The Case of the Canterfell Codicil, by PJ Fitzsimmons

Title: The Case of the Canterfell Codicil 

Author: PJ Fitzsimmons 

Borrowed from Queen Anne County Public Library Audiobook 

Started: 5/26/2025

Finished: 5/30/2025

A recommendation from a random Reddit thread, I absolutely LOVED this book. It is very short, but when putting the book down at night I found myself going back a chapter or two when picking it up again just knowing id smile at what I'd read before.  

Definitely a Wodehousian novel, enjoyed everything about it.   Going to be a struggle (I'll likely fail) not to blow through this series.  

Nestlings, by Nat Cassidy

Title: Nestlings

Author: Nat Cassidy

Borrowed from Queen Anne County Public Library Audiobook 

Started: 5/20/2025

Finished: 5/27/2025

I liked this one but not as much as the other two Cassidy books I've read.  

Scaramouche, by Rafael Sabatini

Title: Scaramouche 

Author: Rafael Sabatini 

Borrowed from Fairfax County Public Library Audiobook 

Started: 5/1/2025

Finished: 5/22/2025

Enjoyed this one but tooky time with it in-between other books I was reading.  Swashbuckling and witty dialogue.  

The Bull from the Sea, by Mary Renault

Title: The Bull from the Sea

Author: Mary Renault 

Purchased from Audible 

Started: 5/15/2025

Finished: 5/21/2025

The second half of the Theseus series, this was great and the combined books were fantastic.   Will probably try more of Renaults works when I have money to burn (not available from my libraries).  

Odyssey, by Stephen Fry

Title: Odyssey 

Author: Stephen Fry 

Purchased from Audible 

Started: 5/13/2025

Finished: 5/16/2025

I've read all of Fry's reimagininga of the Greek myths and this one always starting out to be my least favorite.   But after about a third of it was behind me things either picked up or I figured out the rhythm of the book and from then on I was pretty engrossed.  

Hungry Moon, by Ramsey Campbell

Title: Hungry Moon 

Author: Ramsey Campbell 

Borrowed from Queen Anne County Public Library Audiobook 

Started: 5/7/2025

Finished: 5/11/2025

The first third or maybe first half was pretty enjoyable folk horror but then it lost me in the second half.  

When the Wolf Comes Home, by Nat Cassidy

Title: When the Wolf Comes Home

Author: Nat Cassidy

Purchased from Audible

Started: 5/1/2025

Finished: 5/5/2025

After loving Mary I decided to give this newest Cassidy book a shot.  I liked it, a lot at times.  Didn't love it as much as Mary, but this one went in a completely different direction than I anticipated and that was pretty enjoyable.  

Mary: An Awakening of Terror, by Nat Cassidy

Title: Mary: An Awakening of Terror

Author: Nat Cassidy

Borrowed from Fairfax County Public Library Audiobook

Started: 4/27/2025

Finished: 5/1/2025

Really enjoyed this one -- a unique horror story that went several different directions I didn't see coming.  I did see one major twist (reminder, this blog has spoilers) -- Nancy being the falsely accursed, but most of the other major plot points I was just along for the ride.

This was also a much more humorous book than I thought it would be -- particularly shining through with the excellent narration by Susan Bennett.