July passed so quickly! Here are the four books I read:

Book 1: 1776 by David McCullough

In commemoration of our nation’s 250th birthday, I got a start on this weighty volume:

There’s a lot more to the story of America’s independence than what I remember from school. The individual sacrifices are worthy of our remembrance.

Book 2: Murder Must Advertise by Dorothy Sayers

Lord Peter Wimsey is back – this time under an assumed name – to look into an accident that might not have been an accident.

The setting is an advertising agency. The timing is the late 1930s. And yes, a deeply layered mystery.

The only complaint I have is that, not being British, I didn’t understand a bit of the chapter involving a cricket game. But that’s on me, right? (I wouldn’t have understood it if the game was football, either.)

Book 3: The Railway Children by E. Nesbit

Such a good children’s book! It’s a mystery to me that it didn’t make it into my to-be-read stack back in the 1960s.

In the early 1900s, Mother packs up the children, tells them they’re no longer wealthy, and they board a train to live in the country. The train station down the hill from their new home is the clue to their regained happiness and discovering the mystery of their missing father.

Book 4: Othello by William Shakespeare

Another tragedy from The Bard.

So much carnage! And – although I hate to say it – the trickery and deception carry with them the stench of modern times.

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It’s technically still July for a few more hours, but I’m already deep into Land by Maggie O’Farrell. More on that book next month!

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