With Eid al-Fitr marking the end of Ramadan and US Independence Day on July 4, there’ve been a lot of celebrations over the past week. There’s so much joy to be had to gather together with family and friends. Looking at festivals around the year among different cultures, one thing is common among most — food, particularly sweet treats. For someone like me, who loves to bake, celebrations always are wondrous occasions to add delectable goods to the table.
THE DARK DAYS CLUB by Alison Goodman
When I first heard of The Dark Days Club, I was intrigued. Though I hadn’t read Jane Austen novels nor any of the popular series of Cassandra Clare, I knew those names held promise. Yes, Alison Goodman is an author unto herself but sometimes it’s hard to discount influences. With that, I first picked up Pride & Prejudice. It took me more than a month to reach page 84 before I got too exasperated and put it on hold. I didn’t try City of Bones. I dove into The Dark Days Club, not wanting to postpone it too long.
WITH MALICE by Eileen Cook
With Malice kept me up at night because I couldn’t sleep without knowing how it would end. Of course, the job of a psychological thriller is to keep readers up long after everyone’s gone to sleep, so it should be the expectation when picking up such a book.
Project 52 – LGBTQ
LGBTQ books are still pretty much hidden away in local libraries. Out of this stack, only two are available. Considering how quickly newly published books make it into the library system, it seems almost deliberate that these books aren’t selected.
LONDON BELONGS TO US by Sarra Manning
Bust out your London maps! Needless to say, the city’s most central to London Belongs to Us. Anyone who lives in or has ever been to London is bound to appreciate the landmarks that the characters pass through in this book. I’ve never set foot onto the capital of the UK, so I might’ve derived greater joy if it had been set in Geneva, Paris, Rome, Berlin or another big city I have been to. Nonetheless, I appreciated the sentiment behind the heavy focus on the locale.
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