For those of you who follow my Book Club you will know that Clive Cussler is probably my most favourite Author.  The first book of his I found was at a Charity Christmas Book Stall called “Treasure” and this introduced me to the world of Dirk Pitt.  It was a rolling page after page adventure with Dirk and his friends and I loved every minute of it.  Having discovered his books I then had the pleasure of going back and reading all the books Mr Cussler had written to that point.  I have then bought his books since then. 

He then, a few years ago, started to write his books with Co-Authors.  Now I have read some books from famous authors with co-writers and they have been dreadful.  One author, who I will not name, co-wrote a book and you could tell that they had written alternate chapters and it was awful.  So much so I have never bought another book of his since!  However the co-authors that Mr Cussler used have really stuck to his format and I have still enjoyed them.

Mr Cussler passed away in 2020 but his books have still been publised in his style since then and one of the series that I love are the “The Oregon Files” and the above book in the set  was published in May 2024.

Juan Cabrillo and his brilliant team are hired to extract an important person from Kenya but in the midst of the rescue they find themselves in the middle of what may be a possible Middle Eastern war.  They also have to find two hypersonic missiles as well as fighting violent mercenaries moving through different countries whilst stopping the Arabian sea turning red!

I have only just started to read this but in the first two chapters I am already engrossed in it.

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Speaking of books I got some lovely ones from DH and The Boys for my Birthday, both fiction and non-fiction.  As you can see there are a few Christmas books in there, mainly murder mysteries.

DH bought me this and you all know I love anything Christmas!  Good Housekeeping has been producing cook books since before the second World War and I have my Grandmother’s version which was printed in 1948.  DH bought me an up to date version when we were first together which I still have and use a lot.  I also have a further updated version which has a picture for each dish.  I saw this and wanted to add it to the collection.  Can’t wait to check out some of the recipes.

This gardening book is by Monty Don who is the Presenter of BBC “Gardener’s World” a programme which is on on Friday evenings every week and which my Grandfather used to watch.   Monty began presenting the show in 2003.  Whatever garden you are trying to achieve this book gives you the help you need with plants, how to grow them, trim them and propagate them too.  We have a tricky garden in that is it on a slope, does not drain well and the soil is not good for all plants, so we really have to be careful with what we plant like the Spring bulbs, they only last about a year and then they just rot as it is so wet.

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Anyway whatever you are up to this weekend, gardening or reading, have a great one and I hope the weather is summer like. 

Hugs & Love, Susie & Coco xx