I know I had said book reviews and a giveaway were coming up but I got a bit bogged down with some other stuff so I’m putting that off for next week. Instead, I thought why not participate in Friday Finds? I have seen Tanabata, Matt and Melody post on this before and have wanted to join in so here it goes.
Here are some books I’ve recently added to my wish list:
- The Night Villa by Carol Goodman. I’m a big fan of Goodman’s stories so when I saw this one on the new books table at the bookstore I knew I’d add it to my wish list almost without even reading what it was about. It was a given.
- The Street of a Thousand Blossoms by Gail Tsukiyama. Hmm, maybe I could add this to my Japanese Literature challenge.
- Cost by Roxana Robinson. A book about family relationships.
- The Blackstone Key by Rose Melikan. A book that is said to be in the spirit of Charlotte Bronte and Agatha Christie. A historical adventure set in England during the French Revolutionary wars.
Don’t these sound good? This weekend we are probably go hang out at one of our favorite spots and I’m sure I’ll come away with more books to add to my list. Wishing you all a wonderful weekend with some good reads!
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Wow, some books for me to look out for! ;P
I’ve a book by Carol Goodman in my pile but just haven’t got around to reading it yet. The Night Villa sounds good and I love the cover too! I hope you’ve a great weekend too, Iliana!
I just looked up The Blackstone Key on Amazon. It sounds intriguing. The only problem is that it’s 464 pages! I’m a wimp when it comes to “chunksters”. I’m going to put it on my TBR list, but with reservation. Maybe one day, I’ll be daring and jump in. 🙂 (I’ll wait until you read it first to make sure it’s worth all that time.) *grin*
As for Goodman, I’ve never read any by her. What’s your recommendation?
I saw Carol Goodman’s new book at work the other day and thought, Oh! I need to read that! I loved The Lake of Dead Languages.
Never heard of any of these, but they sound good! Gail Tsukyama is a great author, though. I’m intrigued about The Blackstone Key–I love historical fiction, and it looks like it might be right up my alley.
Oooh, thanks for the reminder about the new Goodman book – I’ll have to put that on my library holds list. I’ve enjoyed all of her books, too, except I haven’t gotten around to reading The Sonnet Lover yet. Have you? And if yes, what did you think?
I just recently noticed Carol Goodman’s new book, too. It doesn’t seem to have gotten any press at all and I noticed it only by chance! I still have her last one to read, but I’ll be getting this one, too. The Melikan book sounds great and I’m adding that one to my list as well. I’ve read Gail Tsukiyama before and really enjoyed her. Have a nice weekend!
Cost found its way onto my Friday Finds list today too! I also listed a Carol Goodman book 🙂
I have to skip Friday Find this weekend because I have this tower of books waiting to be read. I’ve got a few books on/about dogs, including a true story of an autistic child and the labrador that that opens up his world. It’s called A Friend Like Henry. I still need to read Marley and Me, story of the naughtiest dog ever lived. The movie will be out on Sep 11. For literature, I am reading Sense & Sensibility and Middlemarch at the same time.
Enjoy your long weekend Iliana, and have fun at Bookpeople! 🙂
I’m waiting for the new Goodman as well. It isn’t available on our library system yet, but I keep going back to check.
I’ve had The Street of a Thousand Blossoms on my wishlist since last year sometime. When will we ever get around to reading all the books we want to read? And “a historical adventure set in England during the French Revolutionary wars” – I’m sold! 😉
You have some good things on the RIP challenge and your Friday finds! Hope you have fun at Book People. We are on the bus to Philadelphia – they actually have free Wi-Fi! You just reminded me to look up bookstores in Philly! Have a great weekend.
Melody – I really liked the cover for it too. Although it seemed so different than other Goodman covers. I hope it’ll be a good book!
Joy – Ha,ha.. You know, one of the members at my former mystery book group would always veto any books over 400 pages. We finally got him to go with some of our chunksters though. ha. The Lake of Dead Languages is probably my favorite followed close by The Seduction of Water! Very atmospheric books. Hope you’ll try out one of them!
Les in NE – Me too! Although I still need to read The Ghost Orchid. I wasn’t too thrilled with The Sonnet Lover but it was still good.
Katherine – I love the cover for The Blackstone Key too. I believe it’s part of a trilogy so hopefully it’ll be a good one!
Lesley – I did like Sonnet Lover but probably not as much as the others. That was my fourth Goodman book.
Danielle – I know, I hadn’t heard about it all via any magazine or stuff. I did see it on someone’s blog but had almost forgotten until I saw it at the bookstore. I wonder why it seems to be flying low on the radar!
Wendy – Great minds huh 🙂 Can’t wait to go check out your list!
Matt – We had a great time at BookPeople. Granted, now I have another long list of books I want! ha,ha.. Hope your first week of class went well!
Ann (Table Talk) – My library doesn’t have it either. Darn. I do want to read it but at least I do have another of her books on my shelves so I probably should get to it first 🙂
tanabata – I was wondering if this was a reprint in paperback. I totally missed the hardback. It sounds wonderful. Actually several of her other books sound quite good too 🙂
Christine – You guys better check out those Philly stores – I gotta know where to go one of these days! ha,ha… Have tons of fun and hope you took a good book with you for the bus ride!
Iliana – I haven’t read either of those other two you mentioned in your reply. Didn’t even know about them until just now!
Hope you’ve a great weekend, Iliana!
BTW, I’ve passed you an award. 🙂
Les in NE – I thought The Sonnet Lover wasn’t as strong as her other books but still entertaining. I still need to read The Ghost Orchid!
Melody – Aw, thank you Melody. I’m sorry I haven’t dropped by your blog but stupid allergies had me a bit down. Will definitely check soon 🙂
No worries, Iliana. I hope you’re feeling much better now.