Celebrating the Seasons with the Yorkshire Shepherdess by Amanda Owen (2021)
I can’t remember how this book entered my orbit, but it was an interesting glimpse into a lifestyle very different from my own. I especially liked the many photographs of absolutely gorgeous Yorkshire landscapes.
One, Two, Buckle My Shoe by Agatha Christie (1940)
Audiobook narrated by Hugh Fraser.
Poirot’s dentist seemingly commits suicide, but Poirot sets out to prove it was murder.
The Secret Hours by Mick Herron (2023)
I’m torn about whether to include this in my favourites because it was easily my least favourite Herron book. It starts off really well, but then gets bogged down with way too many words and much too little action. I’m not sorry I read it, but I wouldn’t recommend this one like I do his others.
The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie (1922)
Audiobook narrated by Nadia May.
Tommy and Tuppence, the Young Adventurers, are tasked with finding Jane Finn, who has important government papers and has disappeared. Not my favourite Christie, but still enjoyable.
Treasure Island!!! by Sara Levine (2011)
There is a book reviewer and blogger I follow whose taste is pretty reliably the exact opposite of mine, so when I saw she disliked this book, I immediately ordered it and I wasn’t disappointed.
A young woman becomes obsessed with Stevenson’s Treasure Island and blows up her entire life by trying to live by its maxims of “boldness, resolution, independence and horn-blowing.” I love these unlikeable protagonists.
