May Reading

Saturday, May 31, 2008

Stories

• Girls in Trucks by Katie Crouch
  

Novels

• The Senator's Wife by Sue Miller
• Asking for Trouble by Elizabeth Young
• Bergdorf Blondes by Plum Sykes
• The Solomon Sisters Wise Up by Melissa Senate
• Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson
  

Notable Nonfiction

• None :(

And there we have my reading list for my travels. Not really highbrow, but it was nice to take a break from what I feel I should be reading and focus on some fun stuff.

A rave goes out to Monkey Beach, which I found in a wonderful Canadian independent bookstore. I'll definitely be looking for more of Robinson's work because this book was phenomenal. Also, I really enjoyed Melissa Senate's The Solomon Sisters Wise Up. I read See Jane Date several years ago and didn't love it so much, so I was pleasantly surprised by this novel. Both are recommended.

In other reading related news, I have to report that I visited no fewer than eight bookstores on our Alaskan adventure. Highlights included Green Apple Books in San Francisco (spent a good hour browsing there), Hearthside Books and Rainy Day Books in Juneau, and Book Warehouse in Vancouver.