All in all a good reading month--some really great short story collections, a couple of mysteries (both from series that I may read more from), a nice non-fic book, and a couple from favorite authors. No real duds this month. It was pretty diverse in geographic settings, subject matter, and genre.
The best:
Signs Preceding the End of the World; Herrera, Yuri; Lisa Dillman
Personal copy
Dimanche and Other Stories; Némirovsky, Irène; Bridget Patterson
Library book.
Don't Try This at Home; Readman, Angela
Personal copy
Pepperpot: Best New Stories from the Caribbean; Press, Peekash
Personal copy
The Harlem Renaissance: A Brief History with Documents; Ferguson, Jeffrey Brown
Library book.
Last Night in Montreal; Mandel, Emily St. John
Library book.
The End of Days; Erpenbeck, Jenny; Susan Bernofsky
Library book
Close to the best:
The Children's Crusade; Packer, Ann
Library book
Land of Careful Shadows (Jimmy Vega Mystery, #1); Chazin, Suzanne
Library book
False Tongues (A Callie Anson Mystery, #4); Charles, Kate
Free ARC from publisher
Orhan's Inheritance; Ohanesian, Aline
Free ARC from publisher (via LibraryThing)
The Shore; Taylor, Sara
Free ARC from publisher. Nice debut.
A little less than the best (but good):
Us; Nicholls, David
Free ARC from publisher
The Dream Lover: A Novel of George Sand; Berg, Elizabeth
Library book
The Nightingale; Hannah, Kristin
Free ARC from publisher
