Here we are in June already. The year is flying by, and while I am ready for summer I am not sure I am ready for heat and humidity. I might have to start a mental list of summer reads set in cold places (I am anticipating the worst as you can see).
Best to think about my June prompt instead, right? June is "I could have Danced All Night". It was interesting looking through my shelves for potential reads. I had some other books in mind that I have no idea where they are at the moment, but I have still managed a nice, healthy stack.
Carrie, Stephen King -- I rarely read horror stories, but I have read several books by Stephen King and have seen this movie adaptation a number of times, too. Maybe an odd choice? But certainly this has one of the most memorable and famous prom scenes ever--I wonder what the book version is like!
Dancing at the Harvest Moon, K.C. McKinnon -- I am completely unsure about this one as I picked it up at a used bookstore. It seems to have gotten very mixed reviews (but I try not to let that stop me). I was mostly drawn to the idea of an older woman-younger man romance in this story.
Kitty Peck and the Music Hall Murders, Kate Griffin -- This is the first of maybe three mysteries set in Victorian era London. I suspect (as are so many good Victorian stories) set in the dark underbelly of the city. Dance halls were probably pretty disreputable, I'm thinking.
Murder at the Portland Variety, M.J. Zellnik -- I bought this so long ago I forgot I even owned it. It is set in 1890s Portland, Oregon. A murder mystery set on the Vaudeville stage. Surely there must be some sort of dancing there, right?
All the Beautiful Girls, Elizabeth J. Church -- I recently bought this and had been looking forward to the novel coming out in paper for months. Set in Las Vegas of the 1960s--one midwestern girl ends up becoming a showgirl!
An Almost Perfect Moment, Binnie Kirshenbaum -- This one might be a stretch since it is really about mothers and daughters, and star-crossed lovers set against the colorful Brooklyn Jewish community. But . . . it is set during the Age of Disco, so that sounds promising!
The Ballroom, Anna Hope -- I had to have this when it first came out and now years later maybe it is time to finally read it? "A British version of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" is one description. It is set in 1911 in an asylum where men and women are split into two wards but they come together once a week in the ballroom. An unlikely romance begins between two of the patients.
I am probably good for choice when it comes to potential reads, but I can never resist asking for reading suggestions in case you have a novel or memoir relating in some way to dancing. I am thinking I might squeeze in two books this month as several are fairly short and I am not sure how I will choose just one!