I can’t believe how fast the time is flying by. Unbelievable. April flew by me on very windy wings. Thanks to a mini mental health holiday I was able to get through some pretty good books:
- Astonishing Splashes of Colour by Clare Morrall ~ this was fascinating. I definitely want to read more of Morrall’s work.
- An Omelette and a Glass of Wine by Elizabeth David ~ witty, and global. This made me hungry for really well designed food.
- The Punch: by John Feinstein ~ The book that got me obsessed with December 9th, 1977.
- The Noblest Roman by David Halberstam ~ prohibition, prostitution and politics, southern style.
- The Jameses: a Family Narrative by R.W.B. Lewis ~ I now know more about Henry James and his ancestors than I ever thought possible and I didn’t even finish the book.
- Flashman by George Fraser MacDonald ~ the first in the Flashman series. Strange.
- Ancestral Truths by Sara Maitland ~ really intense book!
- The Apple That Astonished Pairs by Billy Collins ~ a book of fascinating poetry.
In honor of National Poetry month it was:
- “Table Talk” by Wallace Stevens
- “Tract” by William Carlos Williams
- “I Go Back” by Sharon Olds
- “Colette” by Edwin
- “Church Going” and “I Remember, I Remember” by Philip Larkin
- “Why Do So Few Blacks Study Creative Writing” by Cornelius Eady
For the Early Review program:
- Fatal Light by Richard Currey. This had me by the heart. It’s the 20th anniversary of its publication and just as relevant today as it was back then. It’s fiction but not. If you know what I mean. I think that it’s important to note that I was supposed to get a February pick but because I moved it got lost in the shuffle (translation: I didn’t get the forwarding thing set up in time and it went back to the publisher). Fatal Light is actually a March pick.
~*LunaSea*~ 