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The Sunday Salon
Since last Sunday, I have:
- announced a contest for Marie-Therese, Child of Terror by Susan Nagel. If you’ve ever wondered what happened to Marie Antoinette’s daughter, stop by my blog post here and enter to win!
- reviewed The Sea by John Banville, which was the first of my Book Awards Challenge II books.
- completed the Book Buzz meme, Tuesday Thingers, and Booking Through Thursday.
- also reviewed Enemy of God and Excalibur by Bernard Cornwell, Erotomania by Francis Levy, and The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley.
- finished reading The Queen’s Tale
 by D.J. Birmingham, Schooled by Anisha Lakhani, When We Were Romans by Matthew Kneale, and Devil’s Brood by Sharon Kay Penman. I’ll be reviewing the first three very soon, but it will be a while for Devil’s Brood as it isn’t released until October (thanks to Kathleen of Kathleen’s Book Reviews for lending it to me!)
I’m not sure what I’ll be reading this week. I bought both The 19th Wife: A Novel by David Ebershoff and The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows, and they’ve mysteriously managed to push their way to the top of the TBR piles. I guess LT Early Reviewers does work, doesn’t it? I requested both and wasn’t lucky enough to get them, and the reviews there and on quite a few of the blogs I read convinced me that they were worth reading soon. I also have several September-release ARCs to get through before even more of them come in the mail. It’s going to be a busy week! I hope yours is a good one.
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I have the 19th Wife sitting here on my immediate TBR shelf, but I think it will have to wait until next month to get read. I have too many other books that take top priority right now. It sure does sound good, doesn’t it? I’m hoping to pull myself away from the computer shortly so I can get started on the day’s chores and then settle in with my book. Have a great week!
Guernsey should be arriving tomorrow at the library for me. I think I will jump right into it.
I have Devil’s Brood and the 19th Wife and I just want to go abracdabra so that I have more time in a day to read.
I’ve been trying to get to Devil’s Brood since it arrived as an ARC. I know I will start it very very soon.
Have a great week.
You’ve certainly been busy this week! I’m gonna go read your review of “The Sea” – I’ve had it on my TBR pile for quite a while now. I really enjoyed the Guernsey Lit Society book, and I’ve told quite a few people about it, but haven’t really heard how any of them felt about it. Hope you enjoy it.