January 2023

 What the hell happened to my January post? I was asleep at the wheel!

Books read:

• Sharks in the Time of Saviors, by Kawai Strong Washburn
• The Devil in Silver, by Victor LaValle
• Red Chameleon, by Stuart Kaminsky
• Three Women in a Mirror, by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
• The Sword of Honour Trilogy, by Evelyn Waugh. Read through for the second or third time. Where was Goodreads twenty years ago, dammit?!

Books bought:

• Children of Cain, by S L Myers! Wife's book is not only out in Kindle, but in pb too!
• Joy of Cooking, not in Kindle deals. Got it in hb because it is so good. Need to know how to cook woodchuck? This is the cookbook for you!
• Fortunes of War: The Levant Trilogy, by Olivia Manning. Started her Balkan one and it's good, just wasn't in the mood to continue.
• No Higher Honor: A Memoir of My Years in Washington, by Condoleezza Rice. Bought on Audible and just finished it. Great memoir and she reads it! Fantasy fulfilled. 
• The Bookshop of the World: Making and Trading Books in the Dutch Golden Age, by Andrew Pettegree. Looked good at $1.99.
• Cooking with Booze: From Beer Batter to Vodka Jelly, by George Bone & Lucy Baker. Because booze is good.
• Three Women in a Mirror
• Red Chameleon
• Rediscoveries, ed by David Madden. Great book of authors talking about forgotten novels that they recommend. This book suggested by the wonderful author of Neglected Books blog.

Five books kinda short for me, but the Waugh was 711 pages. And merely hours into February I finished The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, a great book I'll add to my February post next month.