‘The Good Neighbour’ by RJ Parker

The 24th book of the year – another crime thriller – not a bad read. I really liked the opening three quarters of the book – great idea and kept me interested. The last part became slightly too obvious and a bit boring in places – far too much dialogue.

The plan this year was to get to 24 books – that’s one every couple of weeks. Job done. But we just keep going…

Next up: A Slow Fire Burning 🔥

‘Grave’s End’ by William Shaw

A stereotypical crime thriller – it was ok – nothing much more to say really. The plot sort of worked – it kept you guessing.

Not sure if any of those will make it on the publicity material!!

Next up: The Good Neighbour

In other news….this happened…

‘Braiding Sweetgrass’ by Robin Wall Kimmerer

This was a bit of a struggle. It was a recommendation after reading ‘Overstory’, which I thought was great, so I half knew what to expect.

The book didn’t really do it for me. Too much biology stuff – not enough story.

Next up: Grave’s End

‘Foolhardy Folk Tales’ by Beans on Toast.

A collection of stories about anything and everything: money, music, drugs, art and love.

If you’re a fan of Beans on Toast, or even if you’re not, this is well worth a read.

That’s 21 books read in the year so far…

Next up: Braiding Sweetgrass.

‘They Both Die at the End’ by Adam Silvera.

I enjoyed this.

Set in a world where you get a call from Death-Cast to tell you that you are going to die within 24 hours, this is a novel about love, life, loss and making every day count.

Two teenage boys, total strangers, both looking to make a new friend on their End Day. Using an app called Last Friend, they do just that. Rufus and Mateo have just one plan: to live a lifetime in a single day.

4 Stars. Well worth a read.

Next up: Foolhardy Folk Tales

‘Running Tracks’ by Rob Deering

Rob Deering is the co-presenter of my favourite running podcast: Running Commentary.

So, as you can imagine, the last couple of weeks have meant a lot of Rob Deering. Not a totally bad thing, but there has been a lot of Rob Deering!

‘Running Tracks’ is a book that does exactly what the title suggests: it includes lots of talk about running and lots of chat about music. What’s not to like?

Great book – 4 stars – well worth a read!

Next up: They Both Die at the End