July Was…

July flew by. I hardly knew where the month actually went. Here’s how it went for reading:

• Bilgewater by Jane Gardam ~ lovely young adult book.
• Blackwater by Kerstin Ekman ~ a dark story set in the woods of Sweden.
• Finding Caruso by Kim Barnes ~ brotherly love set against sibling rivalry.
• Citizen of the Galaxy by Robert Heinlein ~ Sci-fi story about a boy finding his way.
• Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett ~ a young adult mystery.
• Friend of My Youth by Alice Munro ~ short stories that center around women and their relationships.
• Jackson’s Dilemma by Iris Murdoch ~ a muddled tale of twisted relationships with someone named Jackson in the middle…
• Lie in the Dark by Dan Fesperman ~ whodunnit set in Bosnia.

For LibraryThing’s Early Review Program:

• What We All Long For by Dionne Brand ~ previously published in 2003

Just for the fun of it:

• Bobby Flay’s Mesa Grill:Explosive Flavors from the Southwestern Kitchen by Bobby Flay with Stephanie Banyas and Sally Jackson. Made several recipes out of this and loved every one.
• The Food You Crave: Luscious Recipes for a Healthy Life by Ellie Krieger. Meant to make more recipes from this, but every one I tried was amazing.
• Music of Coal: Mining Songs from the Appalachian Coalfields (Introduction by Jack Wright). This is actually a two cd/book set published in 2007. Because Natalie Merchant contributed to the compilation I just had to check it out.
• Kim Lyons’ Your Body, Your Life by Kim Lyons & Lara McGlashan