Coronet Among the Grass, the second installment in Charlotte Bingham's early autobiography. Stylistic change as writing matures? The author is maturing? Whatever the reason, Among the Grass is much more readable. Perhaps it's due to the sentence structure's improved flow, or even that short sentences seem more visually jarring, Among the Grass may not be as comic a tale, but was more pleasant to read.
Kiffe Kiffe Tomorrow by Faiza Guene. I feel this book was a wonderful discovery. So many of the new YA books coming into our library are based in the US, Britain or Australia. Here's a book based in France, which also begs the question, why are we not seeing more books from other countries? The book would be readable for any teenager: an only child has hit her teens and is struggling through the normal teenage troubles, crushes, schoolwork, etc., yet also dealing with the psychological effects of being abandoned by the father of the family. This has a slight twist, as the family is Muslim and the father has left to marry a second wife so that he might have a male heir. Interesting glimpse into the life of a low-income single-parent immigrant Muslim family. More interesting: I borrowed my copy from the book sale shelf. There is only one cataloged copy of the book in Berks County Public Libraries.
I'm always behind the times when it comes to reading bestsellers. I prefer reading before the hype, or long after the hype has died down. In this case I'm finally getting around to reading Ice Bound by Dr. Jerri Nielsen, most likely commonly known as the woman who developed breast cancer while in Antarctica. At this point in my reading list, McMurdo Base and the Dome are old friends and I'm enjoying revisiting these places through another author's eyes.
Also got around to Stranger Than Fiction, delightful, and am currently enjoying season one of My Family starring Zoe Wanamaker and Robert Lindsay.
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