My weekend reads include Gilded Age: A Novel by Claire McMillan, a contemporary retelling of Edith Wharton's House of Mirth (set in Cleveland!) and D.B. Jackson's Thieftaker, which sounds like a Colonial American Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell. (Should I want to mix things up, I've also got My Dear I Wanted to Tell You (WWII hist fic) and Brand New Human Being (contemporary) in the queue.)
What are you reading this weekend?
Good to see you back! I'm just starting Ocean Beach by Wendy Wax.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a perfect summer read!
DeleteI'm glad you're back, and sending you chicken soup vibes for your cold. I've just started a new audio for the gym: Colin Firth reading Graham Greene's The End of the Affair (powerful) and reading Jiang Rong's Wolf Totem (illuminating).
ReplyDeleteThanks, Col -- I need 'em! Also, Colin Firth reading Graham Greene = uhnffffh...yum! Enjoy!
DeleteAudra welcome back!!!! And to col - audio books for gym - what a fantastic idea! I am going to adopt that idea. Now i just need to start working out! Lol
ReplyDeleteIsn't it such a fabu idea? I love it -- I just have to get myself to the gym!
DeleteAudra welcome back!!!! And to col - audio books for gym - what a fantastic idea! I am going to adopt that idea. Now i just need to start working out! Lol
ReplyDeleteWelcome home! I've been traveling for work too, and I came back with a horrible, horrible sunburn. I look forward to being comfortable sometime soon. Hope you feel better!
ReplyDeleteOh no!!! I'm so sorry! I hope it heals soon!
DeleteSummer colds are the worst! Feel better!
ReplyDeleteThank you -- I'm so over the sniffing!
DeleteOoh, I have an e-ARC of Thieftaker to read soon as well! It does look quite good, right? I usually stay away from Colonial-era American-set novels, but who could resist that one? I think you're dead on with the "Colonial American Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell" comparison!
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to your reviews!
Ha, I'm the opposite -- I'm a sucker for Colonial American but magic/fantasy stuff can be really hit-or-miss for me -- the blend of the two was so intriguing I couldn't resist!
DeleteHope you're feeling better soon! Reading The Secret Garden and The Last Werewolf here. Could not be reading two more different books! :D
ReplyDeleteSeriously -- that could give one whiplash! I loved The Secret Garden as a kid -- wonder how I'll feel after an adult reread. The Last Werewolf has been on my TBR for a while -- looking forward to your thoughts on it!
DeleteI hope you feel better soon. Conferences can be exhausting. I'm reading Sea Change by Karen White still, hoping to finish it this weekend.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Serena -- my wife has been taking v good care of me, so that's helping! Sea Change sounds good -- reminds me a bit of Rebecca and The Lantern -- looking forward to your review!
DeleteI'm hoping to finish THE EDUCATION OF KOKO by Francine (Penny) Patterson and Eugene Linden, a nonfiction book about raising a gorrila to speak by sign language. It was written in 1981, so I'll have to check the Internet to get an update.
ReplyDeleteAnd I'm hoping to start this weekend a book I just won from the author, THE CONVICTION by R0bert Dugoni.
Beth -- I remember learning a bit about Koko when I was in college -- will have to wiki her to see what happened. The Dugoni sounds promising -- enjoy!
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