Do you ever have those days where you just look at your computer and feel at a loss? Completely uninspired? Well, I'm having one of those days. I could stop posting daily, but it has become such a habit I can't help myself. I'm in the middle of some very good books, and they are deserving of well thought out posts, but I am feeling too lazy today to think too hard. Instead I'll share a list (because I am so very fond of lists you know). I usually will check my library account online a few times a week--generally hoping something really good (and new) that I am in line for will be ready for me to check out. Things have been pretty slow on that front. Here's what I'm waiting for, however:
The Age of Shiva by Manil Suri - I read The Death of Vishnu a few years back and really enjoyed it, despite not wanting to read it (I was in a book club at the time). I'm looking forward to his new one now.
Chameleon's Shadow by Minette Walters - I'm not entirely sure about this one--the plot may be a little too contemporary (one character is a soldier home from Iraq with head wounds). I wasn't going to add it to my list, but it seems to have gotten good reviews. Has anyone read it yet?
Flaw in the Blood by Stephanie Barron - A mystery with possibilities. It is set during Queen Victoria's reign.
The Invention of Everything Else by Samantha Hunt - "A wondrous imagining of an unlikely friendship between the eccentric inventor Nikola Tesla and a young chambermaid in the Hotel New Yorker where Tesla lives out his last days."
Life Class by Pat Barker - I may have to buy this one, but at the moment I'll wait for a library copy (it's due out tomorrow). Another WWI themed novel.
The Loveliest Woman in America: A Tragic Actress, Her Lost Diaries, and Her Granddaughter's Search for Home by Bibi Gaston - I am not entirely sure what this is about, but the subtitle sounded interesting, so I thought I'd give it a try.
Night Train to Lisbon by Pascal Mercier - I mentioned this one before. It received rave reviews in Europe, not so great reviews here. A mystery of sorts.
The Painter of Battles by Arturo Perez-Reverte - A new literary thriller (yay) it is a "captivating tale of love, war, art, and revenge."
The Redbreast by Jo Nesbo - A Norwegian thriller recommended by my former bookstore boss (who I ran into at the gym).
The Somnambulist by Jonathan Barnes - A Victorian page turner that begins: "Be warned. This book has no literary merit whatsoever." Hmm.
The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolano - An author I am not very familiar with (born in Chile), but I've seen him mentioned on book blogs, so now he's piqued my curiosity.
And I just discovered that Elizabeth George is publishing a new Lynley/Havers mystery, Careless in Red. So far no description, but I will be buying it as I have to find out where the series is going. The last installment included the death of a fairly major character. I have to wait until May, though, to find out. Of course that's not so far off really.