June 2022

Some pretty good reads for June--all from public libraries. No really bad ones on the lists below though I was a bit disappointed by the Ali Smith. 

 

 (I tried to read  On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong. Its blend of fiction/memoir and poetic prose seemed forced and pretentious. I read about a third of it and gave up.)

Fiction:

When I Sing, Mountains Dance by Solà, Irine; translated from the Catalan by Lethem, Mara Faye

Build Your House Around My Body by Kupersmith, Violet

The Mermaid of Black Conch by Roffey, Monique

Go, Went, Gone by Erpenbeck, Jenny; translated from the German by Bernofsky, Susan

Metropolis by Shapiro, B.A.

Thy Children's Children by McCain, Diana Ross 

 Local--Lyman Family of Middlefield CT 

A Dream Life by Messud, Claire 

 Short but nice. American ex-pats in Australia.

The Foundling by Leary, Ann 

Hotel Magnifique by Taylor, Emily J.
And By Fire by Hawtrey, Evie

You Have a Friend in 10A, Stories by Shipstead, Maggie

Companion Piece by Smith, Ali 

 

Nonfiction:

Lessons from the Edge: A Memoir by Yovanovitch, Marie 

The Artisans; A Vanishing Chinese Village, by Shen, Fuyu; translated from the Chinese by Tiang, Jeremy 

Two Wheels Good: The History and Mystery of the Bicycle by Rosen, Jody

River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile by Millard, Candice