July Wrap-up

July has come to an end, without me achieving very much on the reading front. July also saw Paris in July and I had big plans which did not really materialise. I only read four books this month, due to a busy schedule in both June and July. Somewhat late a short wrap-up from July. I will do a separate wrap-up of Paris in July.

Books read

• Krysalis by John Trenhaile - a good, old fashioned spy thriller à la Le Carré. I have had it for a long time, found a receipt from Hatchard from 1990. Excellent and thrilling read.

• The Paris Novel by Ruth Reichl - wonderful book about a girl coming to Paris, reluctantly, but slowly, slowly, coming under the spell of the city. You should not read it while hungry because there are several descriptions of food that you wish you had in front of you. My review under link.

• La vie secrète des écrivains/Öns hemlighet by Guillaume Musso - another good thriller by Musso, turning out to be the second book in a trilogy. The first one is Reunion which I did read. On Guillaume Musso's  website he explains the purpose of the trilogy. He uses different perspectives to tell his stories. They are captivating and surprising. Along the way you think you know the riddle of the story, just to be surprised when it changes direction. He is playing between fiction and reality. Review will come.

• Well-schooled in Murder by Elizabeth George - I have hardly read any of her books, but watched many episodes from the TV-series. It is a treat to read her books as well, and this murderer hid among the suspects until the very end.

That was all I managed this month. I am in the process of reading a few other books though.

• Faust by Johan Wolfgang von Goethe

• The World of Yesterday by Stefan Zweig

• No angel by Penny Vincenzi

• Madonna in a Fur Coat by Sabahattin Ali

• Antinous: A Poem by Fernando Pessoa

• Childe Harold's Pilgrimage by Lord Byron

• The Devil's Elixirs by E. T. A. Hoffmann

• Marie Antoinette's Head, The Royal Hairdresser, the Queen and the Revolution by Will Basnor

Let's see if I can finish a few of them until the end of the month.