Five books last week - 2nd June to 8th June.
Ghost Moth, Silent Scream, and The Double Clue (the book with no image) are books I all read for bookclubs which I didn't end up attending. I didn't really get Ghost Moth; I didn't understand why Katherine had any dilemma. She wasn't really into her fiance, so why not just leave him for the guy she liked? There was never an explanation given for that.
The Double Clue was the first collection of Hercule Poirot stories I've ever read. I'm definitely a Holmes girl, but they were pretty good!
Silent Scream is set in the Black Country, and I do wonder if it was self-published. The story-telling is excellent, but the author's grammar isn't brilliant. She uses commas incorrectly quite a few times, and she's got a really irritating habit of referring to people as "males" and "females" outside of biological concepts. i.e., "the female corpse" would work, because you're identifying the characteristics of something that is now inanimate, in a biological context, but "the female walked into the room" sounds weird, because you're now talking about a human, in a social context, while identifying her biologically. It's a weird tic.
The Devil Wears Prada is a book I keep reading, even though it annoys me. Something about the experience appeals to me, clearly. I got the audiobook this time.
The Green Mile I'd read before, but I'd forgotten how utterly horrifying it was, particularly Delacroix's death. While we know he's a rapist and a murderer, that's offscreen; onscreen, he's the closest thing we have to a clown, which makes it particularly heart-rending, quite apart from the sheer horror of what happens to him.
I have this as both an audiobook and a kindle book (because I forgot about one when I bought the other) but I only listened to the audio. I really need to write an update for my Stephen King project; I'm three books behind!
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