June Jitterbugs
Posted: 2017/06/01 | Author: gr4c5 | Filed under: audio book, Fiction, NonFiction | Tags: Ann Packer, audio book, biography, books, Early Review, Fiction, fishing, Ford Madox Ford, france, henry james, John Gierach, Joseph Epstein, Ken Follett, Laurie Lee, Lawrence Thornton, Leon Edel, librarything, lists, NonFiction, Philip Roth, series, short stories |Leave a commentMay was a month of real struggle. Suicides, known and unknown, sucked the life out of my psyche and I had a hard time staying afloat myself. I became obsessed with the sinking of the Lusitania and devoured every documentary I could find. Yet, I was unsure of my own mind’s footing; enough so I couldn’t trust me or myself to stand at Monhegan’s cliff edge. A first for me. Upon returning home I found myself amazed to be so relieved at being landlocked once again.
Here are the books I have planned for June:
Fiction:
- Under the Gypsy Moon by Lawrence Thornton
- Key to Rebecca by Ken Follett
- American Pastoral by Philip Roth (AB)
Nonfiction:
- Provence: by Ford Madox Ford
- Another Lousy Day in Paradise by John Gierach ~ June is Fishing Month
Short Stories (June is Short Story Month):
- “Artie Glick in a Family Way” by Joseph Epstein
- “The Executor” by Joseph Epstein
- “Mendocino” by Ann Packer
- “Babies” by Ann Packer
- “The Spoon Children” by Tom Paine
- “Gentleman Markman’s Last Stand” by Tom Paine
Series Continuations:
- Cider with Rosie by Laurie Lee
- Henry James: the Middle Years by Leon Edel
Early Review for LibraryThing (maybe – I haven’t received it yet):
- Upstream by Langdon Cook