Last Saturday I returned a stack of books to the library, keeping only the few I thought I had a chance of getting to and that I was really in the mood to read. It's never that easy is it? Two visits later, I am once again staring at a nice big pile of library books. Sometimes I think I just bring them home so they can mingle and chat with my own books. A little outing for the library books, as it were. As usual they all look good and I wish I could start reading all of them now. This is what I have to choose from now.
Train to Trieste, Domnica Radulescu - "An incandescent love story that moves from Romania to America, from the Carpathian Mountains to Chicago, from totalitarianism to freedom, and from passionate infatuation to profound understanding."
Yesterday's Weather, Anne Enright - I've not yet read anything by Anne Enright, but this is her newest book of short stories. Hopefully I'll read one or two from this collection or the one below this weekend.
Young Irelanders: Stories, Gerard Donovan - This is a collection of interrelated stories. He's been compared writers ranging from Kafka to Remarque to Jim Thompson and Stephen King. That sounds pretty intriguing!
The King's Gold: An Old World Novel of Adventure, Yxta Maya Murray - "A spellbinding tale of lost treasure, legendary evil, and inescapable peril--the second in the remarkable Red Lion series." I wonder if it matters that I've not read the first book. It sounds like a fun adventure story.
The Road Home, Rose Tremain - This is this year's Orange Prize winner. Even before it won I had added it to my list of books I'd like to read. I've read very good things about her work in general, though I have yet to give her a try.
Good-Bye and Amen, Beth Gutcheon - This continues the story that began with Leeway Cottage, which I read last year. I will probably start with this one.
Deception's Daughter: A Martha Beale Mystery, Cordelia Frances Biddle - I've already started reading this one. It's the second mystery featuring Martha Beale. The first book was pretty good--enough so that I've been watching for this new mystery. The books are set in mid-nineteenth century Philadelphia.