New on My Bookcase (vol. 11)

The latest library books I brought home. Once again I’ve gone really heavy on the nonfiction. Really, I do read fiction too, it’s just hard to tell sometimes based on what I’ve been bringing home from the library.

Nonfiction

Buried in the Sky: The Extraordinary Story of the Sherpa Climbers on K2′s Deadliest Day by Peter Zuckerman
Love mountain climbing sagas, and love the perspective on this one. Can it live up to my hopes for it?

Code Name Pauline: Memoirs of a World War II Special Agent by Pearl Witherington Cornioley
Another World War II memoir and I am SO EXCITED to read this one.

American Nightingale: The Story of Frances Slanger, Forgotten Heroine of Normandy by Bob Welch
Yup. Still yet another World War II story.

Shackleton’s Forgotten Men: The Untold Tragedy of the Endurance Epic by Lennard Bickel
I thought I’d read enough about the Shackleton expedition that there wouldn’t be a new angle on the story. I was wrong.

Coming Clean: A Memoir by Kimberly Rae Miller
Seems like just the sort of memoir I’ll find fascinating.

The Elements of Style by William Strunk and E.B. White
Because it’s way past time I read this.

How I Write: Secrets of a Bestselling Author by Janet Evanovich
Back when I was much more indiscriminate in my reading choices, I read several of Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum series. They kind of drove me crazy, so why am I reading her writing book? Because I basically hate Stephen King’s novels, and I adore his book On Writing: A Memoir Of The Craft, so maybe it’ll also hold true for Evanovich. Even if her style isn’t for me, I’m sure I can glean some worth from her book.

Walden on Wheels: On the Open Road from Debt to Freedom by Ken Ilgunas
I’ve read an excerpt of this, and it was interesting enough to search out the full book.

What Your Preschooler Needs to Know: Get Ready for Kindergarten by E. D. Hirsch
Love that the library makes it so easy to look at books like this without any purchasing commitment. Maybe it’ll be great. Maybe it’ll be awful, but all I’m risking is carrying it home and back.

Teach a Child to Read With Children’s Books Mark Thogmartin
Does it surprise anyone who knows me that this book is appealing and caught my attention?

The French Market Cookbook: Vegetarian Recipes from My Parisian Kitchen by Clotilde Dusoulier
No, I’m not vegetarian, but I often cook that way, and am always looking for new ideas.

Fiction

Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
I love love love books like this, as much as I might wish my tastes were exclusively higher brow than that.

The Year of Shadows by Claire Legrand
Although I don’t like horror, I do occasionally like Gothic, and this is supposedly a “gently Gothic” story. If it ends up being too creepy for me, I may just return it unread, but I’m intrigued by the good reviews it’s gotten. And surely it can’t be too creepy with the target age range of 8 – 14.

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