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The Sunday Salon


May is here! Isn’t that incredible? Every now and then I look back a year and see what I was reading then. Books I read (or posted reviews on) in the first week of May, 2008 were:

Whose Body?, by Dorothy Sayers
The Painted Veil, by Somerset Maugham
Turning Tables, by Rose and Heather McDowell
Hons and Rebels, by Jessica Mitford
The Painter From Shanghai, by Jennifer Cody Epstein

I enjoyed reading all of these books; I gave each a four-star rating or higher, except for Whose Body? which got three . I also watched the film adaptation of The Painted Veil (amazing, a must-watch), and participated in Weekly Geeks, which I believe was just in its second week then.

Currently, I’m reading an advance copy of Rude Awakenings of a Jane Austen Addict, by Laurie Viera Rigler, the sequel to True Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict.
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Alyce said…
I hope you have a great day of reading!
May 3, 2009 at 1:30 PM
Frances said…
The Painted Veil is among my favorite books. Really enjoyed your comments about it. Maugham is masterful enough of a writer to make what is left unsaid as powerful as what finds voice. Now you have reminded me of how much I wanted to see that movie too.

Today I am reading the new Laurie King book The Language of Bees, and hosting a book giveaway for The Crimes of Paris. Happy reading!
May 3, 2009 at 2:07 PM
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