Friday, March 14, 2025

Recent Books

 

Library books. I have read one so far.


One view of my Apple Books page.

A very old favorite! With a puppy for Eileen.

Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel.
Not usually a sci-fi fan, I still found this an enjoyable read.
Yes, the contradictions of time travel! Yes, life on distant planets!

Trust by Hernan Diaz.
Nested stories that constantly surprised me! Especially the surprise ending.

The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett.
Twins are always a good metaphor for something. Good read!

The Adventures of China Iron by Cabezon Camara.
I really did not like this book at all! Very forced and mannered writing.

Reading now: Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman.

And In Our Neighborhood


Finally: A few spring flowers among last fall’s dead leaves.

Mainly this week was busy with Evelyn’s very quick visit. We did a few things together, cooked good dinners, took some nice walks, and ate lunch out a couple of times — NO STRESS! Although I did finish some books, I didn’t have time to write the kind of reviews that I like to write: those DO take time and thought.

“Bombay Fish Tacos” at Cafe Zola. Mango with Urfa Pepper is delicious!
Evelyn had shakshouka, Len had the mezze platter. All good.



Blog post © 2025 mae sander. 
Shared with Sunday Salon at Readerbuzz and Eileen’s critters.

7 comments:

eileeninmd said...

Hello,
The Little Golden Books are a treasure, my grandchildren would love the Porky Little Puppy book. You have a nice variety of library books to read. Glad you had a nice visit with Evelyn, the tacos look yummy. Thank you for linking up and sharing your post. Take care, have a great weekend. PS, thank you for leaving me a comment.

Iris Flavia said...

I still have some Little Golden Books I bought in Australia (have never seen them in Germany).

David M. Gascoigne, said...

It is always refreshing to know that some people still read! I wonder if Trump ever read a book in his life?

~Lavender Dreamer~ said...

I love Poky little puppy. I collect children's books and have quite a few Golden books. I love them all!

teri @ girlsatthebookstore.blogspot.com said...

I remember as a little girl watching the Egg and I a couple of times on TV, I don't guess I realized it was a book also

Helen's Book Blog said...

I liked Vanishing Half and LOVED Eleanor Oliphant.

I have had Girl, Woman, Other on my to be read shelf for a very long time, but for some reason keep skipping over it.

Joy said...

I book group had a good discussion from The Vanishing Half -- yep, good metaphor!