Monday Malarkey

This was one of those weeks that I looked at the final pile of arrivals, muttered "Holy Toledo!" and told myself I'm back on a book-buying ban "with certain exceptions" (if/when I run out of feminist lit and can't find anything wonderful at the library, for example).

Recent arrivals (also known as The Holy Toledo Stack):

• The Power by Naomi Alderman - purchased
• The Golden Age by Joan London - purchased
• The Third Level by Jack Finney - purchased
• The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry - from Custom House (an imprint of HarperCollins) for review
• The Great Rescue by Peter Hernon and
• Spies in the Family by Eva Dillon - both from Harper for review
• The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne - from Hogarth (an imprint of Crown Publishing) for review, via Shelf Awareness
• The Resurrection of Joan Ashby by Cherise Wolas - from Flatiron Books for review, via Shelf Awareness

All of these books make me wish I had more hours in my day but The Third Level by Jack Finney is the most exciting of my purchases because he's a long-time favorite author. I've occasionally looked to see if there are any Jack Finney books I've missed, over the years, certain that I can't possibly have read them all. But, till recently, I've had no luck finding any that I overlooked. So, I'm not sure how I missed The Third Level but I can hardly bear sitting next to it without picking it up to start reading.


Books finished since last Malarkey:

• Bellwether by Connie Willis (reread for F2F discussion)
• Whatever You Do, Don't Run by Peter Allison

Posts since last Malarkey:

• Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal (book review)
• Fiona Friday - Sink kitty (cat photo)

Last week was a deliberately light posting week. I figured that since I posted a virtual tsunami of book reviews the previous week, it would be a good idea to let frequent readers have some time to catch up if they so desired.


Currently reading:

• Goodnight from London by Jennifer Robson 

In other news:

I don't know exactly when I'm going to take my summer break from blogging, but I'm thinking probably mid-July? Maybe? I guess we'll just cross that bridge when we come to it. I'm not at all tired of blogging or in need of a break. But, I have other reasons for needing to step away - not only from the blog but from the internet - for a while. At any rate, a break is coming but not for at least a couple weeks.


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