I know I don't have time to read these, I've already got more than enough books started, but they all seemed to end up on the library's hold shelf at the same time! I guess it's time to get out of line for the rest of the books I'm waiting for and move the books to my library wishlist and request them later. I imagine I'll participate in my library's adult winter reading program again in January, but at the rate I'm going I am not going to make it through this list, so it might be wise to avoid the library for a while. Oh well, new books I can contemplate reading (eventually):
The Sealed Letter by Emma Donoghue - I really liked her book Slammerkin, and would love to read this one. It's set in Victorian England and the blurb calls it an intelligent page-turner.
Dark Water: Flood and Temptation in the City of Masterpieces by Robert Clark - I've actually read fictional accounts of the famous 1966 flood in Florence, but this is an historical account of it. It looks like a fascinating read.
An Outrageous Affair by Penny Vincenzi - I have mixed feelings about Penny Vincenzi. I really enjoyed a trilogy of historical novels by her, but felt so-so about a contemporary novel that I listed to on audio this past summer (Sheer Abandon). It was actually a fairly entertaining audio book, but a few characters got on my nerves. This could be promising as it is another historical novel--set in the 1950s and moving back to the war years. I wonder if my library has an audio version of it? Her books are usually pretty epic in size and scale, and considering how pokey I am with books sometimes, it would take me longer than the check out period to get through it.
Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl by Stacey O'Brien - I don't know where I saw this mentioned, but it piqued my curiosity. The author, a biologist, found a baby barn owl with nerve damage in a wing. Unable to survive on its own in the wild she took him in and raised him--what turned into a 19-year saga. I'm told that an owl has been spotted in my back yard, but I never seem to have any luck in seeing it.
The Glass of Time by Michael Cox - I wonder if I should read his first novel, The Meaning of the Night before this one. He returns to Victorian England for his second novel (do you see a trend here?). This is a story of murder, love, and revenge.
There's a long weekend coming up later this month, but it may not come soon enough for these books...