Monday, May 04, 2015

April 2015 Reading

All in all a good reading month--some really great short story collections, a couple of mysteries (both from series that I may read more from), a nice non-fic book, and a couple from favorite authors. No real duds this month. It was pretty diverse in geographic settings, subject matter, and genre.

The best:

Signs Preceding the End of the World; Herrera, Yuri;
Personal copy

Dimanche and Other Stories; Némirovsky, Irène;
Library book.

Don't Try This at Home; Readman, Angela
Personal copy

Pepperpot: Best New Stories from the Caribbean; Press, Peekash
Personal copy

The Harlem Renaissance: A Brief History with Documents; Ferguson, Jeffrey Brown
Library book.

Last Night in Montreal; Mandel, Emily St. John
Library book.

The End of Days; Erpenbeck, Jenny;
Library book

Close to the best:

The Children's Crusade; Packer, Ann
Library book

Land of Careful Shadows (Jimmy Vega Mystery, #1); Chazin, Suzanne
Library book

False Tongues (A Callie Anson Mystery, #4); Charles, Kate
Free ARC from publisher

Orhan's Inheritance; Ohanesian, Aline
Free ARC from publisher (via LibraryThing)

The Shore; Taylor, Sara   
Free ARC from publisher. Nice debut.

A little less than the best (but good):

Us; Nicholls, David
Free ARC from publisher

The Dream Lover: A Novel of George Sand; Berg, Elizabeth
Library book

The Nightingale; Hannah, Kristin
Free ARC from publisher