May 2023

 Books read this month. Damn, read more than I thought this month:

• Mother Night, by Vonnegut. Wunderbar. 
• Ukridge, by PG Wodehouse. Genius.
• Daingerfield Island, by John Wasowicz. Not so good.
• This Census-Taker, by China Mieville. Weird. 
• In the Miso Soup, by Ryu Murakami. Doubly weird.
• Sea of Tranquility, by Emily St. John Mandel. Oh so good. 
• The Copyeditor's Handbook, by Amy Einsohn. Will re-read.
• 99 Novels, by Anthony Burgess. My checklist for future classics.
• The Black Dahlia, by James Ellroy. Oy. 
• Chronicle of the Narvaez Expedition, by Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca. Years of travel (barefoot) and deprivation. 
• Election, by Tom Perrotta. Quick read. Movie just as good.

Books bought in May:

• Amaro: The Spirited World of Bittersweet, Herbal Liqueurs, with Cocktails, Recipes, and Formulas, by Brad Thomas Parsons (author of Bitters). Holy crap. After my first bottle of Amaro Montenegro, I couldn't help myself. I'm now on to Amaro Nonino. (Yum!)
• Freelance Editor's Handbook, by suzy bills. Yes, she used all lower-case.
• Election, by Tom Perrotta. 
• The War Against Cliche, by Martin Amis. RIP, Mr. Amis.
• The Pumpkin Eater, by Penelope Mortimer. Read about this book so many years ago on one of my book blogs. Thought it would be great. When this appeared in Kindle deals, I had to get it.
• The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, by Heinlein. 
• Return from the Stars, by Stanislaw Lem. Lem is classic, and for two bucks...
• Breasts and Eggs, by Mieko Kawakami. This was recommended years ago and for two bucks and to count for one of my translation books for the year? No question. Had to buy it.
• Language and Silence, by George Steiner. The man about translation. 
• Pattern Recognition, by William Gibson. It's been a few reads since I read a Gibson, and this is #1 in the Blue Ant books, so must read it (soon).
• The Scar, by China Mieville. A continuation, IIRC, of Perdido Station.