Recent Reading

Here’s a list of books I’ve read and enjoyed over the past several months:

for young people

Cheating Lessons, by Nan Willard Cappo

A Hundred Days from Home, by Randall Wright

Sahara Special, by Esme Raji Codell

Spitting Image, by Shutta Crum

The City of Ember, by Jeanne DuPrau

Call on the Stars (published in the U.S. as Cold Tom), by Sally Prue

The Thief Lord, by Cornelia Funke

Ender’s Game, by Orson Scott Card

The Other Side of Truth, by Beverly Naidoo

House of the Scorpion, by Nancy Farmer

Ruby Electric, by Theresa Nelson

Dust, by Arthur Slade

The Tale of Despereaux, by Kate DiCamillo

for adults

Peace Like a River, by Leif Enger

Borrowed Finery, by Paula Fox

Carter Beats the Devil, by Glen David Gold

The Botany of Desire, by Michael Pollan

Seabiscuit, by Laura Hillenbrand

The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, by Alexander McCall Smith

The Apprentice, by Jacques Pepin

Dear Editor, (letters to Poetry magazine) edited by Joseph Parisi

The Making of a Chef, by Michael Ruhlman

Reading in Bed, ed. by Steven Gilbar

Uncle Tungsten, by Oliver Sachs

The Child That Books Built, by Francis Spufford

Bel Canto, by Ann Patchett

 

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