Guilty

It's been too long since I wrote my last post. I know. I really feel guilty, but somehow, I just couldn't find the time between work, a sick horse, social responsibilities, being abroad for holiday and for work to find time to write. It's not that I didn't read any books. I did. So I promise I will better my life and write more often. Well, at least once a week.

In the mean time, of course, a lot has happened. I've bought some new books and I've read some books. In order not to spill everything at once, I will stick to the new books for now.
At the end of August dear hubby and I took his mother on a holiday to England. We had great fun and of course enough time to buy some new books. I did my best not to buy too many, because the space on my shelves is limited. So... what did I buy? As usual it is of a wide variety:

1. Jemery Clarkson, "On cars"
2. Philippa Gregory, "The other Queen"
3. Deborah Harkness, "Shadow of the night"
4. J.E. Lendon, "Soldiers and ghosts. A history of battle in classical antiquity"
5. Pittacus Lore, "The rise of nine"
6. Elizabeth Lowell, "The color of death"
7. Desmond Morris, "Catwatching"

The Clarkson book is for dear hubby. I read some pages, and I don't really like it.
I already finished "The color of death". I bought it in a charity shop in Canterbury and as I didn't bring any books along with me, I just started to read. A review will follow later.

Luckily enough a week later, there was a book festival in Utrecht. Although I had a very limited budget (€23), I managed to buy some nice books. Due to the tight budget, I was unfortunately forced to leave some books behind. So which one did I bring with me?

1. Jeffrey Archer, "Cat o'nine tales"
2. Laura Hillenbrand, "Seabiscuit"
3. Michael Jecks, "The traitor of St. Giles"
4. Michael Jecks, "The leper's return"
5. Michael Jecks, "The devil's acolyte"
6. Michael Jecks, "The outlaws of Ennor"
7. Michael Jecks, "The tolls of death"
8. Steven Saylor, "The triumph of Caesar"
9. Sjöwall & Wahlöö, "De gesloten kamer"
10. Brian Buckley, "Fall of Thanes"

All in all not bad for just €22,75. Truthfully I thought the Buckley book was too expansive (€7.50), but it is the last instalment in a trilogy and I really wanted to read it. That's why I did buy it. And yes, you're right. A lot of Michael Jecks books. Last time I didn't buy them all, so this time I tried to make up for that error. The Dutch translation of a Swedish book is for dear hubby. I tried to read the first book in the series. I did finish it, but I didn't like it. He however likes them. So to make hubby happy...

So more books to read, and still not enough time. But I will manage, cope, or whatever.