January 2025

 

 

A good reading month with lots of variety. Also some nice cover art so I chose three that I thought were especially relevant to the book content.

Fiction:

Going Home by Lamont, Tom

Young orphan boy is unexpectedly put in the care of a single thirty year old man.

All That Is Solid Melts Into Air by McKeon, Darragh 

Chernobyl 

Glassworks by Wolfgang-Smith, Olivia

Apartment Women by Gu, Byeong-mo; translated from the Korean by Kim, Chi-Young

Lenny Marks Gets Away with Murder by Mayne, Kerryn
The Estate by Jost, Sarah

Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame by Ford, Olivia 

Baking competition

Beyond Summerland by Lecoat, Jenny  

Jersey immediately post WW2. Some dark themes of collaboration, black marketing, and other crimes.

The Narrowboat Summer by Youngson, Anne

 

The Bishop’s Villa by Naspini, Sacha; translated from the Italian by Botsford, Clarissa

Italy, WW2

Rosarita by Desai, Anita 

The Three Lives of Cate Kay by Fagan, Kate
The Minuscule Mansion of Myra Malone by Burges, Audrey   

I See You Everywhere by Glass, Julia   

The Humble Lover by White, Edmund

 

The House with Twelve Rooms: stories by Christova, Stefani

Bulgaria

Contents:  Mrs. Ripley's Exit -- She Believes Me...She Believes Me Not... -- The Coffin with the Eleven-Year-Old Myself -- Richard and Julia -- Suzie Wants to Know the Truth -- Anna's Hair -- Paraskeva's Ghost -- The House With Twelve Rooms.

 

Nonfiction: 

Urban Forests: A Natural History of Trees and People in the American Cityscape by Jonnes, Jill
Sisters in Science by Campbell, Olivia
Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking: A Memoir of Food and Longing by Bremzen, Anya von

 Online: 
Pickled by Sebauer, Johanna translated from the German by Banks, Lillian M. and Sayne, Aaron