Current:
Savage Beauty: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay by Nancy Milford: Thomas Hardy once said that America had two great attractions: the skyscraper and the poetry of Edna St. Vincent Millay. The most famous poet of the Jazz Age, Millay captivated the nation: She smoked in public, took many lovers (men and women, single and married), flouted convention sensationally, and became the embodiment of the New Woman.
The Yellow Room Conspiracy by Peter Dickinson: Two lifelong lovers sort through their shared history of secrets and suspicions, dating back to World War II, to find the truth behind a fatal weekend that became a public scandal. - (Baker & Taylor)
Read Since the Last WWW: Wednesday (click on titles for review):
Hide & Seek by Wilkie Collins
Blood Atonement by Dan Waddell
Duplicate Death by Georgette Heyer
They Found Him Dead by Georgette Heyer
To Join the Lost by Seth Steinzor (read in Oct, but review now for book tour)
Up Next:
Lucky Jim by Kinglsey Amis
The Club Dumas by Arturo Perez-Reverte
English Music by Peter Ackroyd
An Incomplete Revenge by Jacqueline Winspear
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Blood Atonement looks really good :)
ReplyDeleteHere's mine:
http://carabosseslibrary.blogspot.com/2011/11/www-wednesdays_09.html
How on earth do you read so many books in a week?! Are mysteries really quick reads, or do you just have an amazing amount of time to read?
ReplyDeleteHere's mine: http://thetoweringpile.blogspot.com/2011/11/www-wedneeday-november-9.html