Oops. I don’t think I meant to come home with this many books.
Clockwise from upper left:
-Wizard of the Crow by Ngugi* Wa Thiong’o (translated from Gikuyu by the author). CANNOT WAIT to read this. I think it was the first novel he wrote in Gikuyu, rather than English. Didn’t realize it was so HUGE. From public library.
-The New Yorker, summer fiction issue. I cannot remember the last time I bought a magazine. Kind of exciting! From Barnes & Noble.
-Sketchbook. Not to read, but to write in. My requirements for a writing book/journal are these: 1) spiral bound to lay flat when open; 2) hard covers for support when there’s no table; 3) no lines; 4) decent quality paper. This meets all the requirements. B&N.
-Asia Literary Review, spring 2009. Wow, this was an impulse buy! B&N.
-Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits by Laila Lalami. I was hoping the library would have Secret Son, but they didn’t. I’m looking forward to this one, though. My husband spent some time in Morocco . . . connection. From the public library.
-White Noise by Don DeLillo. I’ve never read DeLillo. About a year ago I randomly found a passage from this book quoted somewhere on the internet – something about photography, and a barn. That was enough to make me write down the title; now I finally got my hands on the book. Library.
*Sorry again – diacritics missing as I can’t make them work in WordPress.
It’s easily done. Enjoy them.