Friday, July 3, 2026

Falling Behind

I have fallen behind in the GoodReads Reading challenge. I read nine books in May before and on the first few days of our recent cruise. 

Of my May reads I enjoyed and learnt so much about recent Sydney history in The Man who couldn't wait: the true story of Australia's first political assassination. While I found the content in The Kerry Girls most interesting I found it a drag to read, perhaps it needed more editing.

Towards the end of the cruise I fell ill with pneumonia and, on disembarkation, was  admitted to hospital in Cape Town, South Africa. While I had a lot of potential reading time on my hands conditions there prevented me from using it to read. One arm was hooked up to a drip, the other arm was tied by leads to a beeping monitor and I was masked in regular sessions on a nebuliser so I couldn't easily read a real book or an eBook on my phone. I could have tried audio books but I couldn't be bothered. 

After getting out of hospital and unhooked from gadgets I read four books in June. I found the true crime story London Falling unputdownable and A Land Rover named Lucy  a most readable and humourous travel tale.

Look After Your Feet: Some keen observations on the unexpected advantages and indignities of getting older
London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth
Bush Doctor: A memoir from the beautiful, rugged heart of outback Australia
Three-Inch Teeth (Joe Pickett, #24)
A Land Rover Named Lucy: Three friends. One Land Rover. A journey that changed everything.
Swimming Back to Trout River
The Man Who Couldn't Wait: The true story of Australia's first political assassination
The Kerry Girls: Emigration and the Earl Grey Scheme
Three Reasons for Revenge
A Cruise to Die For
The Hunter
When I Am Sixty-Four
The Impossible Fortune (Thursday Murder Club, #5)

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