newest books

My latest book purchase. I found the Anne Perry Thomas Pitt mysteries for $1.00 so couldn't resist buying the first and second. I think I read the first one, The Cater Street Hangman, a long time ago, but ..... it won't be hard to read again. And it's not very thick.


Sara Gruen wrote Water for Elephants, which my book club read and now a member chose Ape House for a future book club read. hmmmmmm, we'll see. (I thought the Elephant book was okay but not worth all the brew ha ha.) This one appears to be about saving "her family of apes from a new form of human exploitation".


I'm not very interested in animal books, I usually walk rapidly away from anything reviewed with glurge such as "A tale that's full of heart, hope, and compelling questions about who we really are." but perhaps this one will be more about communication and ... you know, people, and really good writing.  (I really liked Edgar Sawtelle which was about animals -- I'm not all cold and heartless, sigh)

Oh, and there are reading group guide questions at the back. Oh, joy, for those of us who failed high school lit classes.

Also in the pile is Time Was Soft There by Jeremy Mercer.  This one I'm excited about:  Paris, books, bookstore: it's a memoir of the proprietor of Shakespeare & Co.  bookstore, George Whitman. 


I saw Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris and was happy to see the front of the bookstore in the film.  The movie was absolutely excellent, too.  
I recommend it highly.