Still staying home...
Activities outside the house:
9/2 Library curbside; JC Farms; Lyman Orchards; Lino's Deli
9/11 Lib returns; JC Farms; Lyman Orchards
9/18 JC Farms
9/22 library curbside; Gardener finally came and cleaned up tree debris from Isaias
9/24 bank (atm); gas (full serve); car maintenance
Books Read (ratings don't seem to reflect much so I won't put them in. These are listed in reverse of order read. All were good but the Clapsaddle was my least favorite. Best is a tossup between Makumbi and NDiaye):
A Girl Is a Body of Water by Makumbi, Jennifer Nansubuga
Even As We Breathe by Clapsaddle, Annette Saunooke
The Cheffe: A Cook's Novel by NDiaye, Marie; translated from the French by Stump, Jordan
Bluebeard's First Wife by Ha Seong-nan; translated from the Korean by Hong, Janet
Time After Time by Grunwald, Lisa
Summer (Seasonal, #4) by Smith, Ali
Beethoven: Variations on a Life by Bonds, Mark Evan
Even As We Breathe by Clapsaddle, Annette Saunooke
The Cheffe: A Cook's Novel by NDiaye, Marie; translated from the French by Stump, Jordan
Bluebeard's First Wife by Ha Seong-nan; translated from the Korean by Hong, Janet
Time After Time by Grunwald, Lisa
Summer (Seasonal, #4) by Smith, Ali
Beethoven: Variations on a Life by Bonds, Mark Evan
Online:
OK, this just makes me want to go back to Portugal and go for a walk.
A 16th-Century Portuguese Plan of a Moroccan Palace by Jonathan Bloom
and this makes me want to read Bloom's book Architecture of the Islamic West: North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula, 700-1800. (Yale UP, 2020)
100 Essential Books by Iranian Writers: An Introduction & Nonfiction, by Niloufar Talebi
Introduction to a five part series which includes "Poetry, Hybrid Works, Anthologies"; "Graphic Novels, Culinary Books, & Children’s Literature"; "Classics in Translation", and "Fiction."
I've read a few of these, mostly in the fiction category. A good resource from Asian American Writers' Workshop.
