Weekly Wrap-Up

I'm baaack! Sorry to skip last week's wrap-up, but I was traveling. I spent a few days in Lisbon, which was my first time in the city. I didn't know what to expect, really, but was very pleasantly surprised. The people were friendly, the food good, everything reasonably priced and loads to see and do. I would definitely go back. I was also in Milan and Florence, both of which I had visited before, but enjoyed again this time around:-) What have you been up to this summer?

Naturally, with a lot of sitting in planes, trains and automobiles comes a fair bit of reading time. I finished Daniel Silva's latest book (number 17!) in his Gabriel Allon series, House of Spies. This was a better addition than the last two, and I found it hard to put down (or rather. to stop listening, as I got the audiobook). If you are new to this series, I would recommend you read them in chronological order.

I also finished Cath Staincliffe's The Silence Between Breaths. It tells the story of a terrorist attack and its before and after, and was really thoughtfully written, and sadly, a rather timely story. Recommended! I started Mark Edward's latest book, The Lucky Ones and the newest addition in the Frieda Klein series by Nicci French, Sunday Morning Coming Down.

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Finally, The Princess and the Pen featured my regular Mystery Monday, where I highlight three mystery novels I want to read. For the first time, I also included a new feature, Link Love, where I share some of my favorite bookish articles I came across that week. Lastly, you can find my review of Karl Ove Knausgaard's book My Struggle: Book One here.