Had a day job break over Christmas. The aim had been to read as many books from this pile as feasible:
The pile is still ongoing, it's not New Years Eve yet after all, and I did "accidentally" reshuffle it a couple of times but it's gone okay given the overwhelming workload of heat / fire calls / himself at Gariwerd / snake watch / drought and all the sheer awfulness that is summer.
Read so far:
- Karla's Choice, Nick Harkaway
- The Battle of the Generals, Roland Perry
- He Went Back for his Hat, Justice Michael Lee
- A Case of Matricide, Graeme Macrae Burnet
- Everywhere We Look, Martine Kropkowski (to be reviewed at Newtown Review of Books)
- The Hitchhiker, Gabriel Bergmoser
Also added, and then read Brainstorm, Richard Scolyer
And upped the following ones to the pile:
There are ebooks / audio books that aren't included in this photo for obvious reasons, so the immediate next up list includes:
both of which are due for publication in February (via NetGalley)
the first is on the list because I want to read it and have had on the queues for a while now, the second because I'm still unable to stay away from Borrowbox and the library, no matter how much I know I should be reading the piles around here.
On the audio side of things, listening hours were impacted by an enthralling Boxing Day test so I only managed:
which was good fun as always and just the ticket for taking your mind off the melting heat.
New books added to the stacks:
- The Paradise Heights Craft Store Stitch-Up, Kate Solly (release date 31/12/2024)
- After the Fall, Kirsten Alexander (release date 29/1/2025)
- Signs of Damage, Diana Reid (release date 4/3/2025)
- We're Not Us Without You, Christine Keighery (release date 29/4/2025)
- Miss Caroline Bingley, Private Detective - Kelly Gardiner & Sharmini Kumar (release date 2/5/2025)
Review catchup will recommence in earnest post New Year but I'll try and get some notes at least for the non-crime-fiction entries I read posted today / tomorrow.
Ongoing work to refactor all the old entries from the previous incarnation of AustCrimeFiction will start back in 2025, at this rate that's going to keep me busy for quite a while to come.