June Lightning

June is going to go by lightning fast. For starters, there is a concert in Bangor, Maine that I cannot wait for! Then, a concert at home. After that, a week later, an art show reception for my talented sister’s work. Then, a vacation with my best friend (Maine for the third weekend in a row). I will have many opportunities to read. Hence, the huge list:

Fiction:

• Confessing a Murder by Nicholas Drayson – in honor of the first month of boating weather (EB & print).
• Stories of Alice Adams by Alice Adams – June is short story month (EB & print).
• Afterlife by Paul Monette – in honor of gay and lesbian pride month (EB & print).
• Jar City by Arnaldur Andridason – National Icelandic Day is in June (AB).

Nonfiction:

• Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Middle East by Michael B. Oren – the Six Day War started in June.
• Cactus Eaters: How I Lost My Mind and Almost Found Myself by Dan White – June is national hiking month.
• I Dreamed of Africa by Kuki Gallman – in honor of Gallman’s birth month.
• Mindfulness Meditation by Jon Kabat-Zinn – in honor of Zinn’s birth month.

Series continuations:

• Pearl Cove by Elizabeth Lowell – to continue the series started in April in honor of Lowell’s birth month.
• Envoy From Mirror City by Janet Frame – to finish the series started in April in honor of New Zealand’s Anzac Day.