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.

Clear by Carys Davies

Why I have it: Because of Susan’s review.

Summary: John, an impoverished Scottish minister, has accepted a job evicting the lone remaining occupant of an island north of Scotland—Ivar, who has been living alone for decades, with only the animals and the sea for company. Though his wife, Mary, has serious misgivings about the errand, he decides to go anyway, setting in motion a chain of events that neither he nor Mary could have predicted.

I’m thinking: Yes (even for the cover alone….).

The Photograph by Penelope Lively

Why I have it: Because of this NYT article.

Summary: The novel opens with a snapshot: Kath, before her death, at an unknown gathering, holding hands with a man who is not her husband. The photograph is in an envelope marked ‘DON’T OPEN – DESTROY’, but Kath’s husband does not heed the warning, embarking on a journey of discovery that reveals a tight web of secrets.

I’m thinking: Yes.

The Last List of Miss Judith Kratt by Andrea Bobotis

Why I have it: Spotted on a Triple Choice Tuesday post.

Summary: Judith Kratt inherited all the Kratt family had to offer—the pie safe, the copper clock, the murder no one talks about. She knows it’s time to make an inventory of her household and its valuables, but she finds that cataloging the family belongings—as well as their misfortunes—won’t contain her family’s secrets.

I’m thinking: No.

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