My July 2024 in Books

Alan Simpson
Reading is a Novel Idea
5 min readJul 31, 2024

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I was surprised when I saw I had finished 6 books since my June 2024 post and then I remembered

  • I wrote that one early so I might have finished one of these books in June
  • I spent a week in Kentucky and I read a lot in the car and at my MIL’s house

Here are the books

1. Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett

Emma Starling comes back home to New Hampshire because her father is ill. She was born with the ability to heal but has lost that and her drive to become a doctor. Her dad was a professor who now has memory issues and sees the ghost of Ernest Harold Baynes. There is also a missing person case involving Emma’s best friend from childhood.

I liked this one even though there is a lot going on. Emma was a good character that you care about. It is funny in places. The resolution of the missing person case was a surprise for me and that rarely happens. I would recommend it,

2. Sunny G’s Series of Rash Decisions by Navdeep Singh Dhillon

It has been one year since Sunny’s brother died. All Sunny has left of him is a notebook with some drawings and notes. Sunny decides to…

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Alan Simpson
Reading is a Novel Idea

I am a semi-retired former librarian who writes about a variety of topics. I review TV shows. I review books. I write about what is happening around us.