summer reading plan for 2017 *** have added another! and another!see below ***
The Racketeer by John Grisham X June book club selection
Noise of Time by Julian Barnes X July book club selection about Russian composer Shostakovich
Anna Karenina X Leo Tolstoy August book club selection—it’ll be a reread for me
Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett X September book club selection
The Trees Conrad Richter X
The Case of the Thirty Nine Cufflinks X by James Anderson for fun
reissue of old 1930s mystery published by Poisoned Pen Press
The Case of the Mutilated Mink X by James Anderson for fun
reissue of old 1930s mystery published by Poisoned Pen Press
A Common Life (recap of wedding in Mitford series) X by Jan Karon for fun
Commonwealth by Ann Patchett maybe . . .
Too Lucky to Live by Annie Hogsett maybe –pub by Poisoned Pen
*** Lorna Doone by R. D. Blackmore on classic reading lists–
The Lexus and the Olive Tree by Thomas Friedman—because I admire the author so much and have never read anything by him . . .
(X means it’s read)
Well, this is a poor excuse for a post, but am musing about what I should read this summer by the pool. The trouble is there’s no “thriller”–that is a really decent “heavy” classic worth reading like last summer’s Don Quixote. Well, of course, Anna Karenina is a heavy classic but I’ve already read that so it doesn’t count. Shall we say that The Trees by Conrad Richter will be the classic? Ok, let’s. the rest are kind of vapid and light—(fillers and spillers if you get my drift . . .)
What are you going to read? Three of mine are book club selections and I’ve finished one, so that’s a step in the right direction. Actually, I’ve also finished the Cufflinks one–and it really was fun to read—good old Inspector Wilkins and sidekick, Leather, are in it–and in the “mink” too. Not as good as the cufflinks one tho. I’m looking forward to Noise of Time.
Maybe I”ll still come up with a worthy title—to be continued–bye!
PS! R. D. Blackmore . . . the R. D. stands for Richard Doddridge-or maybe you already knew that– check out new post about Lorna Doone and why I’ve chosen it–
