January has come again, and I started it with plans to read lots during the month. Then I started one of the books that I wanted to read, My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk, and it is taking me a long time to read it.
I find it absolutely amazing how many books Alexander McCall Smith can churn out in a year, but when he produced a new Professor Igelfed book, I had to buy it. The Unusual Uses of Olive Oil is named for the story at the end of the book, but as usual we have this man who does not read social situations as most do, having and adventure by his accident of not being able to say no, or to tell them he is not the one they expect, and getting away with a very funny publicised story. In some ways I felt as though the first part of the book was not up to the usual standard, but the second half grew on me, till at the end I was happy that I had read it for the fun.
If you like Mystery books and you want to learn more of medieval life I would like to recommend the series of books written by Priscilla Royal. I read two in the first week of January, which had very different story lines, but contained much humour. They are a great read.
The tennis open calls, amazing match last night, it will be interesting to see how Djokovic recovers from this.
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