What are we reading in May?

[Ally]

The Perfect Nanny by D L Fisher.

[Kaz]

A historical novel, set in Restoration times. Alathea, by Pamela Belle.

[TheOstrich]

A Silent Death by Peter May - crime novel set in Spain.

Putting that on one side, have you noticed how many well-known "blockbuster" authors are now reissuing their earlier works?
This one's actually a case in point. The frontispiece page says:

First published in Great Britain in 2020 by riverrun.
This reissue paperback edition published in 2025 by riverrun

When Mrs O and I read the back cover synopsis in Waitrose, we didn't remember it, so we bought it.
Now we've started it, it's all come back. I can even tell you who did it!

Peter May isn't the only author doing this by any stretch.
You have to be very careful buying paperbacks these days; I'm trying to train myself to always check the date.

[JanB]

Nada, I've run out

[Kaz]

Ossie, didn't Peter May write A Year in Provence? I loved the TV adaptation with John Thaw.

[Kaz]

Nada, I've run out

Gosh, treat yourself to a Kindle, Jan! xx

[TheOstrich]

Ossie, didn't Peter May write A Year in Provence? I loved the TV adaptation with John Thaw.

That was Peter Mayle, Kaz.

Peter May is Scottish and has published around 30 books, mainly thoughtful crime dramas, set variously in France, China and Scotland.
He has also had a long career in scriptwriting TV series including a major "soap" based in the Hebrides for Scottish Television, much of it apparently in Gaelic! (Similar concept to Pobol y Cwm on S4C in Wales).
Mrs O and I both enjoy his books; well worth trying out if you like that sort of thing.

[Kaz]

Oops!

I will take a look

[Ally]

Nada, I've run out

Gosh, treat yourself to a Kindle, Jan! xx

For years I thought I didn't want one (what an idiot! ) but my Kindle is without doubt one of the best things I've ever bought.

It fits into my smallest bag so I'm never without it.

I've got nearly 500 waiting to be read but that hasn't stopped me buying another 2 this morning.

#obsessed

[Osc]

I’ve just finished The Glassmaker by Tracy Chevalier, she also wrote The Girl with the Pearl Earring. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

I’ve never been tempted to get a Kindle, for me nothing beats a real book. Mind you, for holidays I do get books on my iPad through BorrowBox, can’t have books taking weight in the suitcase instead of shoes!