Sunday Caught My Interest

Every Sunday I browse through various book blogs looking for books that catch my interest.  Some I place on hold right away and others get put on the ever growing “Thinking About” list.

Here is today’s list –

The first is Bruised Hibiscus by Elizabeth Nunez (my apologies – I did not notate which blog I originally saw this book on).  Publisher’s Weekly calls it a “Caribbean gothic”  set in Trinidad in 1954 and it is about two women who are mistreated by the men around them.  After a white woman’s body is washed on shore, the women go on a pilgramiage and seek to change their lives.

From A Guy’s Moleskin Notebook The Palisades by Tom Schabarum.  I loved the quote Matthew posted as well as the description of the book.  After college, Nick returns to Big Sur, the place he last saw his mother who he feels abandoned him.  Mother and son are reunited but issues need to be resolved.  This book, told in alternating perspectives, is about love and healing plus what looks like some family secrets.

Boston Bibliophile reviews Earth and Ashes by Atiq Rahimi, a novella about Afghanistan and mentions the author’s delicate prose and careful storytelling.  My library didn’t have this book but they do have a copy of  The Patience Stone also reviewed by Marie.  This is also a novella which takes place in a single room.  A nameless woman takes care of her husband home from a nameless war.  While talking to her comotose husband, she relates her life, her desires, regrets, and her secrets.  Words used to describe this book include “tightly written”, “spare”, and “poetic”.  I can’t wait for my hold to come in.

Finally, Chasing Bawa also mentioned a novella that sounds intriguing to me: Beside the Sea by Veronique Olmi.  This book is about a difficult subject matter but Bawa talks about how the author gets into the protagonist’s mind and in the end the book makes us pause and reflect on our own lives.

Happy reading

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