August-Thin your to-read shelf

[Megan]

Is your to-read shelf getting longer and longer? Each month we will have a fun way to select your next book.

This month select a book from a series on your to-read shelf. Read the next book in a series you've already started or start a new one.

Please share your selected book and post your thoughts here.

[Megan]

I'll be reading The Hangman's Daughter by Oliver Pötzsch for my August challenge. I'm excited to start this series! I've been wanting to read it for awhile! Anyone read any from this series?

[Megan]

I finished The Hangman's Daughter. I was a bit disappointed in this book. I like that the author based this series on his ancestors, a dynasty of executioners in medieval Bavaria. I found the story sort of boring and I had a hard time keeping some of the characters straight. I'm also not sure why this was titled "the hangman's daughter". The hangman did have a daughter, but she was not a main character.