a lot of issues (and that people in different parts of the world even read the 'obvious' facial expressions as reflecting totally different emotions!).
And I'm still reading/playing
Crystal of storms, Rhyanna Pratchett, a 'choose your own adventure' book
