Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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July's reading had its ups and downs but some real gems.

Books mentioned:
Long Wave by Daisy Johnson
The Red Mouth by Sheila Armstrong
Video about these two great new releases -
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
Jane Austen's Letters edited by Deirdre Le Faye
Six Weeks By the Sea by Paula Byrne
The Jane Austen Remedy by Ruth Wilson
The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith
Percy: A Tragedy by Hannah More
Poem on the Inhumanity of the Slave Trade by Ann Yearsley
Men of Maize by Miguel Angel Asturias translated by Gerald Martin
A Detective's Triumphs by Dick Donovan aka James Muddock
Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy

Reading events mentioned:
Jane Austen July thanks Katie, Marissa and Claudia
Private Eye July thanks Jim @MysteryandMayhem-gr7nn
Reading the Globe thanks @PageTurnersWithKatja
Neglected Victorian Bestsellers thanks @royreadsanything
Thomas Hardy in publication order thanks @JentheLibrarianreads