So here we go for November. And during this month I have again read 13 books – I was off work for three weeks sick so had some time to read. Again these books vary across genres including:
- True Story
- Psychological Thrillers
- Crime
- Children’s Literature
- Teen Fiction
- Spy Fiction
So the 13 books I read in November 2018 were:
- Horses, Heifers & Hairy Pigs – Life as a Yorkshire Vet by Julian Norton
- Gone Again by Doug Johnston
- The Infirmary by L.J Ross
- Death Sentence by Damien Boyd
- A legacy of Spies by John Le Carre
- Heads or Tails by Damien Boyd
- Dead Lock by Damien Boyd
- The Butterfly Lion by Michael Morpurgo
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
- The Girl who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
- The Girl who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson
- Eeny Meeny by MJ Arlidge
- Perfect by Cecilia Ahern
So what genre fits what book? Well, you must have guessed that Horses, Heifers & Hairy Pigs – Life as a Yorkshire Vet is a true story and is based on the work that he does as a vet in Yorkshire. This isn’t a book I would normally read, but my Mum read it and loved it and recommended it to me, and I found that I actually did enjoy it. It is a great book which contains sad and hilarious stories of Julian’s work with animals.
Under the genre of Crime Fiction, I read three Damien Boyd books – and that is me now finished the DI Nick Dixon series – well that is until May 2019 when the next one is due out – and the title of this book will be Beyond the Point. Looking forward to that and seeing what is next in store for DI Dicon and his colleagues.
I also read the first three books in the Millennium Trilogy by Stieg Larsson and these were, in my opinion, were brilliant. I read the first one and just had to continue on and read the other two as the character of Lisbeth Salander is very intriguing and one you want to read more about.
Out of all these books, the one I struggled with was A Legacy of Spies by John Le Carre – I just couldn’t get into it – it seemed so staccato – and it was hard to follow. Maybe it was because I was sick when I read it and brain just couldn’t focus on it.
Now let’s roll to December and see what literary gems that month brings.
