Monday, May 19, 2014

Early Summer Reading - May 19, 2014

Currently Reading:
  • The Bohemians: Mark Twain and the San Francisco Writers who Reinvented American Literature by Ben Tarnoff
  • Goldfinch by Donna Tartt      
  • Natchez Burning by Greg Iles (received through the publisher)
  • The Most Dangerous Book by Kevin Birmingham (received through the publisher)
  • The Third Horseman by William Rosen (received through NetGalley)
 
On Deck:
  • Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
  • Colonel Roosevelt by Edmund Morris
  • Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
  • The Angry Years: The Rise and Fall of the Angry Young Men by Colin Wilson (received through NetGalley)

Recent Reviews:

Bittersweet by Miranda Beverly-Whittemore (received through NetGalley)
4 stars

Naïve and curiously needy Mabel becomes college roommates with the rich and glamorous Ev and is invited to stay with her large and creepy family during a summer at Winloch, the family’s Vermont getaway.  The dark and twisty plot resembles a gothic romance and keeps the reader guessing until the end.  Although I felt annoyed and somewhat repulsed by Mabel’s strange obsession with the Winslow family, I was completely entranced and recommend it as a great summer read.  I received this book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. 

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