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Musing Mondays asks you to muse about one of the following each week…
Musing Mondays is a weekly meme that asks you to choose one of the following prompts to answer:
- I’m currently reading…
- Up next I think I’ll read…
- I bought the following book(s) in the past week…
- I’m super excited to tell you about (book/author/bookish-news)…
- I’m really upset by (book/author/bookish-news)…
- I can’t wait to get a copy of…
- I wish I could read ___, but…
- I blogged about ____ this past week…
I am currently reading The Book of Lost and Found by Lucy Foley. I’m in need of something a little uplifting at the moment and this book which promises a sweeping classic romance, and from what I’ve read so far I can’t disagree and I love a story where the narrative dives into the past to tell the tale.
Blurb
In many ways, my life has been rather like a record of the lost and found. Perhaps all lives are like that.
It’s when life started in earnest
HERTFORDSHIRE, 1928
The paths of Tom and Alice collide against a haze of youthful, carefree exuberance. And so begins a love story that finds its feet by a lake one silvery moonlit evening . . .
It’s when there were no happy endings
PARIS, 1939
Alice is living in the City of Light, but the pain of the last decade has already left its mark. There’s a shadow creeping across Europe when she and Thomas Stafford – now a world famous artist – find each other once more . . .
It’s when the story begins
LONDON, 1986
Bequeathed an old portrait from her grandmother, Kate Darling uncovers a legacy that takes her to Corsica, Paris and beyond. And as the secrets of time fall away, a love story as epic as it is life-changing slowly reveals itself . . . Amazon
I have just finished The Exit by Helen FitzGerald which features a young woman, Catherine, in her early twenties and Rose Price an elderly woman in her eighties who suffers from dementia. An intriguing read from the author of The Cry
My review will follow later this week
Next up I am going to read Follow The Leader by Mel Sherratt, the second in the DS Allie Shenton series which started with Taunting The Dead, a gritty crime novel set in Stoke-On-Trent.
Blurb
A man’s body is found on a canal towpath. In his pocket, a magnetic letter in the shape of an E.
Days later, a second victim is found, this time with the letter V tucked into her clothing.
As the body count rises, the eerie, childlike clues point to a pattern that sends DS Allie Shenton and her colleagues into full alert.
The race is on. Allie and the team must work quickly to determine where the killer will strike next. The rules are simple but deadly—to catch the killer, they must follow the leader. Amazon
What are you reading this week? Please share in the comments box below.
Cleopatra Loves Books 
Oh, I love Helen Fitzgerald. I want to read the Exit!
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I do too! 🙂
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I like the sound of them all! You’re sorely tempting me, but I have more than enough on my plate with my reviewing and my TBR challenge.
I’ve just finished Frances Fyfield’s psychological thriller ‘The Art of Drowning’ – which I didn’t like as much as some of her other books (felt a bit too obvious to me, not enough suspense). I’m currently reading Karim Miske’s Arab Jazz, which is an intriguing mix of thriller, anthropology of Paris of the 19th arrondissment and French philosophical shrugging. And I’ll probably be reading next (for reviewing purposes) Michel Bussi’s ‘After the Crash’ – just translated into English.
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Oh Marina, I haven’t read any Frances Fyfield for ages! This is the problem with these posts I always get sucked into wanting even more books! I am trying really hard to read some that I already own this year!
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I know what you mean about needing to read something uplifting sometimes,Cleo. I hope you’ll enjoy all of The Book of Lost and Found. I thought The Cry was a terrific read, so I’m eager to read this next Fitzgerald – good to hear you liked it.
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You do enjoy your books with different timelines, don’t you? I do too. I’m not aware of the first book, but I intend to need the next two – and I love Frances Fyfield too; she’s kind of slipped off my radar (which is very full as it is!)
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I bumped The Book of Lost and Found up the list as I needed something less harrowing to start February. I wouldn’t pick a contemporary romance as rule but if it is combined with a mystery from the past then somehow it’s much more appealing.. I know there is no real logic but hey!
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They’re generally more “literary” – I avoid contemporary romances too, but I do enjoy them when they have that historical/mystery flavour.
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This is the first time I have seen your book choices. I am like you sometimes I need a book that lifts my spirits. I will look yours up.
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Looking forward to your review of The Exit. That word ‘intriguing’ is intriguing…
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Well I thought I’d rely on a bit of suspense… Today is my mysterious day. They don’t happen very often and only work when you can’t see me 😉
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😆 Intriguing…
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These all look so tempting…I especially want to read The Exit. Thanks for sharing…and here is my MUSING MONDAYS POST
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The Exit was a good read, quite different to The Cry in a way that has ensured she will be a continuing must-read author.
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I read a lot of Francis Ffyfield a few years back, must re-visit her -happy reading:)
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I’m looking forward to your review of The Exit…the cover is intriguing!
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I’ve started Golden Son, a sequel to last year’s Red Rising.
And I’m working on a digital ARC of Denton’s Little Deathdate.
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Some good sounding books. I should read the Mel Sherratt as Stoke is just up the road from me.
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Wow, Follow The Leader sounds great! I like a good mystery and based on your blurb, I think this is going to be an intriguing one. Thanks for sharing your MM 🙂
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Follow the Leader sounds the most interesting!
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A book blogger i read mentioned how she wanted to read so many historical romances this new year. That stuck in my head as i haven’t read a good bodice for quite some time. So after a hunt on Goodreads for a list of new, HR authors since the ones i used to read now do modern day romance thrillers, I am reading this genre and trying out new authors. I’m on a third book: Just Like Heaven by Julia Quinn.
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Oooh, another Mel Sherratt! I’ve added her to my list of authors to look for after reading your last review.
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