Welcome to my new post where I discuss any books that I read in the month which for one reason or another didn’t get the full review treatment. This is a way for me to keep track of what I’ve read but without the pressure of having to write comprehensive reviews for them all.
There was only one book I read this month that I didn’t feel like reviewing in full…
The Winter King ~ Bernard Cornwell
I never would have picked up a Bernard Cornwell book before I watched and enjoyed the TV adaptation of The Last Kingdom, but it made me think that maybe it’s my kind of thing after all. I also wasn’t aware that he’d written a trilogy based on King Arthur until I stumbled across this reissue at work, so I couldn’t resist picking it up.
I enjoyed a lot about this story of war in the time of Arthur, Mordred, Merlin and Guinevere, but for some reason it never fully grabbed my attention. I found Cornwell’s writing surprisingly beautiful, and I usually love most things Arthurian so I’m not sure why I couldn’t get into it. I did manage to struggle through, and was glad that I did but I’m not sure if I’ll pick up the other two books.
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{that’s any other business for those of you that’ve never had the misfortune of having a job where people say that all the time}
- My June Spotlight Review was One of Us is Lying by Karen M. McManus
- My monthly wrap-up post went up yesterday: This Month in Books: June 2017
- Broken Branches was my Book of the Month, and also Cover of the Month. It’s out at the end of July.
- I also read Fear, which I’ll review sometime this week.
Well, that’s a wrap on June, folks! How did you get on?
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