Fiction
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
Recommended by colleagues on our PLOS Slack channel and in a great review at NPR. Plus, as a bardolator I am doctrinally obligated to read a book with a title like that. I'm deliberately reading the last few chapters slowly; this is something I do when I love a book so much that I don't want it to end.
Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese
I bought this book in March at the Tucson Festival of Books after a fascinating event called "She persisted". Even got my copy signed! WBUR loved it. I asked the author whether it would matter that I (unlike, I think, everyone else at the event) have never read The Scarlet Letter and was assured that it would not. I'll start as soon as I finish Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow.
Continued from May. I only recently read American Gods (I know, I know!) and of course loved it. (I was late to the party but at least I read the "author's preferred text.") My brother's favorite book by Gaiman is Neverwhere, and I'll get there, but I grabbed this nice collection of stories and poems at Bookmans and am almost through.
Non-fiction
I wrote about this book and my experiment (before and after reading). The first chapter was harrowing and introduced me to the term "complicitor."
A Humanist Path: Confucius and Lao Zi for Today by Wei Djao
This book was strongly recommended to me by a friend here in Tucson. My friend has studied with the author, who was partly Tucson-based (and perhaps still is). I'm excited to finally experience the wisdom of these ancient teachers. The publisher's page has a little more information.
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