Recent Reading Roundup

Though I'm having a wonderful and action-packed stay in Kauai, I have read a few books in the last week, including quite a bit of reading on the long plane ride and airport waiting times. (Lucky us, the Delta meltdown was a few days after our trip!) What I don't have is time to write about the books, so I'm just going to make a list:

• Harry Potter and the Cursed Child -- I read the screenplay that opened in London last month. It's ok but I think I'd rather see than read it. Anything else I could say would be a spoiler.

• Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie -- Its insider-outsider perspective on the USA, the fact that the central character earns a living as a blogger, and the fascinating portrayal of life in Africa are great, though I found the ending a little forced. Lots of good things about food!

• Ostend: Stefan Zweig, Joseph Roth, and the Summer before the Dark by Volker Weidermann -- pretty much for aficionados of Austrian and German writers of the era between the two World Wars. I liked it, and learned about a few obscure writers I hadn't heard of before. The relationships among these writers were new to me.

I'm now reading two others. May not finish soon!