January Jinxed

January is a month of great indecision. I can’t decide if I want to say more…
If there is one thing I can say for the January books, it is that most all of the fiction made mention of great music. Some musicians I knew, some I didn’t. Some songs I knew, some I didn’t. I had fun looking it all up though.

Fiction:

• Sanctuary by Ken Bruen (EB & print). Music: Philip Fogarty, Anne Lardi, Rolling Stones, Snow Patrol, Johnny Duhan.
• The Farming of Bones by Edwidge Danticat (EB & print).
• Moonlight Downs by Adrian Hyland (EB & print). Music: Lucinda Williams, Slim Dusty, Nick Cave, The Warumpi Band, Ry Cooder.
• The Catastrophist by Ronan Bennett (EB & print). Music: Charles Tenet.
• Graced Land by Laura Kalpakian (EB & print). Music: Elvis, Elvis, and more Elvis.
• The Beijing of Possibilities by Jonathan Tel (print). Music: Leonard Cohen, Beethoven, and the fictional heavy metal band, Panda Bear Soup.
• The Passage to India by E.M. Forster (EB & print).

Nonfiction:

• Barcardi and the Long Fight for Cuba by Tom Gjelten (EB & print).

Series continuations:

• Master of Hestviken: the Son Avenger by Sigrid Undset (EB & print).
• The Persuader by Lee Child (EB & AB).

Early Review for LibraryThing:

• Fine, Thanks by Mary Dunnewold (EB). Music: Ella Fitzgerald, Dave Brubeck, Mose Allison, Talking Heads, Aaron Copeland (can you tell, Dunnewold really likes music!).