Dissolution by C.J. Sansom A- Recommended by P.D. James. I really liked this one. I hope there will be more books about the detective Matthew Shardlake who works for Henry VIII’s Thomas Cromwell. Wait, I just checked Amazon, and there are sequels: one called Dark Fire and a new one called Sovereign.
Grumpy Old Bookman’s review of Dissolution.

From Cover to Cover: Evaluating and Reviewing Children’s Books by Kathleen Horning BRecommended by Mindy at propernoun.net. Actually, I skimmed a lot of this book; the information seemed fairly basic and self-explanatory, but maybe if I were new to the world of children’s literature . . .

The Geographer’s Library by Jon Fasman. B Recommended at Flos Carmeli by Steven. Semicolon review here.

The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles by Padraic Colum. Semicolon review here.

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie. C+ Recommended by Jane at Much Ado. Semicolon review here.

The Fencing Master by Arturo Perez-Reverte. B+ Interesting suspense novel set in Spain, written by a Spanish author.

The Dark Frigate by Charles Boardman Hawes B 1924 Newbery Award winner. Semicolon review here. And here’s a review from Sandy D. at The Newbery Project.

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Re-read for the American literature class I’m teaching at our homeschool co-op.

Come Back to Afghanistan by Said Hyder Akbar B Semicolon review here.

Best book of the month: Dissolution by CJ Sansom. I’m definitely going to read more in this series.