Seattle, WashingtonSaturday, August 8, 2015
It's been a busy summer in the Reading Department, and I am ready to make some recommendations. Herewith:
The Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh. This was my favorite book of the summer. This is a wonderful modern tale set in the Sundarbans--tigers, mangrove forests, and a dolphin specialist from Seattle... Read it! (from Wikipedia: "The Sundarbans is a natural region in the Bengal region comprising Bangladesh and Eastern India. It is the largest single block of tidal halophytic mangrove forest in the world.")
All the Light We Cannot See by Athony Doerr. This was one of those books that I could not put down--both from the pleasure of reading it and the suspenseful plot. Set in World War II era Germany and France. I only found the movement back and forth in time a bit confusing--though maybe that was one of the goals...
Eight Months on Ghazzah Street by Hilary Mantel. I enjoyed it but found its portrayal of the Middle East a bit too one-dimensional--and I was quite disappointed with the ending...
The Coffee Trader by David Liss. I enjoyed learning about that period of Dutch/European history but found the plot a bit over-convoluted...
A Delicate Truth by John le Carré. Wow, that was a fun read!
