I know that many of you don’t have enough leisure time to try and find a good book. So, I thought I’d share with you what I’ve recently read and what’s on my list for the summer. There are some major books coming in the fall, Grisham, Connelly, Flynn, etc. All I’ve already pre-ordered. I get a weekly email from bookreporter.com that let’s me know what’s new on the market. Anyway, if you’re interested, here’s what I’ve recently read and what I still have on my list:
Recently read:
Does the Noise in My Head Bother You, Steven Tyler (non-fiction, I think)(read my review on my blog)
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror and an American Family in Hitler’s Berlin, Erik Larson (non-fiction)
Dead Reckoning: Sookie Stackhouse, Charlaine Harris (Sookie’s with Erik!)
The Snowman( newest) and Redbreast (oldest) Harry Hole novel’s, Jo Nesbo
The Long Road Home, Ben Shepard (non-fiction, post WWII and dealing with displaced persons and prisoners)
Mildred Pierce, James Cain (classic noir, author of The Postman Always Rings Twice and Double Indemnity)
A Visit from the Goon Squad, Jennifer Egan (see blog for review)
Dreams of Joy, Lisa See (this is a sequel to Shanghai Girls and you do need to read that first. See is the author of Snowflower and the Secret Fan)
To read:
Cutting for Stone, Abraham Verghese
The Devil’s Star (2nd Harry Hole novel), Jo Nesbo
The Madonna’s of Leningrad: A Novel, Debra Dean (what can I say, I love WWII books)
Onward, Schultz and Gordon, (non fiction, rebuilding Starbuck’s)
Blind the Ponies, Stanley West (no, it’s not about blinding ponies)
Shantarum, Gregory Roberts (one of those big, sprawling, covering decades and generations kind of book)
Just Kids, Patti Smith (non-fiction, autobiography of the goddess of punk rock)
Autobiography of Mark Twain Vol. One, Smith, Griffin and Fischer
Parrot and Oliver in America, Peter Carey
Room, Emma Donoghue (book club selection)
The Electric Cool Aid Acid Test, Tom Wolfe (book club selection)
The Cookbook Collector, Allegra Goodman (book club)
Hope you find some of these interesting, engaging and I’m sure some will be boring and not worth the read.
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