Sample Saturday is when I wade through the eleventy billion samples I have downloaded on my Kindle. I’m slowly chipping away and deciding whether it’s buy or bye.
The Lie of the Land by Amanda Craig
Why I have it: No idea.
Summary: Quentin and Lottie Bredin can’t afford to divorce. In order to stay afloat they leave London and move their children to a house in a remote part of Devon. They soon discover why their rent so low.
I’m thinking: Maybe – the black comedy about middle-class manners appeals but apparently there’s a murder mystery element (not my thing).
‘Few things are more painful than loathing and despising someone you have once loved and admired.’
Ma’am Darling: 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret by Craig Brown
Why I have it: Reading inspired by The Crown.
Summary: Princess Margaret – to her friends, she was witty and regal. To her enemies, she was rude and demanding. A biography re-imagined, this book combines interviews, parodies, dreams, parallel lives, diaries, announcements, lists, catalogues and essays to show who Princess Margaret was.
I’m thinking: Yes – interesting format.
The Heirs by Susan Rieger
Why I have it: No idea.
Summary: An upper-crust Manhattan family comes undone after the death of their patriarch and the ensuing claim on his estate from an unknown woman.
I’m thinking: Maybe – I do like these kinds of family dramas but is it perhaps a little generic…?
I also enjoy family dramas. I am going to have to read a few reviews of The Heir!
Seems to be one of those books that doesn’t have people going for either one star or five stars, but rather mid-range. I’d prefer a book that divides – at least it’s memorable!
I don’t download samples but I have a ton of books on my Kindle and rarely read anything in that format. I should try this approach. To remind me of what I have. I am read Les Miserables on the Kindle … slowly.
It’s a good way to sift through what you have and chuck whatever you’ll never read. I keep thinking if I’d bought all the books that caught my eye (instead of downloading samples), my TBR stack would be in the thousands!
I really want to read Ma’am Darling, I love Margaret in The Crown!
She’s brilliantly done in The Crown. I went to an exhibition a few years ago of fashion at Kensington Palace – I realised then how fashion-forward and daring Margaret was.
She is, I think Vanessa Kirby was perfect! And that sounds amazing, I wish I could have gone!
The Lie of the Land was our last book group read. When I read the back cover I groaned, and the first chapter didn’t enamour me to the central characters. However, I stuck with it and it turned out to be utterly brilliant. I’d definitely give it a shot!
Well I liked the first chapter…so…
I have The Lie of the Land out from the library but haven’t read it yet. Everyone I know who’s read it thought it was great, a sort of post-Brexit satire.