Books Read in February:Sunday Salon may be found here.
19.The Sister**** by Poppy Adams (UK)
20.Disquiet***+ by Julia Leigh (US)
21.The Cellist of Sarajevo***** by Steven Galloway (Canada)
22.Mercy Among the Children***** by David Adams Richards (Canada) 417 pgs.
23.The Leper****by Steve Thayer (US) 400 pgs.
24.A Father's Affair***+ by Karel Van Loon (Netherlands)
25.Olive Kitteridge****+ by Elizabeth Strout (US)
26.The Spanish Bow***** by Andromeda Romano-Lax 554 pgs. (US)
27.The Mysteries of Udolpho***+ by Ann Radcliffe (UK) (1794) 542 pgs.
28.Dog On It***+ by Spencer Quinn (US)
29.A Mercy****+ by Toni Morrison (US)
30.Tales of the Ten Lost Tribes***** by Tamar Yellin (US)
and a partial but major slow read:
Ulysses by James Joyce (UK) (1922) 574 pgs. online at Gutenberg Project 344 pgs. read so far.
The best:
The Cellist of Sarajevo*****
The Spanish Bow*****
Mercy Among the Children*****
Tales of the Ten Lost Tribes*****
Favourite opening:
"It screamed down splitting air and sky without effort. A target expanded in size, brought into focus by time and velocity. There was a moment before impact that was the last instant of things as they were. Then the visible world exploded." The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway
Twelve books completed in February, five from my nightstand. Several were veritable tomes, a couple of them missed qualifying for the Chunkster Challenge by a only few pages. But no time-wasters in the whole bunch and it was a short month so I'm happy.
What was interesting about your month of reading?
I will be posting a review (and giveaway) of A Mercy very soon. If any of these other titles interest you, please ask and I'll write up a brief review just for you. Don't forget to check out my giveaway of The Lost City of Z by David Grann below.
