This is the month for posting some sort of alphabetical blog each day. Do I want to try this? Nah...I was not in an alphabetical mood and I didn't feel like trying to blog every day.
But I did read every day and most of it was good. There was one total nonfiction dud.
Fiction:
Sea of Tranquility by Mandel, Emily St. John
Moon colonies, pandemic, time travel...
Death in Venice by Mann, Thomas; translated from the German by Burke, Kenneth
Because I'd never it before...and because I was reading'...
The Magician, a novel about Thomas Mann by Tóibín, Colm
The Impossible Us by Lotz, Sarah
a fun alternate worlds read.
Last Orders by Swift, Graham
Four mates journey to Margate to scatter a friend's ashes.
Sleep of Memory by Modiano, Patrick
Hot Stew by Fiona Mozley
Cast of oddball characters in Soho
Beyond Babylon by Scego, Igiaba; translated from the Italian by Robertson, Aaron; Introduction by Lahiri, Jhumpa
Hotel of the Saints by Hegi, Ursula
Eleven short stories: Hotel of the saints, The end of all sadness, A woman's perfume, Stolen chocolates; Doves, Freitod, Moonwalkers, A town like ours, The juggler, For their own survival, Lower crossing.
Homicide and Halo-Halo by Manansala, Mia P.
Her second in the series. This is better than the first.
Chevy in the Hole by Ronan, Kelsey
Detroit
Nonfiction:
Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures by Sheldrake, Merlin
Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures by Sheldrake, Merlin
Fascinating.
A Short History of Humanity: A New History of Old Europe by Krause, Johannes and Trappe, Thomas; translated from the German by Waight, Caroline
A good intro to the science of Archaeogenetics focusing on European pre-historical migration.
Sun Hunting; Adventures and Observations Among the Native and Migratory Tribes of Florida, Including the Stoical Time-Killers of Palm Beach, the Gentle and Gregarious Tincanners of the Remote Interior, and the Vivacious and Semi-Violent Peoples of Miami.... by Roberts, Kenneth L.
Humorous essays on the "snow-birds" of 1920-22.
Fox & I by Raven, Catherine
Too much "I" too little "Fox." I don't know what this was supposed to be but it turned out to be nothing. As nature writing it misses the mark. As a memoir it's just not that interesting.
