So, I have just finished reading my first book… except it is not one from the list. Which kind of defeats the point of making a list, but hey!

Hence, I am starting a list for books I have read which aren’t from The List:

1. The Glass Demon - Helen Grant.

This book isn’t actually released until May 2010. I managed to get a review copy while I was working at Puffin Books. It’s a teen / adult thriller-y book set in the Eifel region of Germany. It’s got German folklore and murder and intrigue. It’s got loads of Dan-Brown-stylee really short chapters so you get through it really quick. Don’t let the mention of Dan Brown put you off though… it’s actually quite well written if this is your kind of thing and even if it isn’t, it’s still an enjoyable read. The author’s debut novel, The Vanishing of Katharina Linden, won at least one award and I’d quite like to read that one as well…

This isn’t really the kind of thing I’d generally pick up to read but since I had it, I decided to read it and was pleasantly surprised.

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