- The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
- The Conch Bearer by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
- On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King
- The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
My favorites were The Grapes of Wrath and On Writing. I liked King's book on writing so much I'm looking into reading one of his novels. Not my genre, but knowing a bit about the author's ideas about writing will make the novel much more interesting.
The Conch Bearer was my novel for children for the month. It was interesting to read a fantasy children's story set in the Indian culture, but I didn't love it.
The Forgotten Garden was this great mash up of The Thirteenth Tale, Rebecca, The Secret Garden, and a pirate story I apparently haven't read and included gory family secrets, curses, and lost orphans.
I didn't read the book club book for last month, nor did I manage to get my history book read. I did start The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression but I've hardly made progress. Just means I've got a head start on my history book for May.
Apparently I'm feeling sad about my poor reading this past month because I've got a hefty list for this next month. I see my chances of getting it done as slim to none, but I'm hoping at the very least to read my standard six according to my reading plan (fiction, children's fiction, classic, history/biography, nonfiction, and book club). Wish me luck.
PS I tried to get this post written in ten minutes (I use a chrome timer app--it helps me not be so overwhelmed by my work). I'd say it took me about fifteen minutes. I'm a bit of a slow writer.
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