A pile of books have been added to my TBR pile, which as of late is turning into TBR Mountain:
Doctor Olaf Van Schuler’s Brain, by Kirsten Menger-Anderson. Historical fiction; short stories set in early New Amsterdam (New York). Although this has been published a while ago, I received a review copy of it on Monday.
A Question of Guilt: A Novel of Mary, Queen of Scots, and the Death of Henry Darnley, by Julianne Lee. *Another* Mary, Queen of Scots novel, but as this one focuses on a more interesting period of Mary’s life than The Other Queen did, I’m optimistic that this will be better.
The Firemaster’s Mistress, by Christie Dickason. More historical fiction; set in early 17th century England with the Gunpowder Plot.
Death of a Pilgrim, by David Dickinson. Mystery set in 1905 in France, centering around the deaths of pilgrims heading to Santiago de Compostela. ARC; to be published in February.
The Glassblower of Murano, by Marina Fiorato. To be published next May in the US; about an English woman who goes to Venice and uncovers some secrets about one of her ancestors, a famous glass artist on the island of Murano (there's my obsession with Venice popping up again!).
The Sano Ichiro series, by Laura Joh Rowland. I loved her The Secret Adventures of Charlotte Bronte, so I’m still scratching my head over how I missed this mystery series set in 17th-century Japan.
Doctor Olaf Van Schuler’s Brain, by Kirsten Menger-Anderson. Historical fiction; short stories set in early New Amsterdam (New York). Although this has been published a while ago, I received a review copy of it on Monday.
A Question of Guilt: A Novel of Mary, Queen of Scots, and the Death of Henry Darnley, by Julianne Lee. *Another* Mary, Queen of Scots novel, but as this one focuses on a more interesting period of Mary’s life than The Other Queen did, I’m optimistic that this will be better.
The Firemaster’s Mistress, by Christie Dickason. More historical fiction; set in early 17th century England with the Gunpowder Plot.
Death of a Pilgrim, by David Dickinson. Mystery set in 1905 in France, centering around the deaths of pilgrims heading to Santiago de Compostela. ARC; to be published in February.
The Glassblower of Murano, by Marina Fiorato. To be published next May in the US; about an English woman who goes to Venice and uncovers some secrets about one of her ancestors, a famous glass artist on the island of Murano (there's my obsession with Venice popping up again!).
The Sano Ichiro series, by Laura Joh Rowland. I loved her The Secret Adventures of Charlotte Bronte, so I’m still scratching my head over how I missed this mystery series set in 17th-century Japan.
Comments
Love your blog. The Erasmus quote at the top is great.
George Gissing describes the choice between books and food very well too - long winded perhaps...
http://justdoitwell.blogspot.com/2007/07/i-know-every-book-of-mine-by-its-smell.html
I posted the passage on my blog if you would like to see.
John
I have owned the first 7 or 8 books in the Sano Ichiro series for years (no exaggeration) but still haven't to actually read the first one! One day! LOL!