I have done this before a couple of times but not for a few years and I just have a hankering to read lots of crime function during August when it (theoretically) gets a bit quieter as friends and workmates go off on holiday.
This is a sort of personal challenge but one that doesn’t have any real goals and until yesterday afternoon was going to have a suggested reading list but frankly when I looked at the crime section of my TBR mountain I quailed at the enormity of the the task and I’m basically just going to wing it.
Although I will almost certainly start with the new Lauren Beukes which appeared as if by magic on my Kindle app yesterday morning 🙂
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August 1, 2014 at 8:54 pm
lynnsbooks
I’m looking forward to the new Beuke’s – I loved her Shining Girls and Zoo City.
Hope you enjoy – your little header makes me want to read some Holmes!! Or maybe something like The Woman in White.
Lynn 😀
August 27, 2014 at 7:15 am
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