2024 52 Book Challenge
1) Locked-room mystery Mortal Mischief / Frank Tallis Clever mystery, the first in the Vienna Blood series. Author doesn't always play entirely fair with the reader, but that can be forgiven for the beautiful background of early 20th century Vienna (I wanted to visit again), well-drawn characters, and engrossing plot. Recommended. 2) Bibliosmia: A smelly book A month in the country / J.L Carr One of my favourite books, and a little jewel of a novel. My edition is not that old, only published in 2000, but my second hand copy has a distinctive old books smell. Reading it again is like being in the company of an old friend. I love the writing of J.L. Carr. Often very funny, it's also elegantly beautiful. Have now read this several times and each time I take something new away with me. Beautiful. 3) More than 40 chapters Portraits and Observations / Truman Capote. A selection (41!) of Capote's non-fiction writing. Spanning his career they are variable. Some excellent read...
