Friday Reads 8/2/2024

Hello Friday. I almost missed you. I thought it was Monday. Which is weird because I'm at work, which I wouldn't be on a Monday. Suffice it to say, my brain is a little messed up today. Nothing a little reading can't handle.

The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey - When I talked about this book on Wednesday I said it was darker than I expected. I think I have got past the darkest part. She has left her abusive husband and gone back home. I hope it sticks. Anyway, I'm halfway through it, so I hope we can move forward with the present day (being 1921) mystery and quit with the flashbacks (to 1916.)

Life at the Dakota: New York's Most Unusual Address by Stephen Birmingham - I had a little giggle while reading this the other day. At one point the author says there was a rumor that the first occupant at one of the apartments buried $30,000 under his floor. Then it says that apartment now belongs to John Lennon and Yoko Ono, but they don't need the money. I was like, ???. Then I looked at the copyright date. 1979. Oh. No wonder it's a short book. The last 45 years of history are not included. Ha! Anyway, I'm 25% through it.

Astoria: John Jacob Astor and Thomas Jefferson's Lost Pacific Empire by Peter Stark - When I finish the Widows, I will probably pick this up. I don't usually read 2 nonfiction books at once, but I think this is sufficiently different from the Dakota that it will work out.

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte - When I finish The Dakota, I will probably pick up Tenant. It's been calling to me from the shelf for a few weeks. I still think I read all the Brontes, but Goodreads doesn't agree. Of course, I would have read them long before Goodreads existed. Maybe I didn't finish it.

Anyway, there are my reading plans for the week. What about you?