More books to read!

I’ve been away from home for four weeks, and when I returned, I found the following waiting for me:

The Miracles of Prato, by Laurie Albanese (ARC)
The Little Giant of Aberdeen County, by Tiffany Baker (ARC, but finished copy)
The Needle in the Blood, by Sarah Bower
The Women, by TC Boyle (nice ARC surprise from Penguin; it' about Frank Lloyd Wright, told through the eyes of the four women who loved him)
A Place Beyond Courage, by Elizabeth Chadwick
The Dud Avocado, by Elaine Dundy
The Glassblower of Murano, by Marina Fiorato
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, by Jamie Ford (ARC)
The Founding, by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
Darling Jim, by Christian Moerk (ARC)
The Birthday Present, by Barbara Vine (ARC)

Comments

Anonymous said…

I've read a great deal of good things about , The Glass Blower so I can't wait to hear what you think of it!

January 13, 2009 at 9:57 PM

Serena said…

don't you love when you come back and there are great many books waiting for you.

January 15, 2009 at 12:57 PM

Anonymous said…

Ah, I was overjoyed to think that The Women had to do with the 1935 movie of the same title. Obviously it's not. But still it's appealing.

January 15, 2009 at 10:06 PM

Another giveaway

This time, the publicist at WW Norton sent me two copies of The Glass of Time , by Michael Cox--so I'm giving away the second copy. Cox is the author of The Meaning of Night, and this book is the follow-up to that. Leave a comment here to enter to win it! The deadline is next Sunday, 10/5/08.

A giveaway winner, and another giveaway

The winner of the Girl in a Blue Dress contest is... Anna, of Diary of An Eccentric ! My new contest is for a copy of The Shape of Mercy , by Susan Meissner. According to Publisher's Weekly : Meissner's newest novel is potentially life-changing, the kind of inspirational fiction that prompts readers to call up old friends, lost loves or fallen-away family members to tell them that all is forgiven and that life is too short for holding grudges. Achingly romantic, the novel features the legacy of Mercy Hayworth—a young woman convicted during the Salem witch trials—whose words reach out from the past to forever transform the lives of two present-day women. These book lovers—Abigail Boyles, elderly, bitter and frail, and Lauren Lars Durough, wealthy, earnest and young—become unlikely friends, drawn together over the untimely death of Mercy, whose precious diary is all that remains of her too short life. And what a diary! Mercy's words not only beguile but help Abigail and Lars

Six Degrees of Barbara Pym's Novels

This year seems to be The Year of Barbara Pym; I know some of you out there are involved in some kind of a readalong in honor of the 100th year of her birth. I’ve read most of her canon, with only The Sweet Dove Died, Civil to Strangers, An Academic Question, and Crampton Hodnet left to go (sadly). Barbara Pym’s novels feature very similar casts of characters: spinsters, clergymen, retirees, clerks, and anthropologists, with which she had direct experience. So it stands to reason that there would be overlaps in characters between the novels. You can trace that though the publication history of her books and therefore see how Pym onionizes her stories and characters. She adds layers onto layers, adding more details as her books progress. Some Tame Gazelle (1950): Archdeacon Hoccleve makes his first appearance. Excellent Women (1952): Archdeacon Hoccleve gives a sermon that is almost incomprehensible to Mildred Lathbury; Everard Bone understands it, however, and laughs

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