Recent Finds

I managed to cross twenty-seven books off my TBR List over the past couple of months. (It definitely helped to print and organize ‘The List’ by books I own, the library owns, and need to find somehow.) Of course by the first of February, after falling three months behind, I have managed to add an additional thirty-three titles to my list. The first seventeen are included below; the remaining titles will be posted later this week.

• The Art of the Steal (Christopher Manson) — Thanks to Alex of The Sleepless Reader’s post on books about art restoration and business.
• A Beautiful Place to Die (Malla Nunn) — Thanks to Kim of Reading Matters’ review.
• The Blind Assassin (Margaret Atwood) — Of the three Atwood books I’ve read, I have absolutely loved two of them and really would like to read more. Erin of Erin Reads’ review of this particular novel made me want to pick up this one pronto.
• Broken Birds (Jeannette Katzir) — Thanks to Heather of Book Addiction’s review.
• The Caravaggio Conspiracy (Peter Watson) — Thanks to Alex of The Sleepless Reader’s post on books about art restoration and business.
• Chosen (Chadnra Hoffman) — Thanks to Heather of Book Addiction’s review.
• The Cry of Winnie Mandela (Njabulo S. Ndebele) — One of my goals for the year is to read more literature by foreign authors and read more books set in the countries of Africa. Kinna of Kinna Reads’ review called this book “one of the most significant literary works written by an African in this new century”.
• A Cup of Friendship (Deborah Rodriguez) — Thanks to Erin of Erin Reads’ review.
• Days of Grace (Catherine Hall) — Thanks to Heather of Book Addiction’s review.
• The Door (Magda Szabó) — Thanks to Rebecca of The Reading Diary’s review.
• A Friend of the Family (Lauren Grodstein) — Thanks to Iliana of bookgirl’s nightstand’s review.
• Girl in Translation (Jean Kwok) — Thanks to Erin of Erin Reads’ review.
• Guests of the Sheik (Elizabeth Warnock Fernea) — Thanks to Tricia of Library Queue’s review.
• The Hand That First Held Mine (Maggie O’Farrell) — Thanks to Jackie of Farm Lane Books Blog’s review.
• The Harmony Silk Factory (Tash Aw) — Thanks to Jackie of Farm Lane Books Blog’s review.
• Hiroshima (John Hersey) — Shannon of Giraffe Days highlighted this book in her post on “Remembering Through Reading”. Shannon said the book is “very powerful and highly sympathetic to the Japanese civilians caught in a war and a political mess not of their making”.
• The Kindly Ones (Jonathan Littell) — Shannon of Giraffe Days highlighted this book in her post on “Remembering Through Reading”.