Spring Pages

I will be traveling for part of May so who knows how many books I’ll be able to read for this month. Here is the list I will attempt:

Fiction:

• Man in the Gray Flannel Suit by Sloan Wilson – in honor of May being Wilson’s birth month.
• Ethel and Ernest by Raymond Briggs – in honor of Graphic Novel month being in May.
• Mariner’s Compass by Earlene Fowler – in honor of May is Museum Month.
• Bear Comes Home by Rafi Zabor- in honor of May being Music Month.
• Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters – in honor of the first Thursday in May being Prayer Week.
• Master and Commander by Patrick O’Brian – in honor of my father’s birth month. As a kid he read this book.
• Five Children and It by E. Nesbit – in honor of May being Nesbit’s birth month.

Nonfiction:

• Farthest North by Fridtjof Nansen – in honor of Peary’s birth month being in May. From one explorer to another.

Series continuations:

• Prelude to Foundation by Isaac Asimov – to continue the series started in January in honor of Asimov’s birth month.
• Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope – to continue the series started in honor of Trollope’s birth month in April.