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Saturday, April 16, 2011

TSS Recently Read

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It's become difficult for me to create posts but I still do a passel of reading. So if you can forgive the lack of art, this is what I've been reading.

For April is Aussie Author Month:

Butterfly**** by Sonya Hartnett
Dreams of Speaking**** by Gail Jones

Next:

Legacy by Kirsten Tranter
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Chinese Literature Challenge:

Three Sisters by Bu Feiyu**** (China) Man Asian Prize Winner 2011
Taroko Gorge*** by Jacob Ritari (Taiwan)

Book Reading Challenge, subject for April and May-India:

Dahanu Road**** by Anosh Irani   Man Asian longlist 2011
Serious Men***+ by Manu Joseph Man Asian Prize shortlist 2011
Saraswati Park***+ by Anjali Joseph

Next:

The Pleasure Seekers by Tishani Doshi 2010
Tiger Hills by Sarita Mandanna
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Ireland Reading Challenge:

The Truth About Love**** by Josephine Hart

Next:

The Reconstructionist by Josephine Hart
The Matchmaker of Kenmare by Frank Delaney
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For Anita Brookner International Day, July 16, 2011:

Altered States**** by Anita Brookner

Next:

Dolly, Brief Lives, or The Bay of Angels

African Literature:

Sleepwalking Land***+ by Mia Couto (Mozambique)
Sweetness in the Belly***** by Camilla Gibb (Ethiopia)

Next:

The Yacoubian Building by Alaa Al Aswany (Egypt)

Jewish Literature Challenge:

Wherever You Go**** by Joan Leegant
Foreign Bodies***+ by Cynthia Ozick
The Glass Room***+ by Simon Mawer

Canadian Literature Challenge:

The Matter With Morris**** by David Bergen
Letters to Omar***+ by Rachel Wyatt
The Beauty of Humanity Movement***** by Camilla Gibb

Questions, opinions, recommendations, links to reviews, or requests for reviews are welcome from readers.

Sunday, February 1, 2009

TSS January in Review


Salon Sunday may be found here.



Books Reviewed:

Also read:

16.The Elegance of the Hedgehog**** by Muriel Barbery
17.Jenford: A Short History of Upland***+ by Henrik E. Sadi
18.The Awakening and Other Stories***+ by Kate Chopin
19.What Happened to Anna K.**** by Irina Reyn
20.No Such Creature**** by Giles Blunt
21.To Siberia**** by Per Petterson
22.Kitchen**** by Banana Yoshimoto

The best

Through Black Spruce by Joseph Boyden
We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
The Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean
Tomato Girl by Jayne Pupek

Reviews to come:

The Book Thief***** by Markus Zusak
The Disappearing Act of Esme Lennox****+ by Maggie O'Farrell
A Mercy by Toni Morrison
The Lost City of Z by David Grann- giveaway compliments of Double Day
Now You See Him****+ by Eli Gottlieb- giveaway compliments of Harper Collins
Tightrope by Michael Karpin- nonfiction Jewish family history

Eighteen books read this month, I'm happy. What was interesting about your month?

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