An enjoyable bunch of books this month, only a couple I didn't much like. Only online reading was the Ibsen play.
Fiction
Exposed; Blondel, Jean-Philippe; translated from the French by Anderson, Alison *****
City of Jasmine; Grjasnowa, Olga; translated from the German by Derbyshire, Katy***** (advance review copy through LibraryThing)
77; Saccomanno, Guillermo: translated from the Spanish by Labinger, Andrea G. *****
A Brightness Long Ago; Kay, Guy Gavriel ****
The Porpoise; Haddon, Mark ****
Lifelines; Diehl, Heidi **** (advance review copy through Goodreads)
Southernmost; House, Silas ***
The Spies of Shilling Lane; Ryan, Jennifer ***
The Electric Hotel; Smith, Dominic ***
All the Ever Afters: The Untold Story of Cinderella’s Stepmother; Teller, Danielle ***
Mistress of the Ritz; Benjamin, Melanie **
Short Stories
The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories; Rubin, Jay, editor*****
Orange World and Other Stories; Russell, Karen *
Play
The Lady from the Sea; Ibsen, Henrik **** (on Project Gutenberg)
Nonfiction
Madame Fourcade's Secret War: The Daring Young Woman Who Led France's Largest Spy Network Against Hitler; Olson, Lynne ****
1941: The Year Germany Lost the War; Nagorski, Andrew ****
A Foodie's Guide to Tuscany: Places, Flavours, Itineraries, Must Do for the Epicurian Explorer ; 20 Fabulous Recipes; Lepore, Gabriella ** (Kindle freebie)
Sunday, June 30, 2019
Saturday, June 01, 2019
May 2019 Reading
A lot of reading in May, over twenty books and only a couple of duds.
Fiction
Memories of the Future; Hustvedt, Siri *****
The Dragonfly Sea; Owuor, Yvonne Adhiambo ****
The Vexations; Horrocks, Caitlin (Advance Review Copy) ****
The Great Passage; Miura, Shion; (Juliet Winters Carpenter translator) ****
Old Buildings in North Texas; Waldo, Jen ****
West; Davies, Carys ***
Still Waters (Sandhamn, #1); Sten, Viveca; (Marlaine Delargy and Laura A. Wideburg translators) ***
Disappearing Earth; Phillips, Julia ***
Hunting Game (An Embla Nyström Investigation #1); Tursten, Helene; (Paul Norlén translation) ***
The Hunting Party; Foley, Lucy ***
The Order of the Day; Vuillard, Éric; (Mark Polizzotti translation) ***
The Jewel Garden; Pemberton, Marilyn **
Biloxi; Miller, Mary *
Short Story Collections
Evening in Paradise: More Stories; Berlin, Lucia ****
That Time I Loved You: Stories; Leung, Carrianne****
Poetry
A Pushcart at the Curb; Dos Passos, John
Middle Grade Children's Book
To Night Owl from Dogfish; Sloan, Holly Goldberg ****
Nonfiction
The Club: Johnson, Boswell, and the Friends Who Shaped an Age; Damrosch, Leo *****
Last Boat Out of Shanghai: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Fled Mao's Revolution; Zia, Helen *****
Ten Innings at Wrigley: The Wildest Ballgame Ever, with Baseball on the Brink; Cook, Kevin *****
Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life; Klinenberg, Eric ***
Autumn Light: Season of Fire and Farewells; Iyer, Pico ***
Gutenberg find
10 Luscious New Cakes subtitle: Made by Spry's amazing new one-bowl method
Spry is a mostly-defunct brand of vegetable shortening that competed with the now-better-known Crisco. Produced by Lever Bros., it was available in the USA from 1936 until sometime in the 1970s. This pamphlet has a note "LEVER Golden Jubilee USA 1895-1945" so it was probably published around 1945.
1. Gloria Chocolate Layer Cake
2. Golden Jubilee Cake
3. Orange Upside-Down Cake
4. Gala Party Cake
5. Marbled Spice Cake
6. Peerless Coconut White Cake
7. Filigree Devil’s Food Cake
8. Victorian Applesauce Cake
9. Fudge Bar Cake
10. Cherry Dream Cake
Fiction
Memories of the Future; Hustvedt, Siri *****
The Dragonfly Sea; Owuor, Yvonne Adhiambo ****
The Vexations; Horrocks, Caitlin (Advance Review Copy) ****
The Great Passage; Miura, Shion; (Juliet Winters Carpenter translator) ****
Old Buildings in North Texas; Waldo, Jen ****
West; Davies, Carys ***
Still Waters (Sandhamn, #1); Sten, Viveca; (Marlaine Delargy and Laura A. Wideburg translators) ***
Disappearing Earth; Phillips, Julia ***
Hunting Game (An Embla Nyström Investigation #1); Tursten, Helene; (Paul Norlén translation) ***
The Hunting Party; Foley, Lucy ***
The Order of the Day; Vuillard, Éric; (Mark Polizzotti translation) ***
The Jewel Garden; Pemberton, Marilyn **
Biloxi; Miller, Mary *
Short Story Collections
Evening in Paradise: More Stories; Berlin, Lucia ****
That Time I Loved You: Stories; Leung, Carrianne****
Poetry
A Pushcart at the Curb; Dos Passos, John
Middle Grade Children's Book
To Night Owl from Dogfish; Sloan, Holly Goldberg ****
Nonfiction
The Club: Johnson, Boswell, and the Friends Who Shaped an Age; Damrosch, Leo *****
Last Boat Out of Shanghai: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Fled Mao's Revolution; Zia, Helen *****
Ten Innings at Wrigley: The Wildest Ballgame Ever, with Baseball on the Brink; Cook, Kevin *****
Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life; Klinenberg, Eric ***
Autumn Light: Season of Fire and Farewells; Iyer, Pico ***
Gutenberg find
10 Luscious New Cakes subtitle: Made by Spry's amazing new one-bowl method
Spry is a mostly-defunct brand of vegetable shortening that competed with the now-better-known Crisco. Produced by Lever Bros., it was available in the USA from 1936 until sometime in the 1970s. This pamphlet has a note "LEVER Golden Jubilee USA 1895-1945" so it was probably published around 1945.
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1. Gloria Chocolate Layer Cake
2. Golden Jubilee Cake
3. Orange Upside-Down Cake
4. Gala Party Cake
5. Marbled Spice Cake
6. Peerless Coconut White Cake
7. Filigree Devil’s Food Cake
8. Victorian Applesauce Cake
9. Fudge Bar Cake
10. Cherry Dream Cake
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