
But it's back to the grindstone after tomorrow.
Over vacation I treated myself to reading a bunch of books I wanted to read, i.e. none that I had accepted for review. In all I read four over the two weeks, finishing up with Avner Mandelman's enjoyable page-turner The Debba. Now I'm going to plow through a few review books and see what I have for fall.
Today I'm reading Joan Leegant's Wherever You Go, which I have to admit I'm not really crazy about so far. But we'll see. I think I'm having a hard time with it because it's set in Israel and the book I just finished, The Debba, was too, and maybe I need a change of scene. I'm also reading John Kennedy Toole's very enjoyable A Confederacy of Dunces, which is not for review but the last of my for-me vacation reads. Alternating between the two is not helping me enjoy Wherever any more.
After Leegant's book I'm going to start Ghita Schwarz's Displaced Persons, which I have to read for LibraryThing. I just won Nicole Krauss's new book from LT and need to knock off one of theirs to accept the latest win with a clean conscience.
Well, back to the books. What are you looking forward to for the rest of the long weekend?
More Sunday Salon here.
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i have A Confederacy of Dunces on my bookshelf and i keep putting it off, even though i'm pretty sure i'll adore it. something about the ugly cover is always such a drag. heh.
My weekend ends after some hours! And I have read 50 pages of And This Too Shall Pass by E. Lynn Harris.
Here is my Sunday Salon post!
Sounds like you had an excellent vacation. I am hoping to start Displaced Person very soon as well - enjoy
The end of vacation is always hard! I'm glad Earl fizzled out, but I'm sorry he ruined the end of your trip.
Vacations are so lovely, aren't they? I really think I've never quite made it home from Europe.
I don't know what I'm reading this weekend. I'm almost finished with Mockingjay, but I don't want to finish it, and I don't want to start another book till I do! Crazy.
A Confederacy of Dunces is a book I always mean to read and haven't yet. I bought a copy when I read in one of Linda Greenlaw's book that she said it was one of her all times favorites...and someday I will get to it!
I am working my way through a couple of works on American and Boston history "Lincoln & Douglas" by Allen Guelzo; "The Boston Italians" by Stephen Puleo and "Fast Food Nation" by Eric Schlosser.
I have recently finished "A City so Grand" by Stephen Puleo and "John Adams" by David McCullough
I really should write reviews, especially for the Puleo books, but I just didn't do it.
A Confederacy of Dunces is one of my favorite books, and I think Ignatius is unforgettable. Mind you, he's not endearing or lovable, but definitely unforgettable! I hope you have a great time with the book and a wonderful week ahead!
Glad you enjoyed a nice holiday and avoided the worst of the storm. I'm slowly getting back to my blogging and reading after a few days off.
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