April's Reading List

  Ok, April is going to be a great reading month.  Why?  Because I'm going to the Books on the Nightstand Readers' Retreat April 8-10  in Manchester, Vermont.   I cannot tell you how excited I am about this -- not only for the time away from the office (yay!) but also for the opportunity to meet like-minded bibliophiles and learn about some new-to-me authors.  Full report to follow upon my return (that is, if I return -- The Northshire Bookstore is a place I may not want to leave!).

  Anyways, before I load up on books at the retreat, here is what my reading plans are for April:

  For book groups:

•  Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes, translated by Edith Grossman
• Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson (I've read this already -- and loved it -- but I might try to re-read it before my group meets)

  For reading challenges:

• The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery (a re-read)
• Into the Beautiful North by Luis Alberto Urrea
• The Bishop's Man by Linden MacIntyre
• Between the Assassinations by Aravind Adiga

 
 For those who celebrate, I hope you have a wonderful Easter celebration and/or a joyous Passover this month.