Monday, January 7, 2013

It's Monday! What are you Reading?

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a weekly meme hosted by Sheila @ Book Journey where you can share what you are reading each week. Be sure to visit Book Journey to link up if want to join in!
Whenever the holidays come around I feel like I am in heaven with all this time to read all the books I have been hanging out to read all year! At the moment I am reading 3 books - The Lacuna by Barabara Kingsolver, The Harp in the South by Ruth Park and A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness. I am enjoying all 3 of them too! Here is a snapshot of each for you.


The LacunaThe Lacuna 
By Barbara Kingsolver
This description is taken from fishpond.com.au:
"The Lacuna" is the heartbreaking story of a man's search for safety of a man torn between the warm heart of Mexico and the cold embrace of 1950s McCarthyite America. Born in the U.S. and reared in Mexico, Harrison Shepherd is a liability to his social-climbing flapper mother, Salome. Making himself useful in the household of the famed Mexican artists Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo, and exiled Bolshevik leader Lev Trotsky, young Shepherd inadvertently casts his lot with art and revolution. A violent upheaval sends him north to a nation newly caught up in World War II. In the mountain city of Asheville, North Carolina he remakes himself in America's hopeful image. But political winds continue to throw him between north and south, in a plot that turns many times on the unspeakable breach - the lacuna - between truth and public presumption. A gripping story of identity, loyalty and the devastating power of accusations to destroy innocent people, "The Lacuna" is as deep and rich as the New World.

The Harp in the South Novels 
The Harp in the South NovelsBy Ruth Park
This description is taken from fishpond.com.au:
Hugh and Margaret Darcy are raising their family in Sydney amid the brothels, grog shops and rundown boarding houses of Surry Hills, where money is scarce and life is not easy. Filled with beautifully drawn characters that will make you laugh as much as cry, this Australian classic will take you straight back to the colourful slums of Sydney with convincing depth, careful detail and great heart.

A Discovery of Witches
A Discovery of Witches
By Deborah Harkness
This description is taken from fishpond.com.au:
It begins with absence and desire. It begins with blood and fear. It begins with a discovery of witches. When historian Diana Bishop opens an alchemical manuscript in the Bodleian Library, it's an unwelcome intrusion of magic into her carefully ordered life. Though Diana is a witch of impeccable lineage, the violent death of her parents while she was still a child convinced her that human fear is more potent than any witchcraft. Now Diana has unwittingly exposed herself to a world she's kept at bay for years; one of powerful witches, creative, destructive daemons and long-lived vampires. Sensing the significance of Diana's discovery, the creatures gather in Oxford, among them the enigmatic Matthew Clairmont, a vampire genticist. Diana is inexplicably drawn to Matthew and, in a shadowy world of half-truths and old enmities, ties herself to him without fully understanding the ancient line they are crossing. As they begin to unlock the secrets of the manuscript and their feelings for each other deepen, so the fragile balance of peace unravels...

14 comments:

  1. I'm embarrassed to say I haven't read The Harp in the South Novels, must rectify that this year! Have a wonderful week and happy reading :)

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  2. Your books all look really interesting. I hope you enjoy them.

    Have a great week :-)

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  3. I loved Deborah Harkness' novels.

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  4. I've not read any of the three, but they all sound delightful. Enjoy!

    Here’s my It's Monday! What Are You Reading? I hope you will stop by! And Happy New Year!

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  5. I got The Lacuna at Goodwill about a month ago. Haven't gotten to it. I have a love/hate relationship with Barbara Kingsolver. I got it because it was only 49 cents! We'll see how it goes.

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  6. I have A Discovery of Witches but have yet to read it. It looks great though. Enjoy!

    Find out what I'm reading this week!

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  7. I haven't read any of these authors...I really need to expand my reading lists! Thanks for sharing, and enjoy.

    Here's MY MONDAY MEMES POST

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  8. I love Kingsolver - I haven't read Lacuna yet though! Sounds really good!

    Have a great week!

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  9. I'm a fan of Kingsolver but I don't think I've read Lacuna yet. I must! Happy reading :)

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  10. Some great choices here.
    Thanks for dropping by and visiting.

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  11. I've got A Discovery of Witches on my TBR list, glad to hear you're enjoying it!

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  12. I haven't read any of these, but I do want to read A Discovery of Witches. It sounds so good. Have a great week!

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  13. I have yet to read any of Barbara Kingsolver but she is someone I've been meaning to read. A Discovery of Witches is also on my TBR. And any time I can read is heavenly for me, as well!

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  14. I haven't read The Lacuna, but I did enjoy The Bean Trees and The Poisonwood Bible. I hope you continue to find time to read in the coming weeks!

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