LHC #216: "The Braver Thing" by Clifford Jackman. Audio book. Canadian. About 18th century sea-pirates. I felt like the accents slowed it down, but considering that I was tying in loose ends of Tay Tartan sweater for the bulk of the listening, that didn't matter much. I was not surprised it was written by a lawyer. It would have been like a half hour shorter if the narrator hadn't made some kind of annoying choices (I eventually dealt with this by speeding up to 1.15x). I was thinking it would have been nice to have a list of characters, except everyone's roles change so often that it would have inevitably given something away. At least it had a good ending.
LHC #217: "Poets and Pahlevans" by Marcello Di Cintio. Hard copy. Persians and a martial art (wrestling), totally my research jam. It was exactly what I wanted it to be.
LHC #218: "Everyone knows your mother is a witch" by Rivka Galken. eBook. The voice of this one was so great, very entertaining. I requested this one based on the title alone, and didn't really have a clue what it was about (I expected a younger protagonist, for one thing). It was pretty funny to read the acknowledgements at the end and say "oh!" The central-European feel was delightful. I will be forcing this book on others, as often as possible.
LHC #219: "A man lies dreaming" by Lavie Tidhar. Hard copy. The library has nothing of his in eBook! His name keeps coming up, I think someone at Locus is a fan. The first of his I've read. I found it very entertaining, but can see where it might not be everyone's jam: a lot of sex and violence and sexual violence, and Hitler is after all the main character. I won't be recommending it helter-skelter, but for the right person it's a fun read.