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…?