Ah, summer when we supposedly have more time to read. Is that true for you Wickeds? What are you currently reading and what are you looking forward to?
Liz: I have SO MANY BOOKS to catch up on that I have no idea where to start. I’m finishing up this great find called Midnight on Beacon Street , a debut by Emily Ruth Verona that’s very suspenseful and creepy – so good. Next on the list I have an arc of Chaos at the Lazy Bones Bookshop , the first in a new series by Emmeline Duncan that I’m super excited about. And also The General’s Gold by LynDee Walker and Bruce Robert Coffin!
Julie: Liz, LynDee and Bruce’s books are on my Kindle. They are joined by Rachel Howzell Hall’s What Fire Brings , Rob Hart’s Assassins Anonymous , and Delia Pitts Trouble in Queenstown to name a few. I devour books in the summer, and can’t wait to also reread some old favorites.
Jessie: Julie, I’m intrigued by the title Assassins Anonymous! As for me, I’m currently reading Magic Lessons by Alice Hoffman and Seafaring Women by David Cordingly. I also plan to reread some of the #1 Ladies Detective Agency books as a delicious summer beach read!
Edith : Ooh, I want to read Delia’s new book, too. I’m currently reading last week’s guest John Copenhaver’s Hall of Mirrors . SO good. Next up is Rob Osler’s Cirque du Slay , and then Jaqueline Winspear’s last Maisie Dobbs (sniff), The Comfort of Ghosts .
Sherry: Edith, I just picked up The Comfort of Ghosts for my mom. She’s so sad the series is ending! I just finished Fall by Tracy Clark. It’s one of those mysteries that kept me guessing. It’s him, it’s her, it can’t be that person, they are too obvious. I loved it. I started reading Broken Bayou by Jennifer Moorhead who is our guest on Thursday. It’s a June Prime Reads book. I’ve only read three chapters, but Jennifer makes you feel things! And I’m also looking forward to Trouble in Queenstown .
Barb: After I posted about the Thursday Club my mother belonged to , in the blog comments, Sherry and April recommended the book …And the Ladies of the Club by Helen Hooven Santmyer. It’s a sprawling, 1000+ page book, covering the years 1868 to 1932. It was originally published in 1982 by a small university press, when Santmyer was 87 and already living part-time in a nursing home. By complete chance the novel was discovered by an executive in the movie industry, which led to it being republished by Putnam, being a Book-of-the-Month Club Main Selection, and becoming a national bestseller. Conceived as an antidote to Sinclair Lewis’s Main Street , which Santmyer thought too negative about small-town life, the book is a deeply immersive journey through a period of US history often forgotten. It is also frequently problematic and has a narrative style that is both clever and vexing. I so wished I was reading it with a book group, because I desperately wanted to discuss it with others.
What about you, readers? What are you reading and looking forward to?
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