Jun 13, 2015

Sunday Salon: June Reading

Welcome to the Sunday Salon where bloggers share their reading each week. Visit The Sunday Post hosted by The Caffeinated Bookreviewer. Also visit Mailbox Monday 

These review books and galleys/proofs came in recently:

The Royal Assassin: Victorian Bookshop Mystery #3 by Kate Parker, from Berkley
Chef Maurice and a Spot of Truffle (Chef Maurice Culinary Mysteries #1) by J.A. Lang, a gift from the author
Every Secret Thing by Laura Lippman, from William Morrow
Crooked Heart by LIssa Evans, from Harper
The Small Backs of Children by Lidia Yuknavitch, from Harper
French Concession by Xiao Bai, from Harper
The Flying Circus by Susan Crandall, from Gallery Books

I have read two of them, thoroughly enjoyed them, and will post reviews later:
Chef Maurice and a Spot of Truffle (Chef Maurice Culinary Mysteries #1)
Crooked Heart

It has been raining almost daily, so it's been easy to sit and read. What an unusual summer! I think my garden may have enough rain now, thank you. I wish I could send our rain clouds to California!

What are you reading this week?


22 comments:

  1. I set aside Small Backs but am really enjoying Crooked Hearts so far :D I wonder if you'll feel similarly about them? Have a wonderful week!

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    1. Really enjoyed Crooked Hearts. All heart and humor.

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  2. I love piles of books!

    It looks like you have some really good ones there. I look forward to your future reviews.

    Sometimes I hope for rainy days as it gives me an excuse to read too.

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    1. Some weeks are better than others, Brian, for the mailbox. Happy reading week.

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  3. Impressive stack of books!

    Crooked Hearts looks good...and I loved Every Secret Thing. In fact, I saw it as a movie at On Demand...

    Have a great week, and here are MY WEEKLY UPDATES

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  4. Great haul! I've not heard of any of these But the Royal Assassin sounds good.
    Krystianna @ Downright Dystopian

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  5. You've gotten a very interesting set of books. I think that The Flying Circus looks really appealing. I'm going to have to take a look at the book description for sure.

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  6. I'm looking forward to Royal Assassin. As I've enjoyed her previous two books. Hope it's good! We've been getting rain too, off and on. We had some nice days last week, but that went away. :)

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  7. Nice haul. The Royal Assassin sounds appealing. Have a good reading week.

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  8. I received The Royal Assassin to review, too. I, also, have Chef Maurice which looks great too. Hope you have a great week!

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  9. Sounds like you've had some great reading time. It has been too nice to be inside so reading has slowed down for me.

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  10. Keen to hear what you think of Every Secret Thing as I'm generally a Lippman fan!

    Deb

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  11. Gorgeous books! And yes, California will gladly take some of that rain off your hands :)

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  12. Glad you enjoyed two of your books so far. I hope you enjoy all of them! Have a great week.

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  13. Nice mailbox! Susan Crandall is coming here soon so I hope to get her new book.

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  14. What a great selection! I recently added The French Concession to my wish list....looking forward to your thoughts on that one. Enjoy!

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  15. Looks like you had a great selection of books last week! I hope you enjoy them.

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  16. ENJOY your books.

    The Laura Lippman books looks good. The Mysteries sound good...glad you like the first two.

    Elizabeth
    Silver's Reviews
    My Mailbox Monday

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  17. Rain, rain, rain in my area too. I just received Crooked Hearts last week. I want that new Laura Lippman book!

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  18. Lippman on my TBR list. Crooked Heart was a good read.

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