Hosted by Jennifer at 5 Minutes for Reading: On My Nightstand:
The Sum of Our Days by Isabel Allende
Breaking Lorca by Giles Blunt
A Mad Desire to Dance by Elie Wiesel
Shelter Me by Rebecca Sawyer-Fay
Sleepwalking in Daylight by Elizabeth Flock
Tales of the Ten Lost Tribes by Tamar Yellin
Molokai by Alan Brennert
The City of Dreaming Books by Walter Moers
The Piano Teacher by Janice Y. Lee
Now You See Him by Eli Gottlieb
Ulysses by James Joyce (online) Gutenberg Project
The Brightest Moon of the Year by Christopher Meeks
The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson
The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff
The Little Giant of Aberdeen County by Tiffany Baker
and the 6 from last month's list that didn't arrive at the library yet:
The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill
2666 by Roberto Bolano Blue Fox by Sion
three by Le Clezio (Nobel author)
I read 12 of the 18 on last month's Nightstand. I finally actually stuck to the list, a first for me:
Mercy Among the Children***** by David Adams Richards for Canada Reads Challenge
The Elegance of the Hedgehog**** by Muriel Barbery for the Dewey Challenge
Jenford: A Short History of Upland***+ by Henrik E. Sadi
The Awakening and Selected Stories***+ by Kate Chopin for the 18th and 19th century Women Writers' Challenge
A Mercy****+ by Toni Morrison for LibraryThing and the Nobel Challenge
What Happened to Anna K.**** by Irina Reyn
The Spanish Bow***** by Andromeda Romano-Lax 554 pgs. for the Chunkster Challenge,the Themed Reading Challenge (music), and War Through the Generations Challenge
No Such Creature***+ by Giles Blunt for LibraryThing
To Siberia****+ by Per Petterson (translated from the Norwegian) for Lost in Translation Challenge
Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto (translated from the Japanese) for Lost in Translation and Diversity Challenge
The Sister**** by Poppy Adams Shortlisted for best first novel Costa Award
The Leper**** by Stephen Thayer
And I also read...
The Cellist of Sarajevo***** by Steven Galloway for the Themed Challenge (music)
A Father's Affair***+ by Karel Van Loon (translated from the Dutch) for Lost in Translation Challenge
Olive Kitteridge***** by Elizabeth Strout
The Mysteries of Udolpho***+ by Ann Radcliffe (1794) 542 pgs. (online at Book Glutton) for the 18th and 19th century Women Writers' Reading Challenge and the Chunkster Challenge
Dog On It***+ by Spencer Quinn a light but fun doggy narrated mystery
So 20 books read and no real clinkers, I'm happy. A bad month review-wise, I only posted two but chronic pain and illness make my mind mush. The stars will have to tell the story, so to speak.
What's on your nightstand?
Dog On It looks like a fun read.
ReplyDeleteWow! And I thought I had a lot of books on mine. :)
ReplyDeleteThere are some great books on your list. Enjoy!
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ReplyDeleteRight now I have Neil Gaiman's American Gods and Cormac McCarthy's The Road on my table.
ReplyDeleteI'll look for your thoughts on *The Tales of the Ten Lost Tribes*. I loved Tamar Yellin's *The Genizah at the House of Shepher*
ReplyDeleteYou must have a big nightstand :)
Sounds like a banner month with no disappointing reads. After many years of feeling like I had to finish what I started, I am finally able to put down a book that isn't good.
ReplyDeleteHappy Reading!
Wow you did good!
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I'm so intrigued by the title of Tales of the Lost Ten Tribes.. I hope you post a review.. if not, a giveaway, lol! :D
ReplyDeleteI have To Siberia and The Cellist of Sarajevo on my nightstand too, from the library. Glad to see you have high ratings for both. :)
Wow! Well done!
ReplyDeleteI'm in the middle of reading A Mad Desire to Dance, and so far, am liking it. I'm an avid Elie Wiesel fan.
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