Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago

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In which I muse about the books I acquired in May.

#booktube #bookhaul #bookshopping #goodreads

Books discussed:

The Road Home by Rose Tremain

Finding Belle by Reeta Chakrabarti

Mrs Death Misses Death by Salena Godden

A Daughter of Isis by Nawal El Saadawi

The Woman in the White Kimono by Ana Johns

Ghost Mountain by Ronan Hession

Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa

Death at the Sign of the Rook by Kate Atkinson

The Leopard in My House by Mark Steel

The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years by Shubnam Khan

Before the Queen Falls Asleep by Huzama Habayeb

Old Filth by Jane Gardam

Small Game Hunting at the Local Coward Gun Club by Megan Gail Coles

Sophie Won’t Sleep by Dr Danielle Camer