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This Friday finds me under a stack of August releases and some new-to-me things, too.
Notables added to my library this week include:
Second Language, a collection of short stories by writer Ronna Wineberg. The collection was runner-up in 2007 for
Reform Judaism's Best Jewish Book award. I can't wait to start reading it! When she sent me a review copy, Ms. Wineberg was also kind enough to include an additional copy as a donation to the temple where I work. Thank you!
The View from Garden City, a new release this month by Carolyn Baugh, looks to be a very interesting novel which means to "[lift] the veil of privacy to explore the stunning inner strength of women torn between their dreams for the future and the sometimes harsh realities of the past and present."
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Finally, because you know I can never get enough of Stalinist Russia, I finally picked up
Child 44, Tom Rob Smith's Booker-longlisted novel about a missing child. I was going to wait until this came out in paperback (really I was!) but I gave in. I will read it shortly, after I get through a couple of other things. But it's definitely in the "soon" pile, as opposed to the "maybe someday" pile if you know what I mean.
7 comments:
I hope you enjoy Child 44 - I did. The plot will surprise you.
Child 44 just arrived at my house as part of a package I won in a "Summer Reads Giveaway" - and I was thinking it didn't look like my thing, so I appreciate your mentioning something about it - I may need to re-assess that one.
OK, so you can ignore my e-mail asking if you're interested in reviewing *Second Language*; I see you already have it. It looks like a very nice collection of short fiction, I'm looking forward to reading it.
I'll be interested in your thoughts on Child 44. It doesn't sound like something I would immediately pick up, but I need some bloggy opinions to urge me on!
There are a couple of British literary blogs that I follow and each year they read all the lonlisted Bookers so I don't have to. Both have basically said they can't understand why Child 44 was even published let alone got on the list. That is one I am going to give a miss.
If you like short stories Clair Wigfall published her first collection last year, The Loudest Sound and Nothing, and I compared her to Flannery O'Connor. I have not read anything as good as hers since, well, Flannery O'Connor.
Ack! I wanna read Child 44! My library's copy is always checked out though...
I was thrilled with Child 44. I put off reading it for awhile too but finally got to it and couldn't put it down. I can't wait to read your review.
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