Recent reads: May 2013
The goodies for May were The Gods of Gotham, Yes Chef, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, Let's Pretend This Never Happened and Relish. They range the spectrum from crime / detective thriller to memoir to graphic novel memoir-ish delight. I suppose, most importantly, they all represented an opportunity to get away. I escaped to a land of freewheeling cheesy delight and 1845 crime-ridden New York City. It's the cheapest and most accessible way I know to travel / time-travel.
Sometimes books scare us, delight us, move us. And sometimes they are just a comfort and the best thing that you can cuddle up with in bed late at night. If you have any suggestions for June, I'd love to hear them.
PS - If y'all are looking for a good book blog, please check out Amelia's website The Bibliophile's Adventurer Club. You won't regret any of the time you spend there.
I get so many god ideas from these posts! There's a new Curtis Sittenfeld coming in June, and I just burned through three books about Glasgow girl journalist/detective Paddy Mehan by Denise Mina. Also! Loved The Interestings and Arcadia.
ReplyDeleteLet's Pretend This Never Happened caught my eye last month but I forgot to pick it up! Thanks for the link to the book blog - off to check it out now.
ReplyDeleteNot reading the description or reviews is how I get around the expectation thing. I haven't read any of these, but I feel like I heard about the Gods of Gotham and it's on a list of mine somewhere. I finally started reading the ebook we got yesterday and I got pretty far already.
ReplyDeletenice selection. some of these are on my list too. which one was the best?
ReplyDeleteYou had time to read??? With a mouse wearing a cape on the cover, that one had to be good. Perhaps it will spark the return of the cape as an everyday item. :)
ReplyDeleteWill check out Amelia's site. And I think I have the Harold Fry book in my TBR list. Good to know it's good:D
ReplyDeleteI think it's so great you can get all these reads on. I miss reading. There's nothing like devouring a good book.
ReplyDeleteOoh, I'm intrigued by the Marcus Samuelsson book! What did you think?
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing, I always enjoy book tips! :-)
ReplyDeletei have had my eye on that "let's pretend . . ." book for the last few months. i have been trying not to buy so many damn books lately because my house is filled with books, many i have bought to go into my unofficial library and remain unread. they remain unread because i alway buy a new one to read before i get to it. see my problem? i am trying to fix it.
ReplyDeletebut just the other day i had a weak moment and bought a book "flight behavior" and now i am kicking myself i didn't get that other one. i think it's just the kind of book i need to read right now.
I'm interested in that "let's pretend this never happened" book...I"m going to have to look into that.
ReplyDeleteGo read He's Gone by Deb Caletti... just finished it and LOVED it.
ReplyDeleteWhoever picked the cover of Let's Pretend This Never Happened is a genius because it is so bloody cute! I'm planning on reading it right after I finish Paris in Love...I'm definitely on a memoir kick atm
ReplyDeleteYou read all of that in May? :-O Which one do you recommend the most? Or do you love them all? :-)
ReplyDeleteHow in the world do you find the time to read so many books? :P I struggle finishing one a month and I LOVE to read. I think my problem is... that I keep wanting to re-read the same books that I have already read. I suppose I don't want to be let down by something new. Weird, right? lol
ReplyDeleteOh, when a book doesn't live up the promise--bitter disappointment, that. Here's hoping your selections for June make up for those in May! :)
ReplyDeleteRooth, as usual, I'm gonna check these books out because I'm addicted to marking books to read in Goodreads right now. hahahaha! Thanks for this list. Love ya! ;)
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