Last book you bought - or read

Since I am unpacking things VERY slowly, I've spent more time than usual reading.
I finished Blood and Fire a while back. That's George RR Martin, if you don't know. In Sweden it was published as two books, so I was happy to get the English "complete" book, but.... I think it's still part one of two. It follows the Targaryen dynasty from their conquering Westeros to about halfway through their 300 or so years in power.

It's written a bit like a history recorded by a maester, with comments by the narrator and references to various source materials. I thought it might be a somewhat boring read at first, but even though it breezes through a bunch of regents and their family members and allies rather quickly, you still get the sense that the Game of the Iron Throne was always complicated and full of deviousness.

After that I read an old detective novel I got second hand from a friend. "Blunt" something, about an inspector Cardinal. Wouldn't surprise me one bit if there's a TV series based on the characters. Or I've read another book before. The name Cardinal seems very familiar. The story wasn't much to call home about.... The usual sick serial killer, an inspector with personal problems and an annoying boss... Yesterday I started reading Belgravia by Julian Fellowes (the man behind Downton Abbey) but I find myself more in the mood for more detective stories. Luckily I got two books about Cardinal so I guess I'll be reading the second one next.

I finished "Belgravia" by Julian Fellowes today. No sci fi at all, just plain old Downton Abbey style "secrets and scandal". Which turned out to be not much of either. You suspect the secret in chapter 1, have it confirmed in chapter 2, suspect how the book will end about midway through and have that confirmed in the next to last chapter. Then the last chapter brings a bit of suspense, for a page or two, wrap everything up, and end kind of weirdly (I suspect in a "bad people always get their comeuppance" sort of way). Still, was an OK read if you like 19th century type stuff, and I do.

EDIT: And speaking of 19th century books, I just found that there's been a TV series made of the unfinished book Jane Austen left behind. As far as I recall she wrote it as a series of letters between two friends, but the TV series seem to follow normal format. We have all episodes currently available online here in Sweden, so... I guess I know what I'll do now I've finished the second season of the Order (which I binged, largely 'cause I have a friend who's in the background in some episodes).

Did she leave it behind because it wasn't finished, or did she just forget she had it with her at the time?

she ded.