It’s Friday Finds again! Here are the books I’ve added to my “i-want” list this week:
Mystery: And Justice There is None, by Deborah Crombie. I read a review of this book at Kittling: Books and remembered how much I had enjoyed the first book in the Duncan Kincaid/Gemma James series I had read last summer, A Share in Death. I’ve put the remaining books in the series on my i-want list – I had enjoyed reading A Share in Death very much.
Food Writing: The Language of Baklava, by Diana Abu-Jaber, which I discovered while browsing through Beth Fish’s Weekly Discoveries (this is a wonderful feature at Beth’s blog – she posts her discoveries every Sunday). I’ll likely be getting a copy of this to review at Muse in the Kitchen, the food blog my husband and I have (he cooks, I eat – life’s pretty wonderful, isn’t it?).
World Lit: Family Planning, by Karen Mahajan. This is one of the reasons I love book blogging so much – Family Planning is normally a title I would have passed by, but I read the review of this book at She Is Too Fond of Books, and realized it was a book I’d probably love.
General Fiction: The Secret Fruit of Peter Paddington, by Brian Francis. This is another book I would have missed if it weren’t for the book blogosphere – Joanne from Book Zombie has a great review of this book, and I immediately added it to my i-want list.
General Fiction: The End of East, by Jen Sookfong Lee. Joanne from Book Zombie mentions this book in her review of Fruit, and I knew I wanted to read this one too. It’s a generational story about a Chinese family in Vancouver, and since I am a Chinese daughter of immigrants who settled in Vancouver, I knew it was a book that I couldn’t resist adding to my TBR pile.
Urban Fantasy: Vampire Academy, by Richelle Mead. I didn’t make a note of where I came across the Vampire Academy series, but it sounds like a whole load of fun – and I’m hoping Bookmooch will come through for me with this one (I find my library isn’t quite as up-to-date as I would like when it comes to urban fantasies).
So these are my finds for the week – make sure to check out what other book bloggers discovered this week at Friday Finds. It’s a great resource when you’re looking to add to your TBR pile. Now that I’ve signed up with Bookmooch – my username is msbookish and I’ve added a short list of books so far and two have been “mooched” already (both going to Germany! so I’ll be weighing the pros and cons of international shipping …) – I’ll probably add whichever titles on my i-want list that my library doesn’t have to my Bookmooch wish list.
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It looks like we read a lot of the same blogs, so our wish lists are similar.
I’m a little behind in my blog reading! I’m so glad my weekly discoveries are helpful to you (even if UNhelpful to the bank account)! You’ve found some good books here and now I get to spend some time exploring them!
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I just noticed that Vampire Academy is available on audio. These would be perfect to listen to while walking. Now I have to see if my library has them.
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Yes, I think we follow a lot of the same book blogs, Kathy! And Beth, thanks for the tip about the Vampire Academy on audio. I’m still feeling somewhat woozy today, and audio’s great for times like this, I find!
That audiobook must be a delight with the British accents … is it more than one reader?
Do let me know if you read *Family Planning.* One of the notes in the back is Mahajan’s list of discarded titles; he had discarded this one, but came back to it.
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Dawn, the audiobook does have a full cast – it’s really more of a radio play. It reminds me of the BBC audiobooks for some of Agatha Christie’s books. Very delightful!
I don’t have Family Planning yet – it’s on my list of books to check for at the library. Hopefully it’s there, otherwise it will go on my wish list at Chapters and Bookmooch.