August 2024 Wrap Up

Sorry this one is extra frantic (and nose-itchy!) I was afraid that I would run out of memory on my phone, so I was trying to get everything in.
Books mentioned:
Shylock is My Name by Howard Jacobson
The Hearts of Horses by Molly Gloss
As I Lay Dying by William Fraulker
Mrs. March by Virginia Feito
Heart Berries: A Memoir by Terese Marie Mailhot
Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie
Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger
How to Raise an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang
The Devil’s Bed by William Kent Krueger
Tribal Histories of the Willamette Valley by David G. Lewis
Cymbeline by William Shakespeare
The Bookstore Wedding by Alice Hoffman
Evidence of the Affair by Taylor Jenkins Reid
The Red Convertible: Selected and New Stories, 1978-2008 by Louise Erdrich
All That’s Left Unsaid by Tracey Lien
Poems, New and Collected by Wislawa Symborska
Spirit Crossing by William Kent Krueger
Youth Group by Bowen McCurdy and Jordan Morris
Klara and the Sun by Kasuo Ishiguru
Young Queens: Three Renaissance Women and the Prince of Power by Leah Redmond Chang
Cotton Candy: Poems Dipped Out of the Air by Ted Kooser
Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger (re-read)
The Plover by Brian Doyle
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[@BookishTexan]

Somehow I have missed your “time capsule” category which I like a lot. Glad you joined us for Faulkner. This was a really good year. I’ve never read an Erdrich story (maybe in the New Yorker…) and I had forgotten that collection existed. Thanks for the reminder I am hoping to make a where to start with Louise Erdrich video one day.

[@clarepotter7584]

I would recommend 'Shylock is my Name.' I enjoyed it.

[@bookofdust]

I read 2022’s Fire, Blood and Gold about Elizabeth I and Catherine de Medici and it also shifted how I think about CdM, especially surrounding the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre, which she is usually portrayed as an architect of it.
The contrast of her ruling as consort to a king, versus E1st, who was supreme ruler made you reflect or imagine what CdM might have been like if she had that level of power and what that might of looked like. Irregardless, she was perhaps one of the most powerful queens, especially coming from her life circumstances of orphan family spare to becoming on the throne of one of the most powerful countries of the time. It’s a popular, accessible history book, but it had a nice sense of weight and scholarship.

[@bookstalgic]

I felt very similar about Elatsoe, it was good, but something a little off. I agree, I felt like my 12 yr old would like it more (as it should be as she’s more of the intended audience!). I still want to try her other one you mentioned. Good tip about that Agatha Christie one; I’ll read that sooner than later :D You have me intrigued with so many of these books especially the ones towards the end. I’ve never read any William Kent Krueger so he’s definitely one I would like to try. I still would like to get to Mink River as well! Loved hearing your wrap up!

[@savagereads]

Klara and the Sun is also my favorite Ishiguru! There was something about it that has stuck with me for a long time and felt more poignant than the others for me.

[@eringolive]

I had a hard time with Heartberries. Too deep and esoteric for me.